Pippy & Daisy
Junior Guinea Pig
Daisy's been on Baytril for about two weeks now after we'd taken her to the vet with her not eating and then noticed her seeming to be lifting up in pain. Since she's had a UTI before her vet was familiar with her symptoms. She'd also had an ultrasound last time to check for stones and she was all clear. We've had no problems since then, until tonight when I noticed she was kind of stretching back and forth a bit, if that makes sense, but I'm not sure if she was actually having discomfort or just trying to get comfortable as she had a little nap almost straight away. Then not long ago I noticed that she seemed to be lifting up a little bit again, but, again, I'm not sure if this was because she was trying to wee or just because she's a bit on edge with the fireworks and me breathing down her throat every two minutes making sure she's okay. Is it possible that her UTI is causing her a bit of pain again even though she's still on Baytril? I'm so worried she might have a stone now.
I'm going to give her some metacam in case she is in a bit of pain and will take her to the vets when I take Pippy on Saturday, unless she seems to be in pain in which case I'll of course take her earlier. My problem is that the regular vets are closed tomorrow because of New Years Day so if she's in pain I'll have to take her to the out of hours vet which I really don't want to do as I just don't think they're capable of taking care of her as well as her regular vet does. Will she be alright if I wait to take her on Friday or Saturday? If she's in a lot of pain I will take her to the out of hours vets, but I want to avoid this if possible.
She's eating and drinking fine and I'm going to take her out to try and get her to wee to make sure she can since it's difficult in the hutch to tell if it's her or Pippy who's weed. She hates weeing outside the hutch though so I don't know how successful I'll be getting her to do it even if she's completely fine :/ I haven't seen any blood and it's only this afternoon and tonight that I've even noticed anything which just happens to be when I've been feeling the most tense myself so I might just be imagining it all! Then to top it all off she got some hay up her nose and sneezed which just escalated my panic to new levels thinking there was something else wrong, haha.
I've got anxiety myself and I'm also ill at the moment so I already worry about every tiny little thing which makes this all really stressful, especially because of the holiday period when the vets aren't open every day. I'd love to be able to take them out for floor time tonight so I can watch her more closely but with all the fireworks I think they're much more comfortable in their hutch and I don't want to cause them unnecessary stress.
I'm going to give her some metacam in case she is in a bit of pain and will take her to the vets when I take Pippy on Saturday, unless she seems to be in pain in which case I'll of course take her earlier. My problem is that the regular vets are closed tomorrow because of New Years Day so if she's in pain I'll have to take her to the out of hours vet which I really don't want to do as I just don't think they're capable of taking care of her as well as her regular vet does. Will she be alright if I wait to take her on Friday or Saturday? If she's in a lot of pain I will take her to the out of hours vets, but I want to avoid this if possible.
She's eating and drinking fine and I'm going to take her out to try and get her to wee to make sure she can since it's difficult in the hutch to tell if it's her or Pippy who's weed. She hates weeing outside the hutch though so I don't know how successful I'll be getting her to do it even if she's completely fine :/ I haven't seen any blood and it's only this afternoon and tonight that I've even noticed anything which just happens to be when I've been feeling the most tense myself so I might just be imagining it all! Then to top it all off she got some hay up her nose and sneezed which just escalated my panic to new levels thinking there was something else wrong, haha.
I've got anxiety myself and I'm also ill at the moment so I already worry about every tiny little thing which makes this all really stressful, especially because of the holiday period when the vets aren't open every day. I'd love to be able to take them out for floor time tonight so I can watch her more closely but with all the fireworks I think they're much more comfortable in their hutch and I don't want to cause them unnecessary stress.