Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - you could be looking at interdigital furunculosis, arthritic joint pain exacerbated by over-long nails, trauma, a foreign body, infectious disease, a sabaceous cyst, cancer, a bite wound or something else. The trouble is, that the presentation doesn't always reflect the cause as obviously as we would like, but I can see from the fur around it that this is sore - and being chronically licked - and that the joints don't look very comfortable, so a veterinary appointment sooner rather than later is important for this one.
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