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It's been awhile---but Chip has been doing really good so I haven't had to post until now. Something is on his face and I don't know what. Maybe a month and a half ago I noticed a small bump on his lower jaw that basically looked like he poked himself with a quill. So whatever this is, it is a slow growing thing that isn't affecting his daily life. He doesn't seem to be in any pain or bothered at all by it, so that makes me feel better about it NOT being one of these oral cancers.
He seems to have some sort of growth on his lower lip, only on one side. It's hard to tell, but I think it is only on the outside and it doesn't seem to be bothering his teeth (he is still eating a ton and drinking plenty without any problems). Everything else is normal--running on his wheel, and normal activities.
I searched through old posts to see if I could figure this out on my own, but nothing seemed to match exactly. It doesn't seem to be an ingrown whisker, because it is all pink (and basically looks like his tongue is hanging out the side of his mouth), and no whiskers are on the growth. I saw a few pictures of other problems and the scabs were all brown, but like I said this is pink, relatively smooth, with a hint of a yellowish infection on the edges (like he scratched it and opened it up). The whole mass is about the this big: |----| spilling out of his mouth, so it isn't a uniform width.
That's as much info as I can give without posting a picture, which I'll do as soon as I can. Any ideas or advice????
He seems to have some sort of growth on his lower lip, only on one side. It's hard to tell, but I think it is only on the outside and it doesn't seem to be bothering his teeth (he is still eating a ton and drinking plenty without any problems). Everything else is normal--running on his wheel, and normal activities.
I searched through old posts to see if I could figure this out on my own, but nothing seemed to match exactly. It doesn't seem to be an ingrown whisker, because it is all pink (and basically looks like his tongue is hanging out the side of his mouth), and no whiskers are on the growth. I saw a few pictures of other problems and the scabs were all brown, but like I said this is pink, relatively smooth, with a hint of a yellowish infection on the edges (like he scratched it and opened it up). The whole mass is about the this big: |----| spilling out of his mouth, so it isn't a uniform width.
That's as much info as I can give without posting a picture, which I'll do as soon as I can. Any ideas or advice????
I'll do all the worrying and he can just keep doing his cute awesome little thing.
