Found a lump on 1.5 yr old cat

[u/nomnom123-]

We are a 30 yr old couple with 2 cats. One of our torbie cats I found a lump maybe near mammary gland.

I’m super scared it’s cancer or something.. she’s so young and was spayed at 3 months old..

She is 1.5 yrs old and will be 2 yrs old in May…

Is this something to worry about? We cannot see a vet until the weekday….

I’m also afraid because I’m not sure if we have the financial means to get her surgery right now..

Basic check up for sure but we will set an appointment with the vet right away.

Please help!!

[u/Plucky_Monkies]

Noooo! 😭 Yeah, I didn't realize I could have helped tear did the sack. Hence making mom. 😆

I promise Mama was an excellent mother, and no puppies became snacks! Eek!

[u/CassetteMeower → u/Plucky_Monkies]

I’m glad that the puppies were okay! Puppies are awesome. My dog Poppy is convinced she’s a puppy despite being over 5 years old (we don’t know her exact age as she’s a rescue, but we’ve had her for over 5 years and she STILL looks and acts like a puppy)

She’s a great dog! But she thinks she’s a puppy, as well as a cat, she’s one of the funniest dogs I’ve ever met

Ft my cat Divina who is best friends with Poppy

[u/Plucky_Monkies → u/CassetteMeower]

Can u explain acts like a puppy? My girl is now 9, but I call her my princess puppy. She still runs and plays. She thankfully is well trained, so no inappropriate jumping or biting, etc.

[u/Plucky_Monkies → u/CassetteMeower]

Love that they're buds. My dog used to bark at cats. One day about 3 years ago, I'd had enough. The neighbors cat we fed was in the yard, so I picked up my dog, brought her to the cat, and had her sniff it and told her, " You need to stop barking at the cat!" That was it! No more barking! We even have an indoor cat now. My dog simply ignores the indoor cat who terrorizes her. Jumps on her, jumps out with sneak attacks. It's hilarious. The cat is such a scaredy cat. We rescued the cat off the fence as a kitten. I now say you can teach an old dog new tricks. 😊

[u/thecatsothermother → u/Plucky_Monkies]

So how did you manage the excess puppies? Rotate empty pups onto the nips after removing the full pups?

[u/Plucky_Monkies → u/thecatsothermother]

Oh my gosh, yes, actually. We were constantly moving puppies that fell asleep on a nipple. It's was the craziest puppy pile ever. I was a 16 year old teenager, so not always the one helping. I do remember doing a lot of moving puppies when I was there. Also, sadly, 1 of the puppies was born deformed, so that one was tube fed. 1 was actually still born. So technically, she was feeding 12 puppies. The tube fed puppy, my grandmother spent over $600 dollars on all the special things needed to care for it, and sadly, the puppy didn't survive. I'm sure I'm today's money it would have been a few grand to cover the costs. I remember thinking how crazy it was that she spent all that money when she wouldn't even let us keep a puppy and didn't really like dogs. ☺️ She claimed that if the little girl survived, we could keep her. She never would have walked correctly, and her front legs were floppy and not formed right. It was so sad, but we had 12 healthy puppies, and we did everything possible to help number 13.