lauryn1289
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone, so we just noticed one of my boys Eggs has a lump on the side of his neck. I have some spare metacam so I gave him some, he’s acting completely normal and doesn’t seem to be in pain and eating normally and everything.
My dilemma is: what is the lump. One of my deceased boys Kip had a lump on the exact same spot for at least a year or 2 before he died, Kip was nearly 7 when he died but his death was unrelated to the lump. The lump was filled with dark blood, kept coming back when drained too and seemed to be completely benign. I was never given a name for it, but I think it was some type of benign tumour called “cutaneous neoplasia”. I don’t know for certain, but it’s the most similar I’ve ever found to explain it. Never seemed to cause him any pain or discomfort at all even though it was quite large
But, I’m worried incase it could possibly be an abscess. Dilemma here is, it’s 1am where I am now and tomorrow I won’t have a ride to the vet until at least 5:30pm, when my vet is closed. The on saturday I have an appointment I’ve been waiting months for (I have MS and very immunosuppressed) that I won’t be back until at least 1:30pm from. If it wasn’t such an important appointment that god knows when I’ll be able to get again, I would cancel just to take him.
So leaves me the question, would this qualify enough to even get him an out of hours appointment tomorrow? Or would a possible abscess be okay until Saturday afternoon?
For added context, he lives with another boy Ollie but behind bars so I don’t think a bite is very likely. The lump is also fairly firm, and I can’t see any puncture wound and definitely no blood unless he managed to clean it before I spotted it. I added a photo but honestly it’s hard to spot it unless you look from certain angles. I’d estimate he’s about 1-1.3 years old, and around 960g. He’s a small piggy, I adopted him last year from a situation where he wasn’t wanted. I’ll check on his weight again tonight but everything seems normal otherwise, no weird urine and poops look good. Currently munching on some hay and had lots of peppers so his appetite is unchanged too, and he’s not having difficulty walking
My dilemma is: what is the lump. One of my deceased boys Kip had a lump on the exact same spot for at least a year or 2 before he died, Kip was nearly 7 when he died but his death was unrelated to the lump. The lump was filled with dark blood, kept coming back when drained too and seemed to be completely benign. I was never given a name for it, but I think it was some type of benign tumour called “cutaneous neoplasia”. I don’t know for certain, but it’s the most similar I’ve ever found to explain it. Never seemed to cause him any pain or discomfort at all even though it was quite large
But, I’m worried incase it could possibly be an abscess. Dilemma here is, it’s 1am where I am now and tomorrow I won’t have a ride to the vet until at least 5:30pm, when my vet is closed. The on saturday I have an appointment I’ve been waiting months for (I have MS and very immunosuppressed) that I won’t be back until at least 1:30pm from. If it wasn’t such an important appointment that god knows when I’ll be able to get again, I would cancel just to take him.
So leaves me the question, would this qualify enough to even get him an out of hours appointment tomorrow? Or would a possible abscess be okay until Saturday afternoon?
For added context, he lives with another boy Ollie but behind bars so I don’t think a bite is very likely. The lump is also fairly firm, and I can’t see any puncture wound and definitely no blood unless he managed to clean it before I spotted it. I added a photo but honestly it’s hard to spot it unless you look from certain angles. I’d estimate he’s about 1-1.3 years old, and around 960g. He’s a small piggy, I adopted him last year from a situation where he wasn’t wanted. I’ll check on his weight again tonight but everything seems normal otherwise, no weird urine and poops look good. Currently munching on some hay and had lots of peppers so his appetite is unchanged too, and he’s not having difficulty walking
He’s on baytril and metacam for another 7 days
