Teema
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone, as always I turn to the forum for your invaluable expertise and wonderful kindness and compassion.
Pipsqueak, one of our three sows, who we adopted from the SSPCA (Scottish Animal Rescue) before Christmas, has been having some ongoing issues with her bladder.
When we got her home from the SSPCA we had to take her to the vet that week due to her struggling to do the toilet, the vet gave her an ultrasound and said it was bladder sludge, went onto Metacam and Baytril. She slightly improved, but come January we requested Metacam again as it looked like she was showing signs of pain again, to be entirely honest, I don’t think it ever fully went away.
The past week or so she has gotten worse, straining to pee/poo, awful smell when she does, and really seemingly in pain, got her an appointment today at the vet and they tested her urine (which was full of microscopic blood invisible to the eye!) and very alkaline. (We had cut back on calcium rich veg).
The vet has given her more Metacam and Baytril for the week, with an x-ray booked in ten days to check for a bladder stone and if so, surgery will take place that day.
Obviously we are extremely worried, I just want her to be okay, comfortable and healthy. She is fine in herself, eating, drinking and cuddly, but honestly it is heartbreaking seeing her struggle.
We are really concerned at what the cost of bladder stone surgery could be - we have sent an email asking our vet if we can do a payment plan but no response yet - just looking for any experience with this? How likely is it to reoccur? Is the surgery risky? Cost and after treatment?
Thanks so much.
Pipsqueak, one of our three sows, who we adopted from the SSPCA (Scottish Animal Rescue) before Christmas, has been having some ongoing issues with her bladder.
When we got her home from the SSPCA we had to take her to the vet that week due to her struggling to do the toilet, the vet gave her an ultrasound and said it was bladder sludge, went onto Metacam and Baytril. She slightly improved, but come January we requested Metacam again as it looked like she was showing signs of pain again, to be entirely honest, I don’t think it ever fully went away.
The past week or so she has gotten worse, straining to pee/poo, awful smell when she does, and really seemingly in pain, got her an appointment today at the vet and they tested her urine (which was full of microscopic blood invisible to the eye!) and very alkaline. (We had cut back on calcium rich veg).
The vet has given her more Metacam and Baytril for the week, with an x-ray booked in ten days to check for a bladder stone and if so, surgery will take place that day.
Obviously we are extremely worried, I just want her to be okay, comfortable and healthy. She is fine in herself, eating, drinking and cuddly, but honestly it is heartbreaking seeing her struggle.
We are really concerned at what the cost of bladder stone surgery could be - we have sent an email asking our vet if we can do a payment plan but no response yet - just looking for any experience with this? How likely is it to reoccur? Is the surgery risky? Cost and after treatment?
Thanks so much.
