mdcavymum
New Born Pup
Hello,
I'm having ongoing issues with bloody urine in my piggies. I have 5 total, and periodically every one of them have had bouts of unexplained hematuria. Urinalysis' are always normal, radiography normal.
They have each been on courses of Baytril and/or SMZ-TMP. (As much as 28 days at a time. (I also give them Metacam, and a month ago started Cosequin daily.
Diet wise they have unlimited Oxbow Western Timothy Hay, small amounts of Oxbow pellets daily. Vegetables usually are green pepper, cucumber, green leaf lettuce, celery stalks/leaves. Very seldom they get watermelon or cantaloupe rinds (the hematuria was present long before the fruit was introduced).
Their bedding is fleece, which is wicking the urine effectively. They very seldom are wet on their rear ends when I check them, so I don't think they are sitting in wetness often, but that's always a possibility, of course.
I have 4 females (3 are spayed) and 1 castrated male. They are not all in one cage.
Any thoughts on something I can do differently, or something I'm doing wrong, would be helpful.
Thank you!
I'm having ongoing issues with bloody urine in my piggies. I have 5 total, and periodically every one of them have had bouts of unexplained hematuria. Urinalysis' are always normal, radiography normal.
They have each been on courses of Baytril and/or SMZ-TMP. (As much as 28 days at a time. (I also give them Metacam, and a month ago started Cosequin daily.
Diet wise they have unlimited Oxbow Western Timothy Hay, small amounts of Oxbow pellets daily. Vegetables usually are green pepper, cucumber, green leaf lettuce, celery stalks/leaves. Very seldom they get watermelon or cantaloupe rinds (the hematuria was present long before the fruit was introduced).
Their bedding is fleece, which is wicking the urine effectively. They very seldom are wet on their rear ends when I check them, so I don't think they are sitting in wetness often, but that's always a possibility, of course.
I have 4 females (3 are spayed) and 1 castrated male. They are not all in one cage.
Any thoughts on something I can do differently, or something I'm doing wrong, would be helpful.
Thank you!