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Treacle Has A Lump :(

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Please send positive thoughts to my 6 year old girlie Treacle. I have found avery solid lump around the size of a 10p on her lower tummy (between nipples and ladyparts). We are off to the vets in the morning, she is not bothered in the slightest by it but I am very very scared for her. Totally distraught as she is my baby and we don't even know what it is yet :( .
I have heard so much bad news through Secret Santa and now it's come to my home :(
 
Thank you. I am still not myself and feel very phased out, I have to try not to be a mess tomorrow. Thankfully my fiancé will be with me.
 
Hopefully it is just a fatty lump and nothing sinister, they get fatty lumps round that area often. Huge hugs to you and love and vibes to Treacle. Please let us know how she gets on x x
 
Sadly we still don't know. We have had a sample taken to send off for testing. There was a lot of fresh blood in it so it sounds like we've caught it early, whatever it is. Could still be an abscess, cyst or tumour. But she's walking round like she owns the place and certainly isn't bothered by it! No pain when poking either so that's promising :)
 
Oh well i am pleased she is not in pain. Lets hope its nothing serious x
 
If you can move the lump, that means that it is not attached to muscle and is not dangerous.
My late Suzie developed a hard lump on her left shoulder when she was two. It was not attached to muscle and did not bother her at all, so I left it alone.
She lived with it for nearly four years before it started leaking. (I've posted something about this somewhere else.)
 
We can wiggle it about a little, it doesn't appear to be firmly stuck on anything. It's just its location that's concerning, as it's right on her tummy near her lady parts, so it could catch or cause her trouble cleaning. If it's harmless then we'll just have to see how she does :)
 
HUGS! if it has wiggle room, then it is much more likely not to be really bad news. Lumps like fatty lumps or cysts can appen anywhere on the body.
 
Fingers crossed for positive news on the testing. Hugs to you and love to Treacle x
 
Miss. Treacle's lump is a mammary tumour. I don't know what to make of that news. She is very active, happy and cheerful, not bothered by it in the slightest. There is the option for surgery, but she is 6 years old and I would be very worried about putting her under GA for removal. The vet has confidence that it could be removed safely, but also was cautious of the risk.
 
I totally understand why you refused as I would have too. At six you don't want to take a risk with anaesthetic.
 
It is a gamble, and Treacle has always been slight - at her heaviest she was 930g, and now she's around 875g. She doesn't appear to be in any pain, is eating and drinking well and is still a big lovely loud wheeker! If it starts to bother her or affect her in any way, then we will consider it, but until then it seems risky (to me) to put her through the GA.
 
I agree with you. She is a good weight though as my six year old is only 746!
 
Sorry to hear this, glad she's still her normal self though. I believe you know what's best for your Treacle :') x
 
Wow, 746 is tiny! Treacle always looked the biggest because she has little saddlebags - my fiance's nickname for her is Butternut because she looks like a butternut squash - but she's quite small really. When you pick up Stewart at 1200 and then Treacle, you notice the difference! She's a very happy baby who will be getting lots of extra special monitoring hugs :)
 
This is her lumpy tum the day we discovered it - there's a tiny bit more hair loss but no other change.

Lumpy tum.webp
 
Lauren I had a 7 year old male guinea pig (Spike in my avatar). He already had a mammory tumour and another unattached tumour which I decided to ignore. However he got an abscess under his chin which grew at a tremendous rate. So much so the vet said unless it was removed Spike would be unable to eat. So reluctantly I agreed to have him operated on purely for the throat abscess. It turned out to be a huge one that could not be drained so it was removed. Spike came through the surgery and GA with flying colours. However he got an infection and went downhill. I believe it as because I was unable to provide proper care whilst I was a work and away from home for 13 hrs two days a week. I thought I would let you have this information so you know a 7yr old guinea pig can get through a GA and major surgery which may be of use to you if you ever have to decide in future whether or not to undergo surgery.
 
it's a tricky decision. i think i would also lean towards not having the op aswell. just because she seems so well still and because of her age. i do agree that with a good vet, the op should be successful. i just think it's the recovery that is harder for them.

can these tumours be benign or cancerous? is there a way to find out?
 
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