Suki&Indie
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all! I feel I’ve posted so many threads on here but my piggies decided that they all needed the vet at the same time! Sorry in advance this is a longgg post
My biggest issue is my 4/5yr old sow - about two months ago she started leaking urine and was diagnosed with a UTI and given baytril (it did nothing) so she’s was x rayed and had an ultrasound and was given a new antibiotic (sulfatrim) which helped her hugely. Sadly not long after the sulfatrim course ended she got much much worse and was brought in for another x ray. The vet said she had “serious thickening of the bowel” which could be cancer but since it responded to meds we’re hoping it’s just a nasty infection. The vet also managed to remove a significant amount of bladder sludge.
She’s now on 0.25ml of sulfatrim 2x a day and 0.5ml of cat metacam 2x a day. We also got an urinary supplement by vetpro (I’ve stopped giving her her oxbow urinary supplement as I’m worried about overdosing her on glucosamine)
Sorry for such a long intro! Just thought I’d give the full background incase someone has experienced something similar. The main question is how do I reduce calcium as much as possible? Her water is filtered and she gets a small amount of oxbow pellets - is there a better pellet I should switch to? I’ve heard good reviews of the haybox pellet. She doesn’t get much veg as her cagemate has a tendency to bloat but I do give a small amount of round lettuce and green bell pepper/cucumber if it’s hot. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks so much!
My biggest issue is my 4/5yr old sow - about two months ago she started leaking urine and was diagnosed with a UTI and given baytril (it did nothing) so she’s was x rayed and had an ultrasound and was given a new antibiotic (sulfatrim) which helped her hugely. Sadly not long after the sulfatrim course ended she got much much worse and was brought in for another x ray. The vet said she had “serious thickening of the bowel” which could be cancer but since it responded to meds we’re hoping it’s just a nasty infection. The vet also managed to remove a significant amount of bladder sludge.
She’s now on 0.25ml of sulfatrim 2x a day and 0.5ml of cat metacam 2x a day. We also got an urinary supplement by vetpro (I’ve stopped giving her her oxbow urinary supplement as I’m worried about overdosing her on glucosamine)
Sorry for such a long intro! Just thought I’d give the full background incase someone has experienced something similar. The main question is how do I reduce calcium as much as possible? Her water is filtered and she gets a small amount of oxbow pellets - is there a better pellet I should switch to? I’ve heard good reviews of the haybox pellet. She doesn’t get much veg as her cagemate has a tendency to bloat but I do give a small amount of round lettuce and green bell pepper/cucumber if it’s hot. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks so much!
