Eriathwens piggies

He's definitely got some heft XD luckily through this whole thing he has maintained his weight perfectly, it's not stopped him eating at all.
I am concerned if it's been a UTI all this time it has gone to his kidneys, he has been drinking more than normal but if it has then hopefully it will still get sorted with the antibiotics.
I'll be cleaning the pen out in a little bit so I'll be able to watch him for a while and see if there's any improvement.
 
Cleaned out Leonard and the herd, Leonard had a great time running around the floor..hi think the antibiotics are doing the trick. I don't want to get ahead of myself but I've not heard a peep from him all day, usually there's at least some mild whimpering! He even jumped over my leg when I sat on the floor to watch him having fun :wub:

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We had a painless pee! :yahoo::yahoo: once this is cleared up I can maybe look at reducing his pain medication to a more normal, less palliative dose? Will have to check with the vet. He's currently on 0.4ml but can give up to 1ml at the vets discretion and I'll be honest he's had a few 0.8ml days.

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Leonard had a rough morning yesterday but seems to be doing ok now. I did something incredibly stupid however, I have been weighing him a few times aweek to keep track, like I do with Bramble. Due to the amount of urine he is usually covered in, I usually wipe the scales with an F10 wipe between weighing him and weighing Bramble...I ran out of wipes last time so I just used a wetwipe. It would seem that wasnt good enough as Bramble is now also squeaking while weeing, as is Ebony who she's obviously passed it on to. I'm so annoyed at myself. Luckily they will both be off to the vets tomorrow to get that sorted out. For now they've got a bottle of barley water to hopefully help flush things out. They are both fine in themselves, eating and happily wandering about..ive ordered more F10 wipes too before my over tired self manages to spread it to all 12 of my poor piggies!

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Oh dear - any other day the wet wipe would have been fine.
Thatyjust bad luck.
Hope all goes well at the vets and all piggies are restored to full health.
Miss Bramble looks as gorgeous as ever
 
Leonard has had an awful day today. He's peeing blood, very painful and has been pretty quiet. He had a nice run around the room though and peed all over a cushion which I think is now beyond saving! Going to have a chat to the vet tomorrow to see if they want to extend the antibiotics, culture some urine, redo xrays or what.. I am relieved it is definitely a bladder issue rather than an issue with his OD. If it were the OD it may have been time to call it a day. His appetite is better than it was yesterday though, he actually ate some veggies and he's had critical care.
Bramble and Ebony have been very good today, barely any discomfort while urinating. I think they'll be fine in a few days.

Here's the little man getting some veg
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Poor Leonard! He looks to be eating well today though which is always the worst battle, that's a veritable cannon of critical care he's got there and he's shown that cucumber no mercy! Healing wheeks x
 
Thanks guys. He definitely perked up at the appearance of cucumber, bless him XD It's been a really up and down day..this morning I was considering how fair I'm being, asking him to try everything under the sun and whether euthanasia would be the better call, I honestly didnt think he would be here tomorrow morning judging by how he was parked in the corner earlier. Then he started running and popcorning around the room so I was happy and now i've just finished cleaning up blood. I did manage to get pictures of his urine and a video of him crying so the vet can see exactly what I mean. I need another bag of critical care so I'm going to pop in to have a chat with them tomorrow. I really wish there was just a magic wand we could wave to make it better.
 
You are having a tough time but I think that you will know when it’s the right time to let him go if the meds don’t help.
You always come across as a really loving and caring owner so you will do what is best for lovely Leonard.
Remember we’re here to support you whatever happens
 
Thankyou..that really means a lot after the day ive had! Between the painful times he's his old, happy self. I've been trying them on new pellets and he's absolutely demolishing his little bowl of them so thats a good sign considering. Hopefully it's just a bad day..he's got his snugglesafe heat pad to sleep on and lots of fresh hay so hopefully in the morning things will look a bit better.
 
I have everything crossed that the vet will give you some good news soon, piggy bladders seem to be so susceptable to problems. Poor Leonard looks like he is enjoying his veggies.
 
Thankfully, this morning has brought better news. He peed again during floor time after his meds, there's a massive difference to last night. Excuse my floor..it's a mess at the moment, I've been trying not to vacuum too much so Leonard can get some rest.
He was in such a good mood today I could hardly catch him to put him back XD
Sorry it's a bit gross but there's not many people that would understand my excitement over urine!
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Have a hug!

Sending the handsome Leonard lots of love and vibes x x
 
Thankyou, I really do appreciate knowing you guys are here. And thanks for the hug SB! Leonard is still doing well, absolutely demolishing his veggies at the moment and he's had a good run around on the floor, without stopping every few seconds to pee. I thought id lost him for a minute but I found him behind the sack of pellets having a nap on a cushion XD wish I hadn't left my phone downstairs to charge so I could have taken a picture!
We've got another 5 days of Sulfatrim from the vets earlier so hopefully by the time that is finished he will be back to 100%.
 
Bit of a Leonard update.. we've had 3 good days in a row now. 3 days ago I started giving him Chanca Piedra powder mixed with his critical care, now I don't know if it's that, although the improvement matches up, or if the Sulfatrim has finally started to kick in, but the pain while weeing is finally lessening and they're larger with longer between them.
Here he is saying hello to Ebony and Bramble a little while ago..poor boy got his toe nipped for his trouble but no harm done XD
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A few pictures from the last couple of days. Leonard's been up and down again. He's started cystease to see if that helps. The blood hasn't returned though which is great and he's still happy :) he's starting to enjoy his Chanca and critical care..tries climbing into the cup now lol

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