Eriathwens piggies

Poor Thistle has another vet visit Thursday 😔 after finding her looking a little uncomfortable at 1am I took her out and she had managed to get some of her underfloof soaked in urine. Being so late I couldn't really bath her so I just trimmed all her back end very short..in doing so I found a lump. From what I found online it's a type of benign tumour that begins with T that I couldn't pronounce or remember if I tried! :doh:

I'm trying not to be too worried, but even being benign it may need removing eventually but with her iffy respiratory system and weird weight issues, she's not a good candidate for surgery, in my opinion but I suppose we'll have to see what the vet thinks. Luckily compared to what I saw online it's still quite small.

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In other news, I found an awesome price on dried maize leaves on ratnation, £9.20 for 1kg! I had previously been paying 3.99 for just 50g as where I was buying it before, 500g was £28! So that meant the piggies got some huge piles of them yesterday, which made their day.

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Thankyou, I'm trying not to think about it to much, can't do anything about it for now. I can only focus on her and what we can change :) she's mastered grooming, almost lol hopefully baby wipe baths will soon become a thing of the past! Even if she does still look a bit silly while she's doing it. Her poor little nipples dangle between her knees at the moment, I'm considering asking if there is such a thing as skin removal surgery like people who have lost a lot of weight can have? Just to make life a little more comfortable for her? But I still don't think she's a good candidate for surgery so I have no idea if that's an option even if it is a thing that they can do. But I suppose it's something worth discussing, maybe if the lump ever does need removing it can be done at the same time..who knows.

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Such a gorgeous piggie. I hope the lump turns out to be benign and something can be done for her to make her more comfortable. She's in the best of hands to have the happiest life possible for her. Xx
 
Aw thankyou all. She hit another milestone today..she had the strength and ability to actually stand up and peer into Tilly and Hazel to say hello ☺ she's really getting the hang of her little legs now!
She got a maize leaf and a reward.

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Thistles appointment is in about an hour, I've just had to call them to ask about the possibility of seeing Delilah also, she's seemed quiet since last night so I took her out for a quick check and she has a lump above her right nipple, feels most likely a fatty lump but wanted to have her seen just to be sure. Haven't had much luck with lumps in the past so they make me a bit concerned. So hopefully minus any sort of emergency they will have the time to check it out..my poor vet, got to give them credit for dealing so well with the curveballs I keep throwing them 😂
 
Well it's a good job I took Delilah along. Thistles lump is actually an old, manky scab. She has a scar underneath that's kind of oozing so we need to keep the hair trimmed and the weird bit where the scab was clean. So thats good news.
Delilah has a mass the size of a golf ball on what's most likely her right ovary which is what likely caused the lump to develop on her nipple. Possibly tumour, hopefully just a cyst. I'm somewhat freaked out as this is exactly what Treacle had before we lost her except Delilah hasn't stopped eating or begun losing weight.
She's having surgery asap, they're going to phone us with a timeslot when they have one available.

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Thanks, it's been a hell of a day. I had to attend a PIP tribunal, which was adjourned without a decision made because they hadn't sent me the right paperwork! After that, I get home and someones peed on Daisy so I take her out to wipe her down a bit and find some mammary lumps on her as well now, and crusty nipples. I guess I was right to be suspicious of her behaviour before Christmas :doh: so when I drop Delilah down for her surgery Monday, i'll have to make Daisy an appointment, I assume that'll be another spay needed too.
I know it's something like 75% of sows that get ovarian cysts...but is it too much to ask for them to spread it out a bit for my vet fund to recover a little!
 
Sending you hugs, what a horrible day. I hope you get a break from all this soon, piggies do seem to get poorly close together. X
 
Hugs to you, what a horrible day! I know how you feel, I sometimes wonder how I’ve ended up with two dental piggies! Hope everything goes well for your little ladies x
 
Thankyou all ❤
I didn't have it in me to do it yesterday but after finding ovarian issues with Daisy and Delilah I decided everyone over 18 months needed a really good feel around their abdomens and underside to check for lumps. Thankfully I didn't find any more health issues... what I did find however, is that Pumpkin has 3 nipples!? 😅 she wasn't impressed by me laughing when I found it. I don't think I've ever had one with 3 before, I can't believe it's taken me so long to notice! I like to think they get quite thorough checks when I do them but clearly not!

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I made a gorgeous guineas order a few days ago, after seeing some great results for dry skin from their Manuka and neem shampoo and melt, I figured Thistle would really benefit from it. So today, little miss got her first bath! She had the time of her life, really enjoyed it :) her favourite part was having jugs of warm water poured over her back, bless her. It must have been such a relief from the itch.
We finished up with some perfect paws ointment for her feet and a tiny bit on her ears too. She's actually quite a normal size and shape under all the hair, finally put on some muscle mass :)

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She's doing well, Thankyou! Shes awake and walking about, but the surgery was apparently pretty rough due to how huge the cyst was, it took some manouvering and a much larger incision than normal. They're keeping her in for a few more hours just to keep an eye on her to make sure she's ok.
But it was a cyst, by the sound of it, not a tumour or anything nasty. I can't wait to get her home and give her a cuddle!
 
We're home! She's eating quite well considering, she's pooping and otherwise doing everything as she should, she's just quite tired and still rather wobbly. But she's happy to move about bless her. Her incision isn't as bad as I was expecting to be honest but still rather big!


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She's perked right up with 20ml of critical care and help from Ivory..who is now sharing the hospital cage with her after she became so sad at Delilahs absence from the herd she stopped eating! Now reunited they're both pottering around, eating hay really well, polishing off a little pile of veggies and pooping everywhere. I knew they were friends but I hadn't realised they were so close. I'll be taking Ivory along to Delilahs post op checks too just to avoid upsetting her again even if she will only be gone an hour, hour and a half at most.

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Today's been great, she's up and about a lot more, eating completely normally, pooping fine..not even a blip 24 hours after the aneasthetic. Her and Ivory have been thick as thieves since putting them together, although Ivory was being an annoying little sister over night so I extended their little pen to a 2x3 just so Delilah had more space to get away from her trying to offer comfort if she needs to.

I can't wait for them to get back to the herd though, poor Shelly has her hands full with all the lower ranking youngsters messing around, there's been a few squabbles today.

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Thanks, I'm so relieved. I was really worried after how things went with Treacle but she's doing good considering. She's still laying down more than normal which we were slightly concerned about, but she had her first post op check today and apparently it took quite a bit of tugging to get it out, so she's probably feeling, in the nurses words 'a bit battered' still 😅 but she's improving as time goes on, so I'm sure thats nothing to worry about.

While we were there, the nurse emailed me a picture of her cyst, it was absolutely huge!
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