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Last Updated: 12/29/25
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These photos are from the day that I got Cornelia:
Cornelia - right side of her body
Cornelia - view of her face
I got Cornelia at a rabbit and cavy show on 11/16/19 along with Princess Gina and Jasmine. Cornelia was a calico teddy guinea pig. She was born on 9/3/19. She weighed 446 grams on the day that I got her. Of the three guinea pigs, she hid the most at first and was very skittish. None of the pigs would eat any fruits or vegetables at first so I has do work on that. It took about a week for them to realize that they liked fruits and veggies and to eat like, well, pigs.
I took the three new pigs to the vet on 11/22/19. He could not find out anything wrong with any of them. They weighed Cornelia at 388 grams, way below the 446 grams I had weighed. They double checked. I must not have gotten a good weight on her. I now am using a little cage to hold them in place on the scale for a weekly weighing for the next few months until they are grown. On 11/23/19, I weighed Cornelia and got 406 grams. Perhaps my balance needed calibration. It would work though to see changes in weight.
On 11/30/19, Cornelia weiged 434 grams, an increase of 28 grams. On 12/7/19, Cornelia was 448 grams. On 12/14/19, Cornelia was 471 g. By 1/4/20, she was 574 g.
I took the pigs to the vet on 10/5/21. Cornelia was 949 grams so a good weight (Jasmine and Gina were obese). I thought Cornelia had a fatty tumor (lipoma) under her left arm but the vet said it was a cyst. I had to keep an eye on it because, if it broke open, it could become infected. Otherwise, she was in good shape!
On 2/26/22, I felt another lump on Cornelia, next to her left breast. I was worried. I took her to the vet on 3/14/22. Her weight was down from 949 grams to 908 grams. When I had put her in the carrier, I realized that the lump by her breast was one large lump and then a string of small lumps. The vet said it went down to her urethra, an area where he could not operate. He did a needle aspirate on the breast lump and underarm lump. He said all he saw were fatty cells, and that both lumps were the same thing, cysts. So, the vet said not to do anything or to worry.
I wrote this paragraph on 11/6/25 (later put most of it in the past tense). I cannot believe that I have not written anything on Corny's page in 3.5 years! Cornelia continues to amaze me. It has been a full year since Princess Gina and Jasmine passed away. Cornelia initially put on a lot of weight without the competition. Her non-cancerous tumors continued to spread and grow but Corny kept going! At some point in early 2025, Cornelia started chewing off her own fur so she was bald where she could reach. I think that the tumors itched, and she was trying to make it stop. In early November, I noticed that a tumor on her foot had ruptured the skin. Corny's vet retired years ago, and his vet practice went to hell in a hand basket with those that took over. There's a vet a mile from my house but he refuses to take new patients. All the other vets are an hour away. I put Cornelia on hospice basically but would have liked if she could have taken Metacam in case she was in any pain. Her breathing became labored for many months as well. I love my Corny Corn so much. I promised my family that I would never get more guinea pigs as I have to down size to prepare for my own demise. Getting old sucks!
Cornelia continued to hang on. On 12/4/25, I finally saw that the end was near as she finally stopped eating and was having trouble getting around. She kept jamming herself between the Coroplast and the litter pan. I moved her a few times to her bed and eventually covered her in that spot with a blanket to keep her warmer. Her body was cold as ice. She was gone by morning. I was and am devastated.
Go to Pigtopia for photos and information on Cornelia's home.
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