[Gpdd] HEALTH polycystic ovaries

[Penny Charlesworth]

Hello Ann,

My wonderful Rodentologist is able to feel for these cysts and manually 
"pop" them. He told me that the contents of the cyst are sterile and are 
just absorbed back into the body. My Crystal had one treated in this way a 
couple of months ago.

Occasionally a sow can develop a harder cyst - he describes it as being 
leathery - and this will not disperse. My Lavender had one like this in 
November 2008 and she was treated with HCG injections. The letters stand for 
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.

She had one injection on that day and a follow up one a month later. This is 
often enough to shrink the cyst but sometimes a third injection is needed 
and she had another the following month.

Since then, she has been clear of the cysts and I would recommend anyone to 
try this course of action as spaying and the attendant anaesthetic can be so 
dangerous for our little piggies.

Good luck with Maisie and hugs for both her and Cinnamon, who has been such 
an excellent piggy nurse.

Penny and the Piggyfriends.