interstital cystitis

Nancy has severe IC. She is having a huge flare up. Nearly had her put down this morning. She was repeatedly arching her back and overnight she was squeaking every 5-10 minutes. I rang the vet & said I needed to put her to sleep.. she then perked up, the arching stopped. Took her in and vet...

Has anyone had a guinea pig that is alone with IC? And it got worse after loosing a friend and then got better after they got a new friend? I don't know what to do with my Nancy. I know she needs a friend. I'm trying to get her one. But I'm quite concerned tonight. She had been better...

Hi Has anyone had a pig on 1ml dog metacam twice a day long term please? Got a piggy with bad IC and struggling to manage it on less. But wary of long term effects.

Anyone had a pig that would arch their back to poo with IC? Nancy has had pain when pooing before but I can't remember her arching when pooing. I have contacted the vet. This maybe a flare up from stress because Pumpkin has been unwell and vanishing to the vets. I don't take them together...

Dears, I need your advice... About a month ago my 6-year-old started having very smelly pee with sand. The vet did an RX on her and it turned out to be vesical sludge. She then gave her Enrocat (Enrofloxacin) for 10 days and the odor reduced, but then it returned a week after the antibiotics...

Hi I have two pigs who normally would go to the vets together. Pumpkin needs to go for a scan- looks likely she has the same hormonal issues and IC as her sister. Now, in the past I've brought them both always and it feels mean to not bring them both. But Nancy is also having a flare up and I...

Has anyone found owner stress makes IC worse? I'm worried I'm making my guinea pigs ill because I'm very stressed and anxious. I sometimes wonder if they would be better off without me. I absolutely love them to bits, they are my furchildren. Ive had so many things go wrong health-wise and the...

Has anyone on here had piggies that have had longer than 4 weeks of cartrophen please? Nancy has responded to a point, she has many more good days and is gaining weight but certainly isn't squeak free. She's still on gabapentin and metacam too. We've had three injections so far at 0.03 per kg. I...

Can I give Pro-C at the same time as glucasomine, gapapentin and metacam please? She is having baytril in the evening with those meds also. So I'm thinking of giving her Pro-C in the morning when I'm not giving her the baytril dose. Some of her poos are a bit bigger and softer, still formed...

What glucasomine have people find their piggies like? Nancy is taking catease prescribed by the vet. I can understand why she doesn't want it because when you add water to it it smells like fish. I want something I can add to food and her actually take it because I feel I'm just adding to her...

My two female guinea pigs have been having recurring UTI’s for over a year now. Only once has any bacteria been found in one of their urines which was the last time in December but that was treated with antibiotics. The bacteria went but the blood in the urine stayed along with squeaking when...