Henrys lump

[The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue]

Hi all
Found couple lumps on my Henry yesterday 3 year old gorgeous boar.
Mobile and grape shaped under chest and by shoulder.He is very fit active piggie and cant believe we did not notice as he is groomed regularly and had bath last week ! He weighs 3lbs ! and is lovely chunky boar.
Hope its nothing sinister he is going to the vets tomorrow just to get it checked.
Helen :...

 

[flips]

Big hugs for the vet visit. x

 

[Baby's Mom]

Good luck to Henry!

I hope everything goes okay for him.

 

[Wiebke]

Good luck for Henry. Hopefully, it's just harmless fatty lumps.

http://www.guinealynx.info/lumps.html

 

[The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue]

Henry at the vets

Henry has been the vets today she took a cytology sample and results will be back next wednesday.He was very brave boy Next step will depend on results
Helen xx>>>

 

[flips]

Well done Henry. Hope he's getting lots of treats and cudles for being a good boy.

 

[Pebble]

It DOES sound like fatty lipoma, which is benign, so keeping all paws and whiskers crossed here for a good outcome

x

 

[Fudge and Rainbow :)]

Hope everything is ok. My guinea pig Fudge has 3 lumps on her body and they are massive! :... She's had them for 2 years now and the vet said they are harmless. Here's a video of her where you can see them:

http://s810.photobucket.com/albums/zz21/MischiefandTinkerbelle/?action=view&current=DSCF5171.mp4

 

[Debedee]

fingers crossed for Henry, I'm sure all will be fine,most lumps are fatty ones in piggies. x

 

[Laura-CCC4]

Good luck for the results, definitely a good idea to have them checked.

A couple of my pigs have fatty lipomas, just behind their "armpits". I panicked at first too, found the first one 3 years ago, but have since come across others in other pigs and know the feel of them now.

 

[The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue]

Henrys are behind his armpits ! Thanks for that reassurance x

 

[Debedee]

My Ronnie's lump was behind his foreleg/armpit area. It was very hard and pea sized which worried me so that's why I got it removed. I sent it off for histology and it came back as a type of lipoma that they said is common in older piggies (he's 5 ish).

Fingers crossed all will be well for Henry xx

 

[The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue]

Hi
Results back non conclusive but show mostly fat cells so vet thinks lipomas.As Henry is so fit we are leaving biopsies for now and just keeping an eye on lumps growth.
Helen x

 

[Debedee]

that's good news. If the lump's not bothering him then just monitor the size/shape of it.

Take care Henry x>>