I live in the northwest so ticks aren't as common in some other places so I've never seen this before but...
Can ticks get all the way under the skin of a cat? This stray that's been hanging around for quite some time now has two bead size really hard lumps on her right shoulder and I can't find a body of a tick or entry point or anything but it feels like a tick and the lumps are in a vein. Even though I can't see a tick or bug there it looks just like it should. I know that we do have some ticks around here and I pulled one out of my other cat about a month or so ago but this just seems really weird.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also note that I have worked for a large shelter and a veterinarian for several years but this has me stumped.
Can ticks get all the way under the skin of a cat? This stray that's been hanging around for quite some time now has two bead size really hard lumps on her right shoulder and I can't find a body of a tick or entry point or anything but it feels like a tick and the lumps are in a vein. Even though I can't see a tick or bug there it looks just like it should. I know that we do have some ticks around here and I pulled one out of my other cat about a month or so ago but this just seems really weird.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also note that I have worked for a large shelter and a veterinarian for several years but this has me stumped.