thw797
New Born Pup
Hi all! This is my first post here and after lurking and reading other’s experiences, I’ve decided to come here and ask.
My girl Daisy is around 3 years old. She has been peeing blood intermittently ever since the end of November. I took her to the emergency vet where they diagnosed her with a probably UTI (she had sludge and inflammation in her bladder). She was on SMZ-TMP for 10 days. I thought this helped, but then she started having blood again. The blood is a pink color and is never dark or bright red.
Originally she was squeaking while peeing, but she no longer does that. She is her normal self and eats well, comes to the bars for food, etc. She’s with her sister in a very large C&C cage.
The vet I have nearby gave her metacam to see if it would help, but her bleeding persisted. We did an x-ray and found no stones, my vet said the scans did not show sludge. My vet is not able to do an ultrasound or a sterile urinalysis.
I had her on glucosamine and metacam for around a week, and thought the bleeding stopped… but I’m not completely sure. I took her off of it a few days before her next vet visit and the bleeding showed itself again.
I now have more metacam and Baytril for her to try. I haven’t started the antibiotics yet. Could it be a stubborn UTI? I was given tablets for her which I can crush and syringe to her, and the dose is 22.7 mg per tablet (so around 11.3 mg to be given twice daily). My piggy weighs around 1.1 kg — is this dose safe to give?
Could this be a UTI that just hasn’t gotten worse for a few weeks, and has shown no other symptoms? Could it be IC? I’ve already spent $1,000 on her care for this, so if it is reproductive I would just be looking at comfort care and cannot afford anymore large vet bills (a spay would be at least $1,000). The insurance I have decided to not cover this.
Thank you for any and all advice given!
My girl Daisy is around 3 years old. She has been peeing blood intermittently ever since the end of November. I took her to the emergency vet where they diagnosed her with a probably UTI (she had sludge and inflammation in her bladder). She was on SMZ-TMP for 10 days. I thought this helped, but then she started having blood again. The blood is a pink color and is never dark or bright red.
Originally she was squeaking while peeing, but she no longer does that. She is her normal self and eats well, comes to the bars for food, etc. She’s with her sister in a very large C&C cage.
The vet I have nearby gave her metacam to see if it would help, but her bleeding persisted. We did an x-ray and found no stones, my vet said the scans did not show sludge. My vet is not able to do an ultrasound or a sterile urinalysis.
I had her on glucosamine and metacam for around a week, and thought the bleeding stopped… but I’m not completely sure. I took her off of it a few days before her next vet visit and the bleeding showed itself again.
I now have more metacam and Baytril for her to try. I haven’t started the antibiotics yet. Could it be a stubborn UTI? I was given tablets for her which I can crush and syringe to her, and the dose is 22.7 mg per tablet (so around 11.3 mg to be given twice daily). My piggy weighs around 1.1 kg — is this dose safe to give?
Could this be a UTI that just hasn’t gotten worse for a few weeks, and has shown no other symptoms? Could it be IC? I’ve already spent $1,000 on her care for this, so if it is reproductive I would just be looking at comfort care and cannot afford anymore large vet bills (a spay would be at least $1,000). The insurance I have decided to not cover this.
Thank you for any and all advice given!