[Gpdd] HEALTH: mammary tumor

[davedave121 at aol.com]

Hi pat
You say Doris’s latest U.T.I, how old is Doris, this can be an 
important  risk factor, the older the pig the higher the risk (we lost 
our 5 year old house bunny Bugsy to anaesthetics last year).

I don’t know about anyone else but I do know that several of my pigs 
have little lumps and bumps, and have done for a long time. Our vet 
assures me that they are nothing to worry about, piggys like us are 
porn to lumps and bumps.

I would be slightly concerned that it is between the nipples , and I 
would not be to worried about an surgery providing Doris is relatively 
young ,as I would not think that removing a small bump and 
investigating the surrounding tissues to be anywhere near as invasive 
as having a sow spayed , though I’m not a vet!

Personally I would get 2 other opinions from other vets, before 
embarking on surgery .

Please tell me apart from the relevant antibiotics, have you found 
anything useful to combat U.T.I, as we have a sow,(hetty) who has had 
recurring U.T.I for over three years, it comes back every 3-4 months , 
and  we have tried most remedies, none seem to have any effect , we 
have a terrible time with her, she is fine now but we are dreading the 
infection.

Yours: hoping Doris’s bump is just a bump
Dave,Yvonne and the herd at piggy palace UK

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