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Swollen Mammary Glands in a Male Piggy

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Cavy.girl

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Hi. I've not been on here in ages! Sorry ")

I have a strange dilemma with one of my piggies, Huey. He's around 4 years old now. Lost a fair bit of weight since he had a urinary infection over Christmas and has never quite gone back to his normal size. He was always a fairly big boy, 3lb, but now he's 2lb 4oz. The vet isn't overly concerned, his teeth are okay, he's munching on food and hay okay, and he's not showing any more infection symptoms so I'm not so worried with his weight right now.

What I am concerned about is that when I checked him over this evening I found what I can only describe as swollen mammary glands under his nipples. It doesn't seem right to me but I can't find anything about it in my books or anywhere online. All I can find is mastitis in female piggies.

I'm wondering. Could the glands be swollen like in humans, when we're unwell and our glands on our throats swell? Does it mean Huey's body is still fighting something? Surely it can't be cancer or anything because it would be highly unlikely that both glands are affected?

Any ideas appreciated!

Becky x
 
Hrm, the mammary glands aren't lymph nodes so they wouldn't swell in response to general infection. It is possible for him to have a specific infection of the nipples/mammary glands though with that I'd expect the whole area to be generally tender and swollen. It could be indicative of a mammary tumour/s or it could be something else entirely. Sorry I realise that's not that helpful, someone else with more experience may have a better idea.

I'd suggest going back to your vet and get him checked out, hopefully it's nothing serious.
 
I would agree, mammory's do not swell due to infection. I would get him checked out as soon as you can by a vet to see what they think is up. In the meantime, please weigh him to see if he is losing any more wieght at all.

x.
 
Thanks. Hmm, I wasn't sure about the glands/lymph nodes side of things. It's very odd. I weighed him and he's exactly the same. I've never come up against this before so this is a new one for me. Definitely need to get him looked at.

xx
 
Definitely take him to the vet, it could be all sorts of things so you need to know what you're dealing with. I agree with Abi, keep an eye on his weight too. Hope he's okay. x:laluot_29:
 
Good checking :)

Hi Cavy.girl,
I think it's great that you spotted something out of the norm, the mammary glands need checking, this is the safest option and good luck
 
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