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What happened to my African Pygmy Hedgehog?

Sunday, January 5th, 2014

This is a summary of the post mortemfindings I got from my vet:

The African pygmy hedgehog had a prostatic cyst lying adjacent to theprostate gland, urethra and urinary bladder. This cyst was benign but may have exerted pressure on the urethra and thus is likely to be responsiblefor the urinary obstruction identified clinically in this animal. The hedgehog also had a parathyroid adenocarcinoma that had metastasised tothe spleen. There was evidence of enlargement of the heart and markedpulmonary congestion and oedema. There was a moderate to marked degree ofbiliary hyperplasia in the liver.

Can a vet translate this to me in layman terms ?

Please help.

Sandra

My hedgehog has a lump on his snout. What could this be?

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

It’s about the size of his nose (the black part of it) and has developed quite rapidly. Two days ago, when I looked at him, I didn’t notice anything of the sort.  He is getting up there in age, about 3 this summer. He is still eating and running on his wheel and everything, but this lump is concerning. For now we’re going to wait and see if it starts to affect his eating, then take him to the vet. Could he have cancer? Is it just a cyst of some sort? Thanks in advance. — Marian