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A warty piggie nose

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I adopted my sow Morrissey over a year ago and in the last three months she has developed a sort of warty growth on her nose. I have taken her to two vets since both of which were clueless as to what it could be . It hasnt got any bigger or smaller and it certainly doesn't affect her and isnt like any condition i've googled . I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this on a pig before and if it'll ever go away?
 
 
Upon closer inspection after todays thorough grooming I'm also worried because I spotted this skin condition. I could really use some helpful advice guys so any input would be fab =] as I don't want to go immediately through the vets again as apparently they are clueless (I even drove for an hour and a half to find a recommended piggie vet which still provided no answers)
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Hi! Can I just say your piggy is lovely! :) I dont really have any advice sorry! But I hope that someone more experienced can comment on it. Luckily it does really look nasty does it? They haven't got a cage mate have they that has ripped some of the hair out on the nose? Hope she feels better soon and someone can give you some advice! xxxxxx
 
It does look very similar actually, Yes the skin condition on her belly is my main concern really i dont like the colour/look of it. i think her warty nose however is an aesthetic harmless thing. I thought it was a cage mate fight originally but the consistancy is wrong its not like a scab its a long term growth. I was told by the vet that the condition is virtually unknown. Grose right! I'm a little bit gutted shes such a pretty thing and it looks like i'm neglecting her! She's eating and drinking fine though. Thankyou for the piggy compliment btw :)
 
Canesten athlete foots cream applied once a day will sort it, it's a fungal thing, never spreads from the nose, just doesn't look nice.
 
I'e never applied anything to Peggy's nose but the vet definitely said it was a wart. It kind of looks like a lots of little cauliflower florets if you look very closely. I hope you get the other thing sorted out though xxxxx
 
I agree with Caz N Drummer. This looks like fungal on the nose. My lunkyara Gertrude has had this for about 3 months, and it is just about disappearing now after bathing, a little bit of cream and being brought in from the garage to the kitchen due to the cold.

Can't help with the 2nd picture, sorry.

Morrisey is gorgeous BTW!
 
I agree with Caz N Drummer. This looks like fungal on the nose. My lunkyara Gertrude has had this for about 3 months, and it is just about disappearing now after bathing, a little bit of cream and being brought in from the garage to the kitchen due to the cold.

Can't help with the 2nd picture, sorry.

Morrisey is gorgeous BTW!
 
Thanks for the great advice! I will definitely try the cream and bathing technique. I don't think its due to cold surrounding in my case i keep all my piggies in the living room, so i can watch them from the comfort of the sofa =D. Your piggies are gorgeous as well =]
 
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