Hard swollen lump under cat's eye
A hard, swollen lump under a cat's eye can develop within a few weeks and usually feels firm to the touch without immediately causing the cat visible pain. Owners often worry about whether the growth is an injury or something serious while waiting days to contact a veterinarian.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1contacting the vet to schedule an appointment
- 2monitoring the lump and waiting for the clinic to open
- 3monitoring it to see if it changes or grows
- 4checking for signs of pain or discomfort while walking
- 5asking family members
- 6looking for low cost options
- 7waiting and monitoring
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Was trimming her claws and noticed this “nub”. It’s a bit hard to the touch and wasn’t there about 2-3 weeks ago (or I didn’t notice). Is it something I need to worry about?”source ↗
“I come back from work today and immediately see it looks swollen under his left eye. I reached down and it feels hard, he does not seem to be bothered by me touching it”source ↗
“I plan on contacting my vet tomorrow, he might not be able to be seen until Monday based off of what they have open.”source ↗
“I am not sure if cats can get a knot if he hit under his eye or something? Has anyones cat experienced something similar?”source ↗
“I see he has a pretty big lump on his back right (below?) his neck I asked my mom and she just brushed it off but this doesn’t seem normal at all, he doesn’t seem to be in pain or anything he’s just sleeping next to me right now like he always does but I’m scared this has never happened with any of my cats should I take him to a vet is there anything at home I should do? I’m so scared I really don’t want anything to be wrong that’s my kid bro”source ↗
“I don’t even know if we can go to the vet with the cost”source ↗
“I haven’t seen him all morning until five minutes before I made this post it feels kinda like a giant pimple if that makes sense I really can’t think of much to compare it too”source ↗