[Dailydrool] NOT Random Squeezing

[Sandi Wittenberg]

When I wrote a while back that I check my dogs and squeeze new bumps, I was
not referring to "random" squeezing.  When you have had bassets as long as I
have, you get a sense of what you are feeling.  My experience, and with the
concurrence of all five vets at the leading vet in NW Ohio, is that if you
find a SMALL, NEW sebaceous cyst (not attached to anything other than skin),
you should firmly squeeze it to try to get it to burst.  The body of a
healthy dog can readily absorb the small oil pocket release of these cysts.
If I feel something out of the ordinary, I watch it and/or have it checked.

 

Of course, as always, don't do anything you are uncomfortable with and
follow the advice of your vet if it makes sense to you.

 

 

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