Chonkerz
New Born Pup
My two female guinea pigs have been having recurring UTI’s for over a year now. Only once has any bacteria been found in one of their urines which was the last time in December but that was treated with antibiotics. The bacteria went but the blood in the urine stayed along with squeaking when doing the toilet. Both have continued to squeak persistently even between flare ups where blood is found on the fleece (when this happens they are seen by the vet right away)
Since summer 2021 they’ve both been taking one pill of cytease cat bladder supplement mixed with water (1ml served over two 0.5ml portions morning and night) This was meant to be a preventative and worked at first but obviously the flare ups have prevailed. It’s meant to thicken their bladder walls but obviously I can’t see inside lol.
Now my vet has prescribed metacam and gabapentin for daily use to help manage inflammation and pain respectively. This means they are taking a lot of medicine and it’s getting expensive. I’m prepared to pay what I need to keep my girls comfortable and will hopefully be able to buy online as my vet says they’ll provide the prescription. My issue is the gabapentin dose is 1ml once a day. 1ml in one sitting is quite a lot and I tried to give it to them with their metacam and cytease tonight and it was too much. Their bladders must’ve struggled because they started resisting at about 8ml and I had to put them back. I have decided it will be given separately a while before their other night time medicines.
now their medicine schedule is as follows:
morning: 0.4ml metacam and 0.5ml cytease
after humans dinner (6-7:30pm ish): 1ml gabapentin
evening: same as morning
does anyone else have similar experiences with stubborn utis? I feel like a bad owner at times because they’re so uncomfortable and always at the vets. It’s horrible to see them on more medicine especially since they don’t seem to like taking the gabapentin.
Since summer 2021 they’ve both been taking one pill of cytease cat bladder supplement mixed with water (1ml served over two 0.5ml portions morning and night) This was meant to be a preventative and worked at first but obviously the flare ups have prevailed. It’s meant to thicken their bladder walls but obviously I can’t see inside lol.
Now my vet has prescribed metacam and gabapentin for daily use to help manage inflammation and pain respectively. This means they are taking a lot of medicine and it’s getting expensive. I’m prepared to pay what I need to keep my girls comfortable and will hopefully be able to buy online as my vet says they’ll provide the prescription. My issue is the gabapentin dose is 1ml once a day. 1ml in one sitting is quite a lot and I tried to give it to them with their metacam and cytease tonight and it was too much. Their bladders must’ve struggled because they started resisting at about 8ml and I had to put them back. I have decided it will be given separately a while before their other night time medicines.
now their medicine schedule is as follows:
morning: 0.4ml metacam and 0.5ml cytease
after humans dinner (6-7:30pm ish): 1ml gabapentin
evening: same as morning
does anyone else have similar experiences with stubborn utis? I feel like a bad owner at times because they’re so uncomfortable and always at the vets. It’s horrible to see them on more medicine especially since they don’t seem to like taking the gabapentin.
