Cancer in Guinea Pigs

[5Cs_Piggies]

This year, as of January, I lost my very first pig; Chai. She was only 3 years old, which in case you didn’t know before, is a very young age for a guinea pig to pass. She was put to sleep humanly at the vet’s, because of a large tumor in her side. When I say large, a mean BIG. It was larger than her entire body and had began pushing her intestines against one side of her body. I blame myself for not noticing it sooner, as her long fur sorta made it look normal-ish. I assumed she was just overweight and tried to lay off on the pellets. Then, the fur surrounding her bottom became matted with goopy feces. I quickly rushed her to my exotic veterinarian, where we X-rayed her for anything unusual. That’s when we discovered her tumor. It was to large to treat without risking the life of Chai. The next week, her ashes were sitting on my mantel. To my knowledge, the diarrhea was the only visable symptom besides her bulging sides. Does anyone have any idea of what form of cancer, if it even was cancer, it would have been? It would provide me some closure after these long months

 

[DM030819]

@5Cs_Piggies I'm so sorry for your loss. It is always hard losing a loved one.

Unfortunately we're not able to diagnose so we couldn't say what Chai's lump actually was.

But try to take comfort in the fact that you did everything you could and she was loved whilst in your care.

 

[Sophie B]

I’m so sorry x

I’m afraid we can’t tell you what type of cancer it was

 

[Freela]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, there's just no way to know what kind of tumor/cancer it might have been. Like humans, guinea pigs can develop any number of malignancies. ((HUGS.)) It's never easy to lose a pet.