Hello,
Wondering if anyone had any advice on the below.
We adopted a little teddy pig earlier this year to join our herd bringing us to a total of 6! Unfortunately he had to have surgery for an entropion and since then has had ongoing issues where he has felt the need to squeak when trying to urinate and poop, we believe this was caused by the stress of the surgery.
Since the surgery he has had 3 x-rays, multiple urine analysis and ultrasounds and none have shown any signs of stones, no blood in urine etc and the vet at the time recommended a course of baytril and metacam for a few weeks - the issues still existed and we were recommended to visit an exotic vet.
The exotic vet was able to identify sludge in his bladder and recommend a change in diet (filtered water, low calcium veggies - a similar diet to what is shared on this forum) as well as a course of baytril, metacam and hypervase. Over the following 2 weeks saw improvements in him, however he still squeaked sometimes when he pooped so we took him back for a check up once the medication was nearing it's end. The exotic vet recommended we continue with the low calcium diet and provided a longer course of baytril, metacam and hypervase which was about 2 weeks ago (we have about 2-3 weeks left of this medication).
One thing we've noticed today is some white lumps around his private area, we are not sure how long these may have been there but it is not something any of the vets have mentioned. I was wondering if anyone has had something similar before, they look like cysts and do seem to be stuck on i.e. they do not come off. Happy to post a picture, just didn't want to post it in advance and put anyone off their dinner!
Many thanks,
Lee
Wondering if anyone had any advice on the below.
We adopted a little teddy pig earlier this year to join our herd bringing us to a total of 6! Unfortunately he had to have surgery for an entropion and since then has had ongoing issues where he has felt the need to squeak when trying to urinate and poop, we believe this was caused by the stress of the surgery.
Since the surgery he has had 3 x-rays, multiple urine analysis and ultrasounds and none have shown any signs of stones, no blood in urine etc and the vet at the time recommended a course of baytril and metacam for a few weeks - the issues still existed and we were recommended to visit an exotic vet.
The exotic vet was able to identify sludge in his bladder and recommend a change in diet (filtered water, low calcium veggies - a similar diet to what is shared on this forum) as well as a course of baytril, metacam and hypervase. Over the following 2 weeks saw improvements in him, however he still squeaked sometimes when he pooped so we took him back for a check up once the medication was nearing it's end. The exotic vet recommended we continue with the low calcium diet and provided a longer course of baytril, metacam and hypervase which was about 2 weeks ago (we have about 2-3 weeks left of this medication).
One thing we've noticed today is some white lumps around his private area, we are not sure how long these may have been there but it is not something any of the vets have mentioned. I was wondering if anyone has had something similar before, they look like cysts and do seem to be stuck on i.e. they do not come off. Happy to post a picture, just didn't want to post it in advance and put anyone off their dinner!
Many thanks,
Lee