cutelittlepiggies2
Junior Guinea Pig
My small baby guinea pig (she is a girl) has4 nipples? They look exactly like her two other nipples. Yesterday she had only had two nipples and now she has four? Should I be concerned about this?
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4 nipples?
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cutelittlepiggies2
Junior Guinea Pig
I just found two more! She has six nipples!
Hi!
Can you please take a picture and unpload it via the Attach files button under the post when you type.
Piggies don't develop extra nipples; they can - rarely - be born with 4 nipples; 2 on each side symmetrically.
I can however not comment just based on your posts as there is nothing I can verify.
cutelittlepiggies2
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They are definitely a lot smaller than her original two. Maybe I hadn’t spotted them before until now.
My Piggies
Adult Guinea Pig
How unusual!
cutelittlepiggies2
Junior Guinea Pig
Yes, just a lot smaller. They don’t seem to hurt her or bother her like cysts or anything and they are symmetrical on both sides. It’s crazy!
Bill & Ted
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This does happen in animals and humans too, although rare they are classed as birth defects usually hereditary in humans
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This can rarely happen in all animals including humans. So long as they are not bothering her, I really wouldn't worry
Bill & Ted
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I wouldn’t either, my grandma had webbed feet!
