aspecht
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What did the vet say?
I'd take him to the vet if it's an open sore. Pigs develop deep abscesses very quickly, and they can be treated more easily and cheaply if you treat them early. You often avoid surgical intervention that way.
If an abscess had ruptured, you'd have a lot of very thick, very cheesy, very smelly pus coming out.
And while I do understand your impulse to "rescue" a pig in a pet shop, you just create a space for another one to be bred in horrible conditions to take its place. The only way the breeders, and apparently the pet stores, will stop is if there's no market for their animals. That means not buying them from breeders and/or stores.
Here are some tips--
http://www.guinealynx.info/tips.html
Please post all your medical information and questions about these pigs on this thread. No need to start a new one.