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Iv got a 6yo staffie.

Early this year I found a tiny pea sized lump on her side. It wasn't totally hard and could be moved away from the muscle and get my fingers around it.

I had the vet look at it and they said it was to small to do anything with and to keep an eye on it. If it got bigger or changed bring her back.

Now today on her back left leg a little above the back of her paw iv found another lump. Again it's pea sized and not totally hard, it too can be moved away from the muscle.

What would you do?

I want to take her to the vets, but they said the first one was to small to take a biopsy from or do anything with. So will they do anything now? Surely there's some way of investigating these lumps?
 
My oldest flatcoat had a lump on her back foot just below where a dew claw would b if she had them. My vet said lumps on feet are never fatty lumps and always need investigating. She had a fine needle biopsy and was diagnosed with haemangiopericytoma which is a non malignant tumour. She had it removed as it would continue to grow although not spread. I would take to the vets
 
Staffies are very prone to mast cell tumours which often seem to present as small lumps or skin tag/wart looking lumps, our vet at the rescue always removes these kinds of lumps. I would definitely go back to the vets sorry
 
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Iv already lost one staffie to cancer, so I'm not keen to lose another :(

Will take her to the vets next week, I either want a biopsy done or them just removed!
 
Get them taken off and biopsied. It is impossible, a vet told me last week, to do a fine needle aspiration on a tiny lump. With any luck, they'll just be lipomas, little fatty lumps. My oldest boy is fair covered in them, ugly but not hurting him. We did have the first one removed and others biopsied cos his brother died of cancer. Hope your girl is ok.
 
I hope shes okay too.. :(

Why do animals do this? Such a worry at times!

Thanks for the posts, I'm just going to go ahead and say I want them off. Iv got some savings stashed away so will have to use that.
 
Pendlehog said:
Staffies are very prone to mast cell tumours which often seem to present as small lumps or skin tag/wart looking lumps, our vet at the rescue always removes these kinds of lumps. I would definitely go back to the vets sorry
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I second this!

Get them to FNA it and if they can't then surgical excision with wide margins. xx
 
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