Hi all - I've posted this once before but it seems it disappeared after sending, so here goes again!
The night before last, I noticed my dog was licking his tail. I had a look and there was a rather large, hard lump. We'd just returned from his evening walk and I thought he might have been bitten by a bug during our walk. He went to bed shortly after but the next morning he was still trying to lick it.
I made him wear his cone of shame for the whole day and the lump hardened and the swelling went down. I went out for a couple of hours earlier this evening and because he hadn't paid his tail any attention today, I left his cone off before I went out. Unfortunately, on my return this evening, he'd had a proper munch on his tail. It's a bit bloody. I cleaned it with salt water and put his cone back on him. I am going to be taking him to the vet tomorrow to get it checked over.
It looks like there might be something inside the lump? It reminds me of a really heady spot.
Does this look like a (rather munched) bug bite/sting? A wasp or something like that? He'd been bitten by a tick before but it looks nothing like that. He's been fine otherwise, food, toilet, play. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.a