Since the forum killed their original thread, I decided to make a new one! This is for my first boar pair, Chico (tricolor Abyssinian) and Amigo (brown/white American). Age unknown for both - vet took a guess of 'middle age'. I got them from an animal shelter in July 2020. Chico had scurvy and was about 1.5lbs if I remember right. Literally skin and bones. He is now 2.5lbs. He continued to have some sort of eye/URI issue until a few months ago. Amigo was overall okay. His history is just the UTI in Feb 2021.
Right now, no concerns but there is something about Chico I always wondered about. One of his nipples is black and has black around it, and is bigger/more prominent/pointy and hard than the other. The other nipple is normal flesh color and not really noticeable. I think I mentioned it to the vet before but either they don't think it's bad or didn't notice. I'm curious about cancer or anything else it may be, if male pigs can get 'breast cancer' like humans can. I'll have to ask the next time we go to the vet, which I hope won't be for a very long time.
Right now, no concerns but there is something about Chico I always wondered about. One of his nipples is black and has black around it, and is bigger/more prominent/pointy and hard than the other. The other nipple is normal flesh color and not really noticeable. I think I mentioned it to the vet before but either they don't think it's bad or didn't notice. I'm curious about cancer or anything else it may be, if male pigs can get 'breast cancer' like humans can. I'll have to ask the next time we go to the vet, which I hope won't be for a very long time.