AdamFrench
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi,
One of my 12 month old girls has suddenly developed a lump on the bottom of her back, just above and to the left of where her 'tail' would be.
It's about the size of my thumb nail, very pronounced (like stroking her normal body shape then all of a sudden a lump, no build up or anything just the lump), probably around half an inch at the centre, from her skin. It's feels squishy on the top but very firm in the middle, as in the surface of the lump has give but the middle not so much. It does just about move with the skin but only a little. She doesn't react when it is touched at all and it hasn't grown since it showed up. She been on baytril for 10 days for an issue with a substance on her bottom and is eating and maintaining weight well. Her behaviour is the same.
We visited the vet and she believes it to be a cyst but doesn't recommend removing it due to its location. The vets facial expressions have not filled me with cofidence. I'm a panicker and I'm growing concerned that it is something more serious, due to how quickly it developed and also its size.
Could this be a tumor and my vets has mis-diagnosed?
Sorry for the essay but she's my little girl!
One of my 12 month old girls has suddenly developed a lump on the bottom of her back, just above and to the left of where her 'tail' would be.
It's about the size of my thumb nail, very pronounced (like stroking her normal body shape then all of a sudden a lump, no build up or anything just the lump), probably around half an inch at the centre, from her skin. It's feels squishy on the top but very firm in the middle, as in the surface of the lump has give but the middle not so much. It does just about move with the skin but only a little. She doesn't react when it is touched at all and it hasn't grown since it showed up. She been on baytril for 10 days for an issue with a substance on her bottom and is eating and maintaining weight well. Her behaviour is the same.
We visited the vet and she believes it to be a cyst but doesn't recommend removing it due to its location. The vets facial expressions have not filled me with cofidence. I'm a panicker and I'm growing concerned that it is something more serious, due to how quickly it developed and also its size.
Could this be a tumor and my vets has mis-diagnosed?
Sorry for the essay but she's my little girl!