Lazw
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all,
So yesterday morning I went to check on my 2 sows and I found milly, my lovely 3 year old dead in her wooden house. I lost my other sow, molly in May this year and she was only 2. She was diagnosed with cancer, probably lymphoma and we decided to have her pts. Having lost milly yesterday at a relatively young age too, I am really concerned there is a link between the two. Is lymphoma contagious? I had found a soft lump under Millys chin a couple of days before, for which she was booked into the vets. She also had what felt like gravelly tissue under her armpits. She never got to see the vet so this wasn't diagnosed . She was happy and eating, pooping as normal etc Monday night so to find her dead yesterday morning was a huge shock and I'm terrified there is something more going on here, given I lost my other sow prematurely back in May. I have an 8 month old left behind, bramble and I'm so scared the same thing will happen to her. She's booked into the vets today just for a check up given the circumstances, but is otherwise healthy I think. I already have plans to get her a new friend tomorrow but I don't want to risk exposing another piggy to something contagious if that's what we're dealing with. This is the main reason for the vet visit, she's very cavy savvy so I'm hoping I might be able to get some sort of answer to my questions.
Has anyone got any idea if lymphoma is contagious, does it sound like what I'm dealing with here? I'm honestly so shocked and confused to lose yet another piggy this year unexpectedly.
So yesterday morning I went to check on my 2 sows and I found milly, my lovely 3 year old dead in her wooden house. I lost my other sow, molly in May this year and she was only 2. She was diagnosed with cancer, probably lymphoma and we decided to have her pts. Having lost milly yesterday at a relatively young age too, I am really concerned there is a link between the two. Is lymphoma contagious? I had found a soft lump under Millys chin a couple of days before, for which she was booked into the vets. She also had what felt like gravelly tissue under her armpits. She never got to see the vet so this wasn't diagnosed . She was happy and eating, pooping as normal etc Monday night so to find her dead yesterday morning was a huge shock and I'm terrified there is something more going on here, given I lost my other sow prematurely back in May. I have an 8 month old left behind, bramble and I'm so scared the same thing will happen to her. She's booked into the vets today just for a check up given the circumstances, but is otherwise healthy I think. I already have plans to get her a new friend tomorrow but I don't want to risk exposing another piggy to something contagious if that's what we're dealing with. This is the main reason for the vet visit, she's very cavy savvy so I'm hoping I might be able to get some sort of answer to my questions.
Has anyone got any idea if lymphoma is contagious, does it sound like what I'm dealing with here? I'm honestly so shocked and confused to lose yet another piggy this year unexpectedly.