Caviesgalore (EPGPR)
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I can't believe it, my daughters were cuddling the piggies earlier and my beautiful dutch girl Ruby, my oldest sow, passed some blood in her urine - not another piggy, not again :'(
She seems well in herself, is eating and isn't obviously in any pain when weeing. We kept her and a couple of the other piggies indoors on towels for a while and she is passing urine well, with an ominous dot of red in the middle. I can't go through this again, we have only just lost Tetley :'(.
Ruby is four and a half years old and a really bossy madam with the other piggies, it is only recently that she would take to any other sows, after she lost her sister at Christmas. I have spoken to our vet today and he has recommended starting her on a fairly large dose of Septrin and if there is no improvement after a week he will x-ray to check for stones and ovarian cysts. She took the first dose of Septrin beautifully, and I have also been giving her unsweetened cranberry juice, which after the initial couple of syringe fulls she decided she didn't like! I have also bought some pot barley (the original state pearl barley comes in, before they remove the outer casing and which is supposedly fab for urinary tract infections according to the lady at the health food shop) so will be making up some of Uncle Peter's pearl barley tomorrow for her.
When Tetley was taken ill I also sent off for some Uriflow capsules on the recommendation of others on the forum so I think I will start Ruby on that tomorrow as well, just in case she has a stone forming.
Here's a photo of my beautiful girl taken a while ago, please keep everything crossed for Ruby.
She seems well in herself, is eating and isn't obviously in any pain when weeing. We kept her and a couple of the other piggies indoors on towels for a while and she is passing urine well, with an ominous dot of red in the middle. I can't go through this again, we have only just lost Tetley :'(.
Ruby is four and a half years old and a really bossy madam with the other piggies, it is only recently that she would take to any other sows, after she lost her sister at Christmas. I have spoken to our vet today and he has recommended starting her on a fairly large dose of Septrin and if there is no improvement after a week he will x-ray to check for stones and ovarian cysts. She took the first dose of Septrin beautifully, and I have also been giving her unsweetened cranberry juice, which after the initial couple of syringe fulls she decided she didn't like! I have also bought some pot barley (the original state pearl barley comes in, before they remove the outer casing and which is supposedly fab for urinary tract infections according to the lady at the health food shop) so will be making up some of Uncle Peter's pearl barley tomorrow for her.
When Tetley was taken ill I also sent off for some Uriflow capsules on the recommendation of others on the forum so I think I will start Ruby on that tomorrow as well, just in case she has a stone forming.
Here's a photo of my beautiful girl taken a while ago, please keep everything crossed for Ruby.