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Advice On Cysts Please.

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Hi guys.

Thank you to all of the piggie owners who have helped out in my thread in the introductions section. ;) As advised i've created a thread here in the hope of more excellent advice.

If you haven't read my initial post, basically it seems as though one of our girls has a large cyst on her lower back (about half the size of a chickens egg). It has developed an open 'sore' which is now a crater about the size of a 2p piece that oozes white puss and blood almost constantly.
The vet has given us some Baytril (0.2ml dosage) that we have to give her orally twice a day, and was advised to bathe the area 2 or 3 times a day with warm salted water. I asked the vet if i should use an antiseptic cream of some description, but the vet said no and to use salted water only.

After lots of reading here and elsewhere, it seems that cysts are a very common Guinea pig complaint, so i was wondering if any of you guys have had similar problems and how you helped the situation.
Obviously i don't want to go against what the vet advised by applying creams or lotions etc, but if anyone has any advice on food additives etc that may help, i would be very grateful to hear it.

Thank you in advance.

Stu. :)
 
maybe somebody who knows more willbe along shortly but i undersand that cysts are fairly common and no problem, if left alone so dont worry.
 
poor piggie :( she needs some pain killer, I think some people on here recommend baby nurofen or calpol? But don't quote me on that. I think Metacam is also recommended but this can only be got from the vet.

I always thought that the pus should be throughly expelled from the wound daily, along with warm salt water

Someone should be along to help you further :)
 
I'm sorry I don't have any advice but when I was younger I had a pig with a similar problem who had an open sore and lived a long time with it without any apparent pain or discomfort. I'm sure one of the many knowledgeable people on here will be along soon to give you some advice.
 
I have been reading this thread but I'm unsure what to advise; if it was a simple case of a cyst that's either 'intact' or ruptured and is healing over, advising is easier, but given that it's a wound involving blood and pus I am unsure. I will have to seek advice on this myself, I will get back to you as soon as I can.

ETA: Just been thinking. Are you sure it is not an abscess? Is the swelling (lump) soft or hard? Something of that size may be an abscess, which would explain the 'crater' and the blood and pus.
 
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It does sound like an abcess to me as well although I believe that cysts can get infected.

We had a guinea pig with what the vet described as a cyst on her back once - however it never infected or broke open. It was attached under the skin and would move around freely - I believe problem tumours tend to be fixed so it may have been a benign tumour. It grew very slowly over a number of months and in the end we made the decision to have it removed as had it continue to grow it would have been a case of cutting the guinea pig off the tumour rather than the other way round in the end. It healed nicely and never came back.

However, as I said it doesn't sound quite the same as what your piggie has.

Palula
 
paulag said:
It does sound like an abcess to me as well although I believe that cysts can get infected.

We had a guinea pig with what the vet described as a cyst on her back once - however it never infected or broke open. It was attached under the skin and would move around freely - I believe problem tumours tend to be fixed so it may have been a benign tumour. It grew very slowly over a number of months and in the end we made the decision to have it removed as had it continue to grow it would have been a case of cutting the guinea pig off the tumour rather than the other way round in the end. It healed nicely and never came back.

However, as I said it doesn't sound quite the same as what your piggie has.

Palula
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I don't want to move away from OP original post, but I am curious what do you mean by problem tumours?
 
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