Piggiepops
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone!
I took my male 6.5 year old piggy to the vets a couple of weeks ago as he had a very wet chin! The vet looked in his mouth and concluded that his back teeth were a bit overgrown and needed filing down so they did that procedure a few days later. The day after this operation, his chin was still wet and he had developed a HUGE rock hard lump on the top of his leg. I left it 5 days before going back as I thought maybe the lump was from where they injected him. The next time I went to the vet he said that its definitely a tumour on his leg & it must be a secondary tumour as it was so fast growing. But essentially there's nothing they could do and because he was fine in himself he could just come home without any treatment and to bring him back if anything else happens. The thing that I'm wondering about is his chin! His mouth and chin are always drenched and he doesn't like me touching it? The vet also seemed puzzled by this. Does anyone here have any idea what that could be caused by?
thank you
I took my male 6.5 year old piggy to the vets a couple of weeks ago as he had a very wet chin! The vet looked in his mouth and concluded that his back teeth were a bit overgrown and needed filing down so they did that procedure a few days later. The day after this operation, his chin was still wet and he had developed a HUGE rock hard lump on the top of his leg. I left it 5 days before going back as I thought maybe the lump was from where they injected him. The next time I went to the vet he said that its definitely a tumour on his leg & it must be a secondary tumour as it was so fast growing. But essentially there's nothing they could do and because he was fine in himself he could just come home without any treatment and to bring him back if anything else happens. The thing that I'm wondering about is his chin! His mouth and chin are always drenched and he doesn't like me touching it? The vet also seemed puzzled by this. Does anyone here have any idea what that could be caused by?
thank you
