[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Piggy Hernias

[Courtney D]

Hi everyone, I've been a lurker for about a year, but have never posted to 
the digest.  I've been a piggy mom for 17 1/2 years.  Right now I just have 
1 little girl, Nard, who's a little over a year old.  Her sister, Syd, went 
over the bridge Dec 1 due to an enlarged heart and I'm waiting until after 
the holidays to get Nard a new buddy.

When Nard was about 4 months old I noticed a lump on her left side.  Having 
had a pig with cancer before, I of course freaked out and rushed her to the 
emergency vets.  They told me that she had a hernia and the only thing to do 
was to stuff whatever was hanging out back in.  It was definitely a better 
prognosis than cancer, but I was still worried so I surfed the net looking 
for more info.  I found no mention of hernias in guinea pigs anywhere.  
(That's why I was so surprised to see your posting Jenni and had to 
respond!)  About 2 weeks after Nard's hernia appeared, she no longer had any 
problems from it (ie, no more lumps that needed to be tucked back in).  It 
just disappeared.  I hope the same thing happens for Beethoven!

My sympathies to anyone who's lost a piggy recently,
Courtney

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