looks like the vets soon for the piggies*been vets*

both fine in themselves, but just discovered maisie has a crusty nipple and eddie a third nipple, or some kind of lump anyway.

maisie was diagnosed with ovarian cysts in january and so far has had no issues but she has dropped some more weight and now the nipple is crusty.

quite worried about them both now, even thought they both seem happy.

we have been to the vets and they are both fine.

maisie's cysts haven't grown so that's good. the vet can feel them and they're still very small. she does have crusty nipples though, both sides. we have to put vaseline on them twice a day for 4-5 days just to soften the crust and so they don't become cracked and sore. she has gone down in weight but eddie has gained what maisie has lost so it's seeming likely that it is the pellets, because eddie eats most of them! anyway, maisie is still a healthy weight and she had a full check over and seems fine. she does have slightly slanted teeth, which she has always had, so that's something to keep an eye on, just incase. she is being monitored for now, weighed more regularly and then if she does continue to drop more weight or has other cyst symptoms then next time she will be started on hormone injections most probably. she may have an ultrasound but the vet thinks it may not be necessary as he can feel her cysts very well so wouldn't gain much from xrays and/or ultrasound.

eddie has gained weight and is looking a bit chunky for his frame now! so less pellets for him! the 'lump' he has is just a little bit of extra skin and is where his belly button would be! the vet said if he was checking eddie over and i hadn't mentioned that area, that he would look over it and assume it had always been there because it doesn't seem to have anything growing underneath it and it isn't attached to anything. it's just basically like a little belly button! he also had a thorough check over and is fine.

the vet doesn't think they have mites but said if i really want to then i can treat them anyway just to cover that base and it won't do any harm. i haven't decided yet if i will or not because they don't seem particularly itchy or anything.

anyway, so good news for now. both seem healthy and happy.

Glad to hear that they are both doing OK

Jack's-Jane said:

Glad to hear that they are both doing OK

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thank you, me too. they have more space now aswell so that might have contributed to maisie losing some weight aswell. i'll monitor even more closely though but hopefully they will be ok. neither seem ill. if anything they are really happy and being silly!

Good news.

I'll be really interested to hear how you get on with the crusty nipples (OK that sounds really wrong! :lol: ), because years ago I had a very hormonal sow (who died young ) with crusty nipples. At the time I had a really useless vet.

I've not seen it in a piggy since, so I'll be interested to hear what happens.

That's great news glad they are doing well

SarahP said:

Good news.

I'll be really interested to hear how you get on with the crusty nipples (OK that sounds really wrong! :lol: ), because years ago I had a very hormonal sow (who died young ) with crusty nipples. At the time I had a really useless vet.

I've not seen it in a piggy since, so I'll be interested to hear what happens.

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we keep saying things that sound very wrong aswell! i bet maisie is like :shock::shock::shock: :lol:

sorry to hear about your little sow.

i've done the vaseline twice today and alot of the crust has already softened and come away so that's good. x

willowflower27 said:

That's great news glad they are doing well

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thank you x

Good news on the Vaseline. I remember that crusty stuff being a bit like concrete!

What great news, glad all is well with them both

SarahP said:

Good news on the Vaseline. I remember that crusty stuff being a bit like concrete!

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it really is :shock: vet said 4-5 days just to soften it, but the left one is pretty much clear already. the right one has more than i thought. that side is black so i didn't see the amount as clearly.

LeahsRabbits said:

What great news, glad all is well with them both

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thank you