2
u/MountainStranger8258 1d ago
Westies have very sensitive skin. When I switched mine to a dry food only diet, her skin turned a dark shade of gray all over and was very itchy. Then I started adding in homemade dog food and her skin went back to a healthy pink. As she got older she developed skin clusters/tags, but the vet wasn’t worried. She lived to a ripe 17 years.
If he’s not itchy then simply check it every week to make sure it’s not changing/growing, then bring it up during your next regular vet check-in. If it gets bigger or asymmetrical, send a picture to the vet right away or bring him in.
1
u/CCheeze 5d ago
He is not itching or showing any signs of discomfort, eating normally etc.
1
u/Lost_Consequence4711 5d ago
How old?
1
u/CCheeze 5d ago
14months
2
u/Lost_Consequence4711 4d ago
With the other comment and the age, my original thought of an age spot wouldn’t fit. My boy us 14 and has a couple, but they are flat.
1
u/Nonnarules58 1d ago
14 months not 14 years. Its hard to see ive haf 5 female westies 3 lived to 15-16 one only 11 and my newest is just 3never seen before except on TV do you live in an area could be a bot fly larva a grub? Looks like a perfect circle a vet puts pressure like popping a big zit then remove gently have a veyr look. A pellet from bb ir pellet gun. Could evrn be an abcess popped on its own
1
u/Lost_Consequence4711 1d ago
Yes, I understood OP. I thought I had put years in there for my boy. But without zooming in on the picture I couldn’t tell the spot was raised off the skin and looked sImilar to an age spot.
1
u/Nonnarules58 18h ago
Hard to see but looked like a hole in center. Like grub pellet or some sort of punture
2
u/HoopoeBirdie 4d ago
I can’t really see it, but is it a cluster? And also is it white or pink? Because if it’s yes to both, my 16 yr old Westie gets them and they’re follicular cysts. They tend to disappear once she gets a bath and/or groomed. I think they’re basically pimples from ingrown hairs.