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Sludge bladders

PennyCopper

PennyCopper

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My piggie Cowboy had stone removal surgery, then less than a year later he had a procedure to remove sludge from bladder. Now a few short months after the procedure he is acting like he might be slugy again. The surgery and procudure were both over a thousand dollars each! I dont have an extra thousand ever so its been a strughle to pay. Anyone else have a piggie prone to this and bladder sludge and do you get frequent vet checks and anything else I should know. His diet is as calcium free as possible. He takes Oxbow tablets for bladder health as well.
 
Our pig Ruby also suffered with sludge, and I still think the 2 things that helped the most was only ever using filtered water (and we do not live in a hard water area), and serving her very wet veggies.
I would basically pour filtered water over all her veg/fresh grass, and serve them still very wet on a plastic plate.
After she ate them there would be a puddle of water left on the plate.
 
Swissgreys said:
Our pig Ruby also suffered with sludge, and I still think the 2 things that helped the most was only ever using filtered water (and we do not live in a hard water area), and serving her very wet veggies.
I would basically pour filtered water over all her veg/fresh grass, and serve them still very wet on a plastic plate.
After she ate them there would be a puddle of water left on the plate.
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Sorry your Ruby had to go through the sludges. I buy distilled water and use that. Pouring filtered water on the veggies is easy and shouldn't stop Cowboy from eating them. 👍 thank you for sharing your experience
 
My piggy vet has the attitude that you just have to try and keep everything flushing through. We don't have a sludgy pig but one girl is prone to gritty pee and I don't think it's a coincidence that she eats more than her share of the pellets (which are limited). She gets glucosamine and we use low Ca bottled water and I repositioned the bottles so that they are near the hideys so pigs don't have to choose between coming out into the open to drink and risking another pig taking their prized sleeping spot! This made a noticeable difference to one of my pigs who had never seemed to drink much but suddenly we heard the bottle going all night long. Turns out she was a nighttime drinker!
 
Thank you, it is helpful information.
I have been syringe feeing organic celery juice and water so he pees a lot. He drinks a lot less than his sister and he is heavier. The vet asked me to take away all pellets.
 
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