Dark spot on skin: pic included

[Jessika]

My kitties didn't ever have bumps, just a colored spot like a freckle, and the vets saw it and were never concerned. She'd said it looks like a spot, not a bump (though now I go back and read I See "flat mole") so I guess I misread the post. I was reading it as though it were a "freckle", and not necessarily a bump. My apologies.

[Catty1]

Emeraldgreen - Why not just contact your vet and see what he says? Do let him know if $$ is a problem.

My employer's cat had a dark spot which he would lick at, and it would bleed a bit. The vet had a look and was not concerned...he said it would go away. I think it might be a hematoma...and that MIGHT - MIGHT be what Paddy has if there was a lot of scratching going on. That could raise a blood blister.

Is it hard? Squishy?

HUGS - all will work out.

[Emeraldgreen]

Sorry, I think I confused things when I used the word 'mole'. It's totally flat, not raised at all and is totally even with the surrounding skin so it is more like a freckle but a big one. The colour is quite dark. Paddy and the others were itching because of what I believe was mites. A few days after administering Revolution to each of them, the scratching stopped. This mark doesn't seem to bother him at all but I was alarmed when I noticed it.
I think the best route to take will be to have a vet check it to put my mind at ease, as has been suggested here. I'm sure hoping it's just a pigment thing, like a freckle as in the case of Jessika's cat.
I don't think I'll contact the vet who did the surgery on Tiger about it because he is located where we used to live which is many hours away. He's an excellent vet but he does like to upsell and try everything under the sun so even with my discount, it could get expensive.
I'll take him to a local vet in a few weeks time that I've used before on occasion. She's pretty good and I think if she had the higher tech equipment for rhinoscopy, she would have found Tiger's tumor too. She was the first vet I took Tiger too when he was having breathing problems and she suspected a tumor but wasn't sure exactly where it was located and just wasn't equipped to find it.