So…the other day, and not for the first time, I was rubbing the cat and discovered a mysterious “bump” hidden in the fur. This time it was on his belly. the last couple of times I found suspicious lumps in his fur, they ended up being nothing more than a lose piece of skin and fur, or maybe a small scab from a healed abrasion.
To his credit, Methos lay calmly and let me dig through the fur on his belly to isolate what I now thought of as “the weird growth.” I think he just assumed he was enjoying a very localized belly rub. I isolated the growth, this dark little brown lump that looked not unlike a mole. I considered and then briefly dismissed the possibility that it was a nipple, as when I felt around I could not locate the other nipples.
So I did the only rational thing I could think of; I poked and squeezed at it to see what I it would do. It was kind of odd. At times it seemed to stick half in and half out of the skin, almost like a small tick (I frickin’ hate ticks, by the way.) Then I got the tweezers, determined to detach it from the cat. I tugged and tugged, but it was a slippery little sucker. I’d think I had a hold of it only to have it slip through my grasp. Whatever it was, Methos didn’t seem to be having any discomfort from my “ministrations,” and I eventually came up with a little scale of what looked the skin or scab from the top of the “lump.” But still the brown lump remained. So I called hubby over to look. I squeezed the skin around it again, and it sort of protruded out from the surrounding skin. The following is the general conversation that following, albeit, probably not verbatim:
HUBBY: I think that’s a nipple, hon.
ME: But I looked for his other nipples and couldn’t find them.
HUBBY: I think that’s a nipple.
ME: {pause} I think you’re right. {second pause} Ohmygod! I tried to mutilate the cat! {to cat} I’m so sorry, buddy!
{Then follows five minutes of shame and horror, probably for me and the cat.}
Lesson learned? Don’t try to detach things that are attached, unless you are positive of what they are, or at least what they are not.
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Oh my god…Cat molester! Haha! I thought you were gonna say it was something bad. 🙂
Trying to rip off a body part isn’t bad enough? lol
I meant like a tumor or something, although, having a nipple ripped off would be pretty f-ing painful. I’m wincing and holding mine as I write this…
Oddly enough, he didn’t even seem to feel it… Maybe it was a skin tag?
Mind you, if it HAD been a tumor, me trying to pull it off was prob the WORST thing I could do.
Oops! Have to admit to wondering if one of our cats had a lump and realising it was a nipple. Mind you, didn’t try pulling it off with tweezers 😉
o.O ~blush~
This made me smile. Amazing that he let you prod, poke and pull without attacking you.
I know! That’s what so weird about it! If it was a nipple, you’d think it would hurt like hell when I yanked on it! Maybe it was a skin tag. Are kitty nipples normally brown? My other cat’s aren’t.
Hmmm, I can’t say I am an expert on cat nipples so don’t really know!
Hahahahahaaa! I had that one with Suki. I was feeling her belly, and felt a lump. When I realized that was one of her nipples. Awkward moment!
But you’re totally right, don’t try to scab things off that are attached. You never know what might happen, if it’s a nipple or not.
Yeah, I know. Mommy FAIL! 😦
Nooo, no fail! Ok… a little bit!
LOL’d
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holy cat! that is cat abuse! ….hmmmm…nope, more like just plain old biped worry wart! MOL Next time listen to the Dad…just sayin’, Paw pats, Savannah
I know, right? I hate it when he’s right! o.O
Hahah, oh no, poor kitty! Poor you! I would have hid under the couch after that.
It was tempting…oh, you meant the cat! LOL o.O
No, I meant me! Not that I’d fit. But I’d sure as hell try!
IK< but you said you would hide…. if you were the poor cat or the stupid mommy?
Oh, I’m always the stupid Mom. Cats are way smarter than me.
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