OliveandBaby
New Born Pup
Hi everyone 
Long time lurker but first time poster here!
I am hoping for some advice on what you would do in our situation. We have 2 female piggies, Olive (7) and Baby (4). They've both been relatively healthy. Our old lady Olive had some ovarian cysts around 2 year ago.
Despite living a 2 1/2h drive away there is no on we trust more with our pigs than the Cat and Rabbit clinic.
Kim did an absolutey amazing job at spaying Olive and removing her cysts. She was already 5 at that point and we were aware she might not make it due to old age. She snapped back to eating and moving normally ONE day after her surgery. We were over the moon!
Since then we've had no issues. However we've noticed quite big new lumps on Olive recently, they are on both her 'sides'. She does not seem to behave any differently though. She still gets very excited by food and eats and drinks regularly. She cleans herself and moves around perfectly fine even if she's a bit slower at 7 years old.
We would want to take her to Kim and Simon if any treatment is necessary but unless she shows sign of pain or any unusual behaviour we were just going to monitor her closely. I am just worried the 5h drive will be too stressful for her old little heart. I think any surgery also seems too risky at her age.
Are we doing the right thing in just letting her be like this? I am just worried that she is uncomfortable but not showing it to us
Would really appreciate other people's perspective on this. Thank you!
Long time lurker but first time poster here!
I am hoping for some advice on what you would do in our situation. We have 2 female piggies, Olive (7) and Baby (4). They've both been relatively healthy. Our old lady Olive had some ovarian cysts around 2 year ago.
Despite living a 2 1/2h drive away there is no on we trust more with our pigs than the Cat and Rabbit clinic.
Kim did an absolutey amazing job at spaying Olive and removing her cysts. She was already 5 at that point and we were aware she might not make it due to old age. She snapped back to eating and moving normally ONE day after her surgery. We were over the moon!
Since then we've had no issues. However we've noticed quite big new lumps on Olive recently, they are on both her 'sides'. She does not seem to behave any differently though. She still gets very excited by food and eats and drinks regularly. She cleans herself and moves around perfectly fine even if she's a bit slower at 7 years old.
We would want to take her to Kim and Simon if any treatment is necessary but unless she shows sign of pain or any unusual behaviour we were just going to monitor her closely. I am just worried the 5h drive will be too stressful for her old little heart. I think any surgery also seems too risky at her age.
Are we doing the right thing in just letting her be like this? I am just worried that she is uncomfortable but not showing it to us
Would really appreciate other people's perspective on this. Thank you!
discussing it with them helps