Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
Today i found loads & i mean loads of blood in Wilburs hutch, i thought something had gotten into his hutch & killed him.
There were 3 patches, 1 approx 4" square the other 2 a bit smaller & it was bright red blood, not watered down.
At first i thought it was coming from his bottom as there were pellets (not normal shaped) in it. I brought him in & inspected him, his willy was all bloody too, i washed him & put him on fleece in a cage in the house.
More blood, again with pellets on it. Still bright red like you'd cut your finger, we've been to the vets & it's definitely coming from his penis.
This wasn't the guinea savvy vet, we see her tomorrow.
The outcome from today was 0.2ml Baytril twice a day & i've to syringe him 5ml of water every hour.
The vet thought it may be cystitis, kidney stones, bladder infection, urethra probs or a tumour, hopefully the vet tom will do a scan or an x-ray & get to the bottom of it.
On the plus side Wilbur seems happy enough if a little subdued & isn't eating any food but i've syringe fed him some, which he hated at first but got the hang of it.
I'll let you know what happens tom
EDIT: I gave him some dandelion leaves about 30 mins ago but he's not touching them
There were 3 patches, 1 approx 4" square the other 2 a bit smaller & it was bright red blood, not watered down.
At first i thought it was coming from his bottom as there were pellets (not normal shaped) in it. I brought him in & inspected him, his willy was all bloody too, i washed him & put him on fleece in a cage in the house.
More blood, again with pellets on it. Still bright red like you'd cut your finger, we've been to the vets & it's definitely coming from his penis.
This wasn't the guinea savvy vet, we see her tomorrow.
The outcome from today was 0.2ml Baytril twice a day & i've to syringe him 5ml of water every hour.
The vet thought it may be cystitis, kidney stones, bladder infection, urethra probs or a tumour, hopefully the vet tom will do a scan or an x-ray & get to the bottom of it.
On the plus side Wilbur seems happy enough if a little subdued & isn't eating any food but i've syringe fed him some, which he hated at first but got the hang of it.
I'll let you know what happens tom
EDIT: I gave him some dandelion leaves about 30 mins ago but he's not touching them