My aged lab (12 years) is in great health, but has developed 3 separate lumps in the past year. None are painful, and they do not look alike. With his age, we would be reluctant to do anything invasive.
!. What I thought was a simple lipoma or cyst developed on the truck of the body. along the ribs. Sitting beneath the skin surface, it s a small, mobile semi-spherial lump which doesn't feel attached to anything, and has no stalk
2. Next was a little spherical swelling on one testicle. It is the same colour as the testicle, sits out from the surface and has grown to the size of a marble. Again. not painful.and quite squidgy to the touch.
3. Most recent is on the undersurface of the ear. It first developed as a tiny grey swelling, and we thought it was a tick, and were trying to remove it - it was not a tick and bled! it has become a little bigger, is pink and is a well defined sphere about 3-4mm diameter.
Do you think these are related or separate things, and should we be unduly worried? My only real concern is the one on the testicle, which I thing might be irritated as it is beginning to be brushed by the hind leg when he walks - so it might be best to get this removed?
Thank you.