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- 06/29/2020 at 6:46 PM
  abean
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  We adopted 2 un neutered young males and they were biting each other quite hard. One of the bites has created a small hard bump under the skin. Is this something to be alarmed about?
- 06/29/2020 at 7:00 PM
  Hazel
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  I’d have a vet look at it, if it’s an abscess it will have to be treated. I wouldn’t let them have any physical contact until they’ve both been neutered. Are you trying to bond them?
- 06/30/2020 at 4:14 AM
  abean
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  I’m looking for a vet, I hadn’t noticed the bump until yesterday so it formed within the past day. They have been separated since we got them. It’s been about 5 days. We are afraid to let them be together, but there pen is fence in between them so they spend a lot of the day sniffing and touching noses. And they sleep next to each other too.
- 06/30/2020 at 4:22 AM
  Hazel
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  They definitely need to stay separated. In fact you should double up on the fence with a few inches in between so they don’t bite each other through the fence.
- 06/30/2020 at 4:30 AM
  abean
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  Good idea.
  
  Thank you
- 06/30/2020 at 4:38 AM
  Bam
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  Keep a close eye on the bump. Sometimes hard-ish scare tissue forms, but if that’s the case, the bump will not change in size (not even shrink, for a long time, at least). If it is an abscess it needs to be cleaned out and most likely treated with antibiotics.
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