Hi, I have already booked an appointment with a piggy savvy vet for tomorrow morning and they have seen a picture but caramels bits seem swollen and I have no idea why. She is eating, she is peeing lots, she has no ovaries.
She turns 5 this week.
Has anyone experienced this?
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Thankyou, she is spayed but only her ovaries so I will be sure to mention this to the vet tomorrow thankyou that is something that never crossed my mind.
definitely glad I did though so the vet could have a glance to determine how soon she needed to be seen 
Thankyou, this is really reassuring to hear that all went wellAll the best. It could also be a stone stuck just behind the muscle ring at the exit of the urethra - but it really needs a hands-on vet examination. If it feels hard just above the genitalia on the belly side, then it could be a urethral stone. It does however not usually come with smelly urine.
My Cariad 'Darling' had had a very fast growing bladder stone op with regular sludge build up afterwards so I assumed that her smelly fluid leakage was connected to that. Instead it turned out that she had a grossly distended fluid filled womb that was starting to pyometric (infection of the womb lining, fatal if left untreated for too long) with a likely cancerous lump inside. I agreed to an emergency spay, which also produced some rather nasty looking overian cysts.
Despite being only 700g, Cariad sailed through her op, never lost any weight and was back with her group within 2 days. She lived for over a year longer to ca. 5 years of age despite needing regular bladder flushes.
She was one of my problem piggies health-wise (rescue adopted with a dodgy breeder background) so it was an achievement to get her that far. She was also not the brightest star in the sky... but very sweet-natured and well named.
Cariad with her paw holding hub Bryn Oscar (the name deaf) in the hospital cage and back in the oldies group pen.
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But it was my eye opener in terms of never overlooking the reproductive tract as a possible source of infections, especially smelly ones without any red porphyrine colouring.
All the best for tomorrow. We can only guess but your vet can check properly and diagnose.
a very good point regarding the absence of red pee as well- there has been no redness and no squeeking when peeing. She does pee a lot more than every other piggy but that is her normal. She seems bright and alert if a little stressed. The only indication to check her was her bottom was rather wet when I got her out for a nail clip, she normally has long hair on her back end so I trimmed the fur then noticed the problem at hand. It seems like 2 minutes ago she was a tiny 8 week old little thing who came to perk up my extremely fear aggressive rainbow bridge piggy fluffy during lockdown. She has also been a bit of a problem piggy health wise and if you'd have asked me a year ago if I'd be looking forward to her 5th birthday in 2 days I would not have thought it possible but she continues to suprise me every day. (Though she is on her own unfortunately, several bonding attempts have been unsuccessful but she has improved health wise since being alone so the vet reconmended we avoid any future bonding attempts). I still feel like such a failure that she has been alone for 18months now but she can interact through the divide. She is the first fear aggressive piggy who I have not eventually managed to bond 
Thankyou, this is really reassuring to hear that all went well
Thankyou, funny you should say that as my daughter literally just said it looks like she has boy bits now
that's really interesting that it can happen! I've never had a boar so I can't comment on if it actually looks like that but it sounds easier to deal with than a womb infection or stone in the urethra 
Bless her
it really does suck when you find the perfect bond but there's a big age gap and the fear aggressive piggy ends up alone again. I had the same happen with fluffy and princess. caramel used to be part of a large group but she was the last surviving piggy after fluffy passed we bonded her and flower into the heard without issues. Unfortunately she then lost flower followed by mal and nugget in the space of a few weeks and finally marshmallow in Sep 2023. Since then she just hasn't entertained the idea of more companions sadly. Her cage gets moved regularly between neighbouring and bottom bunking as she can also start full on feuds through the bars when she feels like it 
sometimes a break from them below the others helps her weight get back on track. It's sometimes extremely hard to know what to do for the best with her behaviour wise. I always feel extra sad when she has a vet visit and doesn't have a paw holding friend. But I can address behaviour once we know what is the cause of her swollen bits
Bless her
They are so adorableEspecially older sows can decide that they prefer to be just a 'group of one'.
Beryn 'Candytuft' passed away in August 2021, aged ca. 6 years and coming up to her 4th Gotcha Day. She was found dumped on the ground of the cricket club in Colwyn Bay in North Wales but must have been somebody's much loved single piggy before (I suspect domestic abuse behind the dumping) because she was very human orientated; she wasn't all that much younger than Betsan (formerly Boots). But she became very attached to Betsan and was very upset when Betsan suddenly went into organ failure.
You are giving your special lady what she wants from her own life: her own space, good care and love, so please don't try to fit her into the companionship corset when she is not happy with it.
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thankyou so much for your reassurance and sharing your own stories it has made me feel considerably better. She is certainly very loved and as the last of my herd piggies holds a very special place in my heart 
Thankyou, other things that were mentioned were the possibility of a tumour/ polyps but as it seems to slide back in to slide back out again it's more than likely prolapse. The issue is obviously it could get bigger and then drag on the floor and become infected as you say. It looks like she will be joining the regular bum soak crew with Sally. The concern with surgery right now is that with it being such a small area to place stitches to hold it in we may end up with her unable to pee. As she is eating, drinking and toileting normally and is unbothered by it combined with her body condition and age been less favourable for anesthetic it seems more of a last resort option. We are hoping the metacam will ease some swelling. She was very unhappy at having her bits prodded bless her but she has been super brave.
I hope so too