Laszlo&Pollen
New Born Pup
Hello all, I’m looking for help and other ideas for my 1.5-2yo (estimated) boar, Pollen. He underwent light sedation (isofluorane) at the vet on Friday 3/17 for an X-ray to rule out dental issues after about a month of one intermittently runny nostril.
The X-ray was normal, but it took him the whole weekend to bounce back from the sedative - he wasn’t eating well with some weird poops, and wasn’t moving around much, just sleeping in one spot. I noticed his belly was wet and he smelled strongly of ammonia the whole weekend, which made sense given he was just lying in his pee and not drinking as well. He seemed to be having to push a little more than usual to poop as well.
I topped him up with syringe feeds and handfeeding through the weekend, and by Monday 3/20 he was pretty much back to normal behaviorally, with normal quantity of good-shaped poops. I did notice at that time he still seemed to be pushing his poops out with more effort than usual, and an increase in white chalky deposits where his urine had dried at that time (not gritty), more than his norm.
The next morning (Tues 3/21), I found small spots of blood in his urine on his fleece liners. He was otherwise continuing to act normally, other than still putting a little more effort than usual into pushing poops out.
I took him back to the vet Wednesday 3/22 after unsuccessful attempts to collect my own urine sample unfortunately, and explained that due to the timing of everything with lying in his pee and not drinking as well, I was worried for UTI. I got a lot of attitude from the intern vet who insisted the only 2 options were to 1) “Do nothing because some possible blood isn’t really a big deal” or 2) sedate him again for cystocentesis and bloodwork. She refused to attempt a urine sample any other way, even to evaluate for red blood cells, and insisted that it wasn’t him lying in his urine after sedation that had caused this to develop. She did review his X-rays from a few days prior (which were whole-body) and confirmed there was no stone, and begrudgingly agreed to try Bactrim (TMP-SMZ) x 14 days empirically.
Today is day 7 of antibiotic (which he has now decided he no longer likes just to make things more fun), and he is still having spots of blood in his urine, although they’re now more dilute and more often pink than red. He’s still not wheeking or hunching while peeing, and is eating and drinking well with normal poops. I’m giving him Benebac and increasing watery veggies like cucumber, and he’s already on a low-calcium diet with filtered water at baseline.
I just lost my other piggy from postop complications after bladder stone removal in November, which was preceded by months of UTIs/bloody urine, so this just feels like I’m stuck in a nightmare and is bringing it all back. Has anyone experienced continued bloody urine this long into antibiotics? I know about sterile IC but based on the timing of symptom development, I’m more suspicious of UTI at the moment…anyone have any other thoughts?
The X-ray was normal, but it took him the whole weekend to bounce back from the sedative - he wasn’t eating well with some weird poops, and wasn’t moving around much, just sleeping in one spot. I noticed his belly was wet and he smelled strongly of ammonia the whole weekend, which made sense given he was just lying in his pee and not drinking as well. He seemed to be having to push a little more than usual to poop as well.
I topped him up with syringe feeds and handfeeding through the weekend, and by Monday 3/20 he was pretty much back to normal behaviorally, with normal quantity of good-shaped poops. I did notice at that time he still seemed to be pushing his poops out with more effort than usual, and an increase in white chalky deposits where his urine had dried at that time (not gritty), more than his norm.
The next morning (Tues 3/21), I found small spots of blood in his urine on his fleece liners. He was otherwise continuing to act normally, other than still putting a little more effort than usual into pushing poops out.
I took him back to the vet Wednesday 3/22 after unsuccessful attempts to collect my own urine sample unfortunately, and explained that due to the timing of everything with lying in his pee and not drinking as well, I was worried for UTI. I got a lot of attitude from the intern vet who insisted the only 2 options were to 1) “Do nothing because some possible blood isn’t really a big deal” or 2) sedate him again for cystocentesis and bloodwork. She refused to attempt a urine sample any other way, even to evaluate for red blood cells, and insisted that it wasn’t him lying in his urine after sedation that had caused this to develop. She did review his X-rays from a few days prior (which were whole-body) and confirmed there was no stone, and begrudgingly agreed to try Bactrim (TMP-SMZ) x 14 days empirically.
Today is day 7 of antibiotic (which he has now decided he no longer likes just to make things more fun), and he is still having spots of blood in his urine, although they’re now more dilute and more often pink than red. He’s still not wheeking or hunching while peeing, and is eating and drinking well with normal poops. I’m giving him Benebac and increasing watery veggies like cucumber, and he’s already on a low-calcium diet with filtered water at baseline.
I just lost my other piggy from postop complications after bladder stone removal in November, which was preceded by months of UTIs/bloody urine, so this just feels like I’m stuck in a nightmare and is bringing it all back. Has anyone experienced continued bloody urine this long into antibiotics? I know about sterile IC but based on the timing of symptom development, I’m more suspicious of UTI at the moment…anyone have any other thoughts?
I hope your piggy is doing better!
