Puddles1999
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone. My minnie just went to the vet because she has been losing weight continuously.
She had an uti last year around the same time. She seemed to get uti’s quite a bit and I know the vet had mentioned last time reoccurring utis can be a sign of a hormonal problems. She expressed her bladder and there was some bacteria so she’s on baytril as well. Expressing the bladder can pick up some bacteria on the way so she’s getting treated just in case. I believe she also said there was a small bit of blood in her pee as well. She had a feel and said she thinks she feels a small ovarian cyst on her left side.
I haven’t seen many symptoms other than her losing weight so meaning she’s in some pain. She doesn’t have any hairloss on her sides. She mentioned a spay but I said no. She just turned 4 this year. I know spaying is invasive. I don’t want to lose her. I mentioned hormone injections and she said she’s never done them before on Guinea pigs.
She’s on meloxicam dog 1.5, 0.15ml every 24 hours. I said I would like it every 12 hours but she said since it’s such a small amount, she would just do it once a day. She said I could split it up but that’s up to me.
Does anyone have experience with this? I know not every cyst is hormonal. Should I try to find a different vet that can do hormone injections if the cyst is hormonal? Will she stay on pain killers for the rest of her life to manage her pain from the cysts?
I actually myself had an ovarian cyst burst and I had to go to the emergency room as I went into shock from the pain! So I know ovarian cysts are no joke to mess with and I don’t want her to be in pain.
If anyone has experience with this, I’d greatly appreciate your guys input.![smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
She had an uti last year around the same time. She seemed to get uti’s quite a bit and I know the vet had mentioned last time reoccurring utis can be a sign of a hormonal problems. She expressed her bladder and there was some bacteria so she’s on baytril as well. Expressing the bladder can pick up some bacteria on the way so she’s getting treated just in case. I believe she also said there was a small bit of blood in her pee as well. She had a feel and said she thinks she feels a small ovarian cyst on her left side.
I haven’t seen many symptoms other than her losing weight so meaning she’s in some pain. She doesn’t have any hairloss on her sides. She mentioned a spay but I said no. She just turned 4 this year. I know spaying is invasive. I don’t want to lose her. I mentioned hormone injections and she said she’s never done them before on Guinea pigs.
She’s on meloxicam dog 1.5, 0.15ml every 24 hours. I said I would like it every 12 hours but she said since it’s such a small amount, she would just do it once a day. She said I could split it up but that’s up to me.
Does anyone have experience with this? I know not every cyst is hormonal. Should I try to find a different vet that can do hormone injections if the cyst is hormonal? Will she stay on pain killers for the rest of her life to manage her pain from the cysts?
I actually myself had an ovarian cyst burst and I had to go to the emergency room as I went into shock from the pain! So I know ovarian cysts are no joke to mess with and I don’t want her to be in pain.
If anyone has experience with this, I’d greatly appreciate your guys input.
![smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)