Cavy Kung-Fu
Adult Guinea Pig
Hi guys! (Sorry I only seem to come on when I need help, it’s been really difficult with losing piggies and poorly piggies I’ve been finding it hard to come on.) After losing Iggy last year I thought my bladder troubles were behind me but boy was I wrong.
My beautiful Andromeda has started urinating blood, it’s quite a bright red sometimes and she’s been losing weight. She’s never had any prior health issues.
She’s had an X-ray and ultrasound; no stones or sludge just a thickened bladder lining. We’ve had her on a week of co-trimoxazole which helped a little and it came back then almost a fortnite of baytril which helped a bit again so there was less blood in the urine and she perked up but it never went away. She’s been on loxicom this whole time too.
Is this IC again? If it is it’s a lot more dramatic than Iggy’s as he had proteins present in his urine but never actual blood. I’ve started her on cystease, I’ve cut veg out completely temporarily and we’re feeding critical care and Pro C. She’s eating some hay but not a lot.
She’s loving the extra attention and seems relatively happy considering that she’s obviously uncomfortable. She’s not vocalising when weeing/pooping anymore and she tenses a little sometimes but doesn’t hunch.
Can anyone give any advice on what else I can do to sort out her bladder thickening? Anything to help her. Thank you!
My beautiful Andromeda has started urinating blood, it’s quite a bright red sometimes and she’s been losing weight. She’s never had any prior health issues.
She’s had an X-ray and ultrasound; no stones or sludge just a thickened bladder lining. We’ve had her on a week of co-trimoxazole which helped a little and it came back then almost a fortnite of baytril which helped a bit again so there was less blood in the urine and she perked up but it never went away. She’s been on loxicom this whole time too.
Is this IC again? If it is it’s a lot more dramatic than Iggy’s as he had proteins present in his urine but never actual blood. I’ve started her on cystease, I’ve cut veg out completely temporarily and we’re feeding critical care and Pro C. She’s eating some hay but not a lot.
She’s loving the extra attention and seems relatively happy considering that she’s obviously uncomfortable. She’s not vocalising when weeing/pooping anymore and she tenses a little sometimes but doesn’t hunch.
Can anyone give any advice on what else I can do to sort out her bladder thickening? Anything to help her. Thank you!