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My German Shepherd puppy has a strange purple bump. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 6 days old | 15 lbs

We found this bump on our new German Shepard puppy, can you please tell me what to do? It has like a purple color to it.

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 2nd, 2017

Unfortunately the color on the picture is quite distorted. However if appears to be a possible abscess (infected pocket caused by trauma to the skin) or a large inflammatory response to a bug bite (spider perhaps). It is large however and looks irritated so I would recommend having your vet examine this area closely. Jasmine will likely need some medicaitons to get this to resolve well. Poor girl. I hope she gets this resolved soon. Best wishes and take care.

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