3 week old puppy has a hard lump on its neck. What could this be?
3 week old puppy has a hard lump on its neck. What could this be? General Dog Discussions
One of my new puppies has a hard lump on its neck. It didnt have this 2 days ago, but I didn't pick it up yesterday, so I don't know if it develope yesterday or today. It is on the left side, kinda in the front. It is hard and doesn't mush in. It doesn't appear to have an entry place, like if it were a bite of some kind. It almost looks like it would be some type of abcess or boil. Any ideas what this could be? Since this puppy is with the mother and its litter mates, I can't imagine that it would be a bug bite.Oh, I don't know if I really feel comfortable sticking a needle in that little puppy. I am afraid I would really hurt her.This puppy us just going to turn 3 weeks tomorrow, so it hasn't had vaccines yet. So I know it isn't that. It is up off the ground in a welping kennel, but it does have an opening at the front where the mom can run out into the air, so I can't be sure that some type of bug didn't bit her.My husband had a dog one time that developed something like this on its neck, though it was alot older than this dog, and when I took it to my vet, she lanced it and puss and blood came out. She said that it was an abcess of some type, but she wasn't sure what could have caused it. I just wonder if this could be the same type of thing. But she sedated this other dog, but I don't know if a puppy this age could be sedated to lance that, if that is even what needs to be done.