>Second, our little girl, Podo, has a kind of a bump on her lower lip;
>she's had it sinse we bought her in June '98, and it didn't seem to
>bother her at all. The vet said she's missing her front bottom teeth,
>and obviously her lip lining grew out into this lump. The vet said she
>wouldn't recommend operation, as long as the bump doesn't change (grow
>bigger, start to bleed, etc).
 
Diana
 
Hi - I had one shelter kid come in with a bump on his lip, about the size
of a small pea, under his whiskers - I had it removed and the vet sent it
out for testing - the good news was that it was totally benign - and
diagnosed as a peripheral nerve sheath tumor.  Both the vet and pathologist
were suprised at the unusual location - apparently these are common around
the eyes, not mouth.
 
Anyway - if the vet says so, I'd leave it alone - Rascal's seemed to be
getting larger and the color changed, thats why I had it removed.  Poor
little guy, now hes a got an inverted "v" missing from his lip and he
looks like he is perpetually smirking.  :)
 
As far as other defects, I doubt it - but keep up those regular vet visits -
they should catch anything that might be wrong.  Good luck with the fuzzy!
 
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