amy
Newborn Piggy
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Post by amy on Aug 30, 2013 18:24:32 GMT
Hi, I am not even sure if I am posting in the right place but need some advice. My guinea pig Jeremy who is 3 years old has developed a golf ball sized lump on his right side of his back. I took him to the vet today and she went to see if it would drain any fluid and nothing came out. She has said to me she is sure it is a tumour and that it is cancerous. She said it would be cruel to operate due to position of it so I will now just have to wait and see. :0(. I am lost to how she would know this without testing the lump but she said she could tell by the way it felt. Also I do not feel happy just waiting and seeing if he starts to pass. I am going to take him to different vet next week to get 2nd opinion and see what they can do as I would be devastated if he has cancer. He lives with Eugene and they were my first piggys I bought. He has such a personality and the thought of him being ill really upsets me. Has anyone had any lumps like this on their guinea pigs??? Were they cancerous? I am really hoping this is just a strange lump that has formed!!!
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Kare
Newborn Piggy
Ello Bromigo's n.n
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Post by Kare on Aug 30, 2013 22:38:46 GMT
i cant believe how many disgusting vets there are out there. you deff need to get a second opinion. it is possible to "feel" a cancerous cell versus a fat cell within tumors but most responsible professionals would always want to take even a biopsy be positive before giving a diagnosis. More so because its illegal at least in the US to give false diagnosis without probable results. good luck to you and your piggies, i hope for the best!
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Post by Kayleigh on Aug 31, 2013 7:08:01 GMT
It could be a tumour (may be benine), a cyst, or an absess.
Id get a second opinion from an exotics vet.
Best of luck and let us know what the vet says.
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fee
Junior Piggy
Panda the black & white
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Post by fee on Sept 2, 2013 1:26:35 GMT
Yes, let us know what the second opinion is. There are many reasons for 'lumps'. There is no need to make any decisions until you either have more medical knowledge or you notice him suffering.
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Post by Orlaith on Sept 6, 2013 21:55:56 GMT
I've had some pigs with lumps and bumps. Some have turned out to be abscesses and they got drained and sorted. Some have turned out to be tumours. Of those some were removed surgically and some were inoperable due to their location.
Definitely get a second opinion as there's no way to say for sure if a lump is cancerous without testing it (although I have a brilliant piggy vet and if he told me he was sure a lump was cancerous I'd believe him, especially when the treatment would probably be the same and the cost of testing a sample is around €100!) and I don't think your vet should completely write off treatment if that's not what you want. Of course I don't agree with surgery for surgery's sake, and sometimes if the chances aren't good you have to weigh up whether it's worth putting your pet through a big operation.
Let us know how you get on at the other vet and what you decide to do. I hope it all works out.
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