I noticed that the “top-most” whisker above Wick’s left and right eye (so two whiskers total) have a tiny bump where the whisker is growing from. They are both fully-grown whiskers, or at least well-developed. It sort of reminds me of an in-grown hair bump, and, me being human, I really just want to pull out the whiskers since that’s what I do with annoying in-grown hairs, but obviously I’m not doing that with Wick, haha.
I did a brief search online and it seems like this may be harmless, as long as it doesn’t grow any bigger. There’s a more scary-line of information that talks abut hair-follicle tumors (agh!)… with one paper from 1922 talking about an association between malignant tumors and rabbits with chronic syphilis infections (which Wick has; double agh!)… but before getting too tense about this, I’m posting to see what members’ experiences are. Any experiences which a small, raised bump under the skin at a whisker-follicle?
For reference, it is the size of a sewing needle pin tips (even a bit smaller). It’s the same color as his skin (light grey), with the one above his left eye being slightly redder than the other. I noticed the left one two days ago, and noticed the right one today. They are hard bumps, that I want to say are new. Whether those particular whiskers are new, I do not know. There’s no noticeable flinching or wincing when I bend the whiskers back and forth at the follicle (which I did to try and get a better look). To my knowledge, there are no other bumps anywhere else. As usual, I tried to get a photo, but it’s difficult to see the tiny bump distinguished among his black fur and grey skin.
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