Abdominal Lump

[Flossys_doll]

My female guinea pig has a firm, grape sized lump on her lower abdomen. It is near a teat, at a spot where she would occasionally bite herself, leaving wounds or bruising which would heal quite quickly. She is almost 7 years old and does not seem to be in any pain. Anyone seen this on their pigs?

 

[3 Musketeers]

It could be a abcess brewing, can you give us a picture

Above is an example of a abcess, if it looks like this please see a vet!

 

[Lady Kelly]

my god @3 Musketeers I've never seen an abscess so huge!

Any lump should be seen by a vet for diagnosis especially when it is causing discomfort to your piggy (that is why she is biting and hurting herself). From the location it could be a number of things - mammary tumour, sebaceous cyst, fatty lump, abscess and I'm sure there's more.

If you can let us know your rough location the members on here might be able to recommend a good vet as sadly some vets don't know a piggy bum from its elbow

 

[Katiedid]

See a vet, my sow has an almost identical lump and we are off to the vet tomorrow. My old boar sadly had cancer and one of the last lumps to appear was there.

 

[Amy Barton]

Fingers crossed it's just harmless cyst however any lumps need to be seen by a vet asap especially in older piggys as they are more likely to develop cancer. Your vet should take a sample from the lump to test if it is an abcess, cancer or a cyst.

 

[DM030819]

@Flossys_doll It could be a mammary lump which could be cancer or not.

One of my boars had one, and had it removed. It turned out to be just a lump but I'm glad we removed it anyway as it was making his nipple bleed.

It's always best to get lumps checked out. One of my current boys has a lump and the vet says it's fine, just to keep an eye on it.