My cat has soft, painless lumps on her belly. What could they be?

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My one year-old female cat has several fatty-like lumps on her undercarriage. She has one under each foreleg, and three on her lower abdomen (actually, one is a smaller one just above her reproductive area). They are very pliable, like a balloon, and do not seem painful. Rosie is not yet spayed. I will take her to her doctor, but I just wondered what you suggest. I found them just yesterday. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 3 months old | 5 lbs

Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

Although a picture of it would help to give you more specific answers, this kind of lump/growth needs to be ideally assessed by your veterinarian to have a definitive and specific answer. Usually there are two ways your vet can do that a part from examining it directly during physical examination. A biopsy can be taken under local or general anesthetic, otherwise a smaller sample through a fine needle can be aspirated (this technique is called FNA= fine needle aspiration). Differentials include skin cysts, infections, benign or more sinister type of tumors (unlikely given her age). Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

My cat has soft, painless lumps on her belly. What could they be?

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