Hi All,
Wasn't really sure where to post this or even if I should post it.
I am suffering really badly at the moment with pet health anxiety.
The past 2 or 3 years pet health wise has been a bit of a roller coaster.
It seems that every year a 5-7 days before Christmas something happens. Whether it's lack of poops, hay poke, squeaky wees, a limp, there is always something - it always gets sorted and turns out to be okay bit there is always something.
Since mid-November I have had this sense of dread and have been very extra with my 2 piggies, examining everything and anything.
On Thursday evening last week (I have already posted about this) I found a very pale pink pigment in one of the girls wees and it was a squeaky wee. She did a few more paler pink ones straight after and that was it. The rest were clear and have been ever since. We took her to the vet (she has a history of stones) Friday morning and she had an xray which came back clear, I broke down in tears because I was so happy and relived.
This relief lasted a day before I started second guessing and doubting things in my head, it wasn't my normal vet (I have vet trust issues due to previous experiences) so have had thoughts like, what if he didn't look well enough (apparently other staff also checked it) what if it was hiding somewhere, what if it was too small to see... literally second guessing everything. The vet believes it might be IC so she's on cystease.
Today when they came out for floor time, when I went to pick her up from her cage she ran off (fine) and lept into her hidey. Put them on their floor mat for breakfast, she's scoffing it down and then I see her limp off. She's had this before (March 2024) and the vet believed it was arthritis (she's 5), so rather than stress her out and take her back to the vet again so soon (she went on Friday, its now Sunday), we are giving her metacam and taken out the culprit hidey, and just allowing her to rest, with no floor time or excessive amount of cuddles.
In my head I know If we take her to the vet (a) it will stress her out and (b) the vet will prescribe her metacam and that's it because she's walking on it just not fully, and she has had this before. At the same time, my brain is spiralling and is trying to make some kind of link to the pale pink urine and fabricating issues in my head. I'm literally laying in bed with my heart racing and wanting to cry. She's eating, she's pooping, there's been no more pink wees, she's moving around, she's getting excited for treats.
I'm not an anxious person in any other elements of my life, but when it comes to pets I'm a mess. Sometimes I feel like I'm looking for and am seeing problems that aren't even there. They are a constant worry and it's effecting my sleep and my mood.
If you made to the end of this (well done and thank-you), does anyone have any tips and tricks on how to snap out of this?
Wasn't really sure where to post this or even if I should post it.
I am suffering really badly at the moment with pet health anxiety.
The past 2 or 3 years pet health wise has been a bit of a roller coaster.
It seems that every year a 5-7 days before Christmas something happens. Whether it's lack of poops, hay poke, squeaky wees, a limp, there is always something - it always gets sorted and turns out to be okay bit there is always something.
Since mid-November I have had this sense of dread and have been very extra with my 2 piggies, examining everything and anything.
On Thursday evening last week (I have already posted about this) I found a very pale pink pigment in one of the girls wees and it was a squeaky wee. She did a few more paler pink ones straight after and that was it. The rest were clear and have been ever since. We took her to the vet (she has a history of stones) Friday morning and she had an xray which came back clear, I broke down in tears because I was so happy and relived.
This relief lasted a day before I started second guessing and doubting things in my head, it wasn't my normal vet (I have vet trust issues due to previous experiences) so have had thoughts like, what if he didn't look well enough (apparently other staff also checked it) what if it was hiding somewhere, what if it was too small to see... literally second guessing everything. The vet believes it might be IC so she's on cystease.
Today when they came out for floor time, when I went to pick her up from her cage she ran off (fine) and lept into her hidey. Put them on their floor mat for breakfast, she's scoffing it down and then I see her limp off. She's had this before (March 2024) and the vet believed it was arthritis (she's 5), so rather than stress her out and take her back to the vet again so soon (she went on Friday, its now Sunday), we are giving her metacam and taken out the culprit hidey, and just allowing her to rest, with no floor time or excessive amount of cuddles.
In my head I know If we take her to the vet (a) it will stress her out and (b) the vet will prescribe her metacam and that's it because she's walking on it just not fully, and she has had this before. At the same time, my brain is spiralling and is trying to make some kind of link to the pale pink urine and fabricating issues in my head. I'm literally laying in bed with my heart racing and wanting to cry. She's eating, she's pooping, there's been no more pink wees, she's moving around, she's getting excited for treats.
I'm not an anxious person in any other elements of my life, but when it comes to pets I'm a mess. Sometimes I feel like I'm looking for and am seeing problems that aren't even there. They are a constant worry and it's effecting my sleep and my mood.
If you made to the end of this (well done and thank-you), does anyone have any tips and tricks on how to snap out of this?
