My pigeon has a hard yellow wing cyst with a hair. Is it dangerous?

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When I was feeding my pigeon today, I noticed a cyst on its wing. The cyst is hard looks yellow, about the size of a small pea, and there is a hair follicle coming out from the center of it. I have applied neosporin for the time being. Apart from the cyst he active and eating well. (He is around 26 days old) Is this dangerous, will he be okay?

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

Generally speaking 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. 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. Please find the time to give us a feedback about the consultation as that will be used to improve our service.

My pigeon has a hard yellow wing cyst with a hair. Is it dangerous?

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