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Huge lump on bum

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Tonight Beans had a huge lump on his bum. It was about the diameter of a golf ball, but obviously not as rounded, and felt exactly like how i react to a Mozzie bite.

He is usually quite nervy, tonight he seemed very chilled out, almost too quiet. It didnt seem to bother him i was poking and prodding it for quite some time, and there is no broken skin or marks or blood - he is white there, so it would show up.

Could it be some sort of insect bite? I dont think it is fly strike - i inspect them daily and have seen no signs, and there is no sign of broken skin, like i said.

He is eating and drinking, although i was worried he was dribbling a bit, but i think he had just had a drink (he was near the bottle when i picked him up).

ANy ideas?
 
I would guess an abcess if it's swelled up quickly. He will need to see a vet to have it drained. George had one from an infected bite (from his brother!) which swelled up to the size of a golf ball over night. I remember George having a quarter of a Rimidyl tablet can't remember if he had antibiotics as well. I had to clean it out three times a day with salt water and and apply medical manucca honey. He was very tolerant of it if a little sticky! Hope he recovers quickly.
 
Haha... Double post. Never mind. Take him to the vet. Get well soon little one!
 
Hi from what you've described it does sound like an abscess :........i have been thru a few of these with one of our boys.
I would go and get it checked by the vets as it's not wise to leave any unexplained lumps.

Healing wheeeeeeeeeeeks for little Beans xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
 
I am not sure it is an abscess. I have seen these before in horses, and they are usually very painful and there will be a skin lesion somewhere if he was bitten by one of the other boys?

He doesnt seem bothered by me poking and prodding it at all, he doesnt even move, surely if it was painful he would be struggling to get away?

I wondered at Dislocated Hip, but he was running around quite happily this morning.

Hmm, i am going past a big vets this afternoon i may try and take him in on my way. I may try and call them now to see if i could get an appointment.
 
its possibly a hernia or an abscess he will defo need treatment for either of them as infection in both can be horrid and can be serious if leftxxx
 
He is booked in this afternoon to the vets, althoguh i have to take the other two as well: i would take one as a companion, but it seems cruel to leave the other one at home alone for several hours: i have to go to the ponies straight afterwards so they can sit on the grass at my friends house for a few hours.

I will also discuss with the vets what to do if they are seriously fighting, what experience they have with small animal operations in the event of castration etc.
 
neutering them will not stop them fighting, neutering does not change the way they behave it only stops them from getting a sow/s pregnant.

if they are fighting and draw blood you need to split one of them and get him neutered and then a sow after4-6 wks post op.

if all are fighting all need to be split and all need to be neutered and each boar have their own sow/s

you can have a baby boar with each one but bare in mind you could also end up with 6 single boars.

boar trios rarely work out.
 
They are not fighting enough to draw blood, it is mostly the constant humping which gets on my nerves, especially when it gets 'gluey' as well, which is nasty! It is mostly rumblestrutting and posturing between 2 of them, some SLIGHT teeth chattering (not bad, i have heard bad chattering before!) and then chasing and mutual humping. This happens every day however when they come in.

They have been like this since last November when i got them (all as adults) but have gotten worse since the spring.

One of the boys is smaller and very placid, usually the other two jump and hump him, then leave him alone, and he just sits and takes it. I have never seen him even a bit cross!

I am merely making contingency plans in case the fighting escalates. I have a much smaller cage to keep them separtated in, but they are usually together in their run in the garden (a large 2-storey cage with a custom built 5ft x 4ft run attached to the lower storey) and then when they come in they have the run of the conservatory all night until i go to bed at 11-ish, and can jump in and out of their cage as they wish (it is a 4ft x 2.5ft tray with the cage over the top and a lift-up front).

I dont have a huge garden with space for a second cage/ run arrangement, nor do i have another room they can run around in while inside, if i had to split them and/ or get another companion.

Will need thinking about. But for now, get this lump sorted. Honestly, these three have been to the vets more times than all the other pigs i have ever had combined!
 
Turns out it is a haematoma, after the vet stuck a needle in it and it ****** blood everywhere. She gave him a broad spectrum antibiotic and painkiller, said his weight and heart etc were fine, and that the lump would take about a month to go down fully. I need to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesnt abscess.

We discussed options, and she said boys were boys, that they obviously werent fighting badly else they would be in pieces, and if it got worse to do something but it was premature to start thinking about separation now.
 
there doesnt have to be fighting in order to split them, if you have a trio of boars and one seems depressed, thin, or is getting bullied ie always mounting and been chased and others stopping one from eating, then this can be worse than fighting and then the sad one needs removing

keep a close eye on the lump as they can fill up very fast again so both edges may need stitching back or a small drain inserted x
 
Well Beans was a good weight yesterday and is getting braver and is always the first one out to go exploring on the floor, despite his stress yesterday, BlackPig is his usual chirpy self and BrownPig is fat and happy as usual. If one of them was skinny i would definitely worry!

I will keep an eye on the lump, esp as she has now holed it with the needle so it may still abscess.
 
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