My female terrier mix has a cyst on her neck that is sometimes filled. It is currently empty but she has surgery scheduled to remove it. I don’t want to put her through surgery if it’s unnecessary. It doesn’t seem to bother her. What should I do?

My dog has a serious cyst on the top of her head. in the past she had scratched it open and it had become infected, the vet gave us antibiotics and the infection cleared, however the cyst did not fully close or get smaller. It is now a few weeks later and she has once again scratched at the cyst, causing it to become infected again. there is blood and yellow puss oozing from the cyst and dampening her fur around it constantly. Jackie has had no changes in her behavior since the infection. I will take her to the vet to be put on antibiotics again. However I fear that this is no permanent solution. I am willing to opt for surgery but she is an older dog. I am afraid her age may become a complication. https://photos.app.goo.gl/H6VBGDybFtqMCnVTA

My Boston Terrier is 14 years.He has a cyst on his penis . The vet tested not cancer. It is growing. I do not have a lot of money for surgery. Should I put him through surgery at his age?

My dog has several sebaceous cysts on her skin that look like moles. Two of them ruptured, and they now will not stop oozing. They are now basically just bleeding open wounds that won't heal. I'm keeping them clean, but not seeing any decrease in the discharge or any sign of them closing. In fact, one cyst is now very red and open around the entire cyst surface. Will this need to be removed? My dog is 12 1/2 years old with some health issues, and I'm very afraid to have her go under anesthesia. Any help is appreciated!

Well she has had one on her tail for awhile. It was small. Went to class monday and came home to find where she had bit it. Blood and puss leaked from it. So I took her straight to the vet. The vet said they would need to dock her tail. I had blood work done. She has no cancer and is as healthy as can be besides this. I just dont agree with docking her tail when I've read it could be surgically removed. Shes a pitbull/German shepherd. Any help or advice would be appreciated. I'm taking her to a second vet to get another opinion.

My dog is a 14 years old pitbull. He still gets around like a puppy. He has a cyst on the side of his neck. I can actually lift the cyst up it's not connected. It's also squishy. He has a second one on his inner left thigh and that was is hard, but I can lift it up too and go underneath it too. He doesn't limp from the one on his leg. He is very active and runs. I just want some insight on how much it would cost to atleast have the squishy one drained. Or have them removed all together.

Interdigital cyst on the right hind leg specifically located on the first paw close to the body. When we took her to the vet, the cyst ruptured when she stood up and so the vet drained it. After draining, she prescribed cephalexin to be taken twice a day for 7 days as well as carprofen twice a day for 7 days. I always brush my dogs fur before going to bed and that was shortly after giving her meds and while brushing the hips to buttocks part, I felt stiffness in muscles and I immediately checked the other side and it was also stiff and both sides seemed to lose some muscles because it really felt different. I called the vet the following day and told her the condition of my dogs hip and she told us to monitor it for 2-3 days. It’s been 4 days and until now, there’s no changes with her hind hips feeling stiff and seemingly had lost some muscles. Any advice on what to do since we haven’t seen her vet yet.