Okay, wanted to update everyone about the skin tag on frank I posted about last week. As the days went on a discovered several more on him. Clusters of cauliflower like skin tag looking things. There were even some in his mouth which obviously alarmed me and led me to make a vet appointment. They came on so fast. I was thinking the worst... cancer, as everything I found on the evil Google machine told me that growths in the mouth could be cancer.
Luckily, they are just warts! They can be treated with antibiotics but the vet said they should clear up as he gets older. So we are choosing not to treat them as he's already been on so many antibiotics and his quality of life is fine so far. There may be a larger immune system that needs to be addressed but for now we are just going to wait and see if they clear up. Here is a great article about them. According to the article all dogs carry this but only some are affected by it?
Free Your Dogs From Warts or Papillomas
i just wanted to share the info I found... I will post pics of what franks look like later, he is napping at the moment
Luckily, they are just warts! They can be treated with antibiotics but the vet said they should clear up as he gets older. So we are choosing not to treat them as he's already been on so many antibiotics and his quality of life is fine so far. There may be a larger immune system that needs to be addressed but for now we are just going to wait and see if they clear up. Here is a great article about them. According to the article all dogs carry this but only some are affected by it?
Free Your Dogs From Warts or Papillomas
i just wanted to share the info I found... I will post pics of what franks look like later, he is napping at the moment