Tallulah.Sausage
New Born Pup
Hello
Hoping someone may have had a similar experience to me and may be able to shed some light on what might be happening to my poor Guinea Sausage. Sorry for the long story!
A month or so ago I noticed blood in her wee, so I took her to the vet, they did an examination and said she was tender around her bladder. They did an ultrasound and X-ray but saw no evidence of stones, so put her on some antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, followed by painkillers. She has now been on three courses of antibiotics and no improvement. She is also rapidly losing weight and in a lot of pain, will squeak when urinating and when touched around her bladder. I got a second opinion, who also said no sign of stones but did see some thickening on the bladder wall. They also did a urine test and found some bacteria that should be tackled by most antibiotics, so if it was an straightforward infection they would have expected to have seen an improvement by now.
I’m at a bit of a loss as what to do next, she is rapidly losing weight and in a lot of pain. The vet has suggested surgery to go inside the bladder but they are very unlikely to find stones which would be the only cause they would be able to resolve down that route, if they found a growth they would recommend not waking her from surgery.
Has anyone come across a scenario like this before and have any ideas to what the cause could be?
Thank you!
Hoping someone may have had a similar experience to me and may be able to shed some light on what might be happening to my poor Guinea Sausage. Sorry for the long story!
A month or so ago I noticed blood in her wee, so I took her to the vet, they did an examination and said she was tender around her bladder. They did an ultrasound and X-ray but saw no evidence of stones, so put her on some antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, followed by painkillers. She has now been on three courses of antibiotics and no improvement. She is also rapidly losing weight and in a lot of pain, will squeak when urinating and when touched around her bladder. I got a second opinion, who also said no sign of stones but did see some thickening on the bladder wall. They also did a urine test and found some bacteria that should be tackled by most antibiotics, so if it was an straightforward infection they would have expected to have seen an improvement by now.
I’m at a bit of a loss as what to do next, she is rapidly losing weight and in a lot of pain. The vet has suggested surgery to go inside the bladder but they are very unlikely to find stones which would be the only cause they would be able to resolve down that route, if they found a growth they would recommend not waking her from surgery.
Has anyone come across a scenario like this before and have any ideas to what the cause could be?
Thank you!
