bladder stone operation

Hello! I have a 3 1/2 year old guinea pig who went to the vet this last Thursday from blood in his urine. He’s dealt with bladder sludge for almost a year and now he’s formed a stone. He heading into surgery on Monday and I am terrified. I want him to be okay and trying to prepare myself. He’s...

Hi all, so I made a post a few weeks ago about my 7 year old boar who had a large bladder stone and later had a successful surgery a few weeks ago. He gained most of his weight back and seemed back to himself but we had to extend his pain meds another week because he was still in some pain. Vet...

Hello All, I just want to share my experience with my beautiful Guinea pig who had 2 bladder stones. I took her to vet to do a check since she was acting a bit off and they did an X ray which showed no stones. Two months later, I had to follow up and did another X ray, this is where they found...

Hi, Found blood in the guinea enclosure. Have taken her to the vet (already on baytril and metacam for uti, this happens every few months). They’ve have done an ultrasound and said she has bladder sludge and a stone, quoted £1300-1400 for the operation to remove it. Is this the general cost? She...

Hi everyone, I’m hoping this reaches the right people. I’m based in LA and my boy Chewie is going to need surgery to remove his bladder stone. I’m attaching a photo of it. I got to do the x-rays with Dr. Nenn at the LA Guinea pig rescue (you may have seen him in Saskia’s recent video). Dr. Nenn...

Hi there, Sorry for the long post, but we’d really appreciate any advice, stories, anyone can give. Our boy is about 4-5 years old (he was a rescue so unsure exactly), and about 3 weeks ago developed signs of bladder stones. He’s seen the vet twice, been given pain relief, anti inflammatories...

Not sure if this is the right part of the forum to post this... Huge thanks to the team at Highcroft Vetenary Referals Exotic Department in Bristol! Our guinea is back after a successful removal of two huge bladder stones. Really excellent advice and care and surgery and communication.....and a...

Hello all, I have a boar named Laszlo who is unknown age (someone dumped him outside and I found him) but estimated to be at least 4yo. Long story short, we have been dealing with chronic UTIs with multiple negative x-rays for months. I see a great exotic vet who I trust. 3 days ago, he had a...

My almost 4 year old male guinea pig Lemmy had a bladder stone removal surgery at the end of August 2021, and he was very happy and healthy after the surgery until very recently. I started to notice a random squeak here and there, and then noticed some urine sludge on his bedding. I've been...

My 5.5 year old pig Cashew was booked in for bladder stone surgery today, but I got a call from the vet saying she did an ultrasound and found that the stones (he has 5) are sitting in a nook between the urethra and bladder. She also saw a cyst on his kidney, and took a blood test while he was...

My pig is called Meng (boar). He had his first surgery today on May 18th in the afternoon. The stone is around 5.5mm on diameter and was discovered during the surgery that it is embeded inside the bladder wall. The bladder is filled with blood which indicates how severe the condition has already...

Hello - first time posting here (although I've been an avid reader!) Last week, 1.5 year old boar Mose was peeing some blood (although no signs of pain) and was diagnosed with a bladder stone. I was quite surprised, since we feed them red leaf, green leaf lettuce, with the occasional red...

Good morning all :) sorry for the long, middle of the night post! Harriet had 2 bladder stones removed yesterday, my brave girl had passed one also. She has been through quite an ordeal but she is a brave strong feisty little gingernut :) unfortunately the vet did find infection in the bladder...

Hi, to update you after my previous post I visited an exotics specialist today who showed us the X-ray our local vet had taken (they told us it was clear) and pointed out an area of possible sludge in the bladder. She explained that we could have another x-Ray under anesthetic to confirm if...

SUPER Happy to report LIL MAc is great! I found a YOUNG smart exotic vet in Orlando FL, 90 min away who removed the stone on day 12 of hand feeding care x every 2 hrs. HE was amazed at his great vigor, he did IMMEDIATELY find a heart murmur, grade 3, so put him at a bit of higher risk but he...

I have a friend who just discovered that one of her guinea pigs has bladder stones. He is going to have to have surgery, but as it's not guaranteed that he will make it out. Does anyone know what the success rate for a surgery like this is? She's not sure what to do, but of course, doesn't want...

The on going bladder issues with Ted continue. He had a blood clot in his bladder removed about a month ago. He was very ill after and nearly died. Last week he started crying when he was weeing again so was put on baytril on Monday. It's now Saturday and there is no improvement. He's still...

Hi! My lovely boy Ted had a bladder op 4 weeks ago. He had a very bad reaction to the op and nearly died... He stopped eating for ten days and was on constant hand feeding. Thankfully he has made a slow but good recovery. He's had lots of gut problems such as runny poos and his poo hasnt...

Hi, our 23 month old boar Bramble was recently (3 weeks ago) neutered so he could have a female friend. One week after neutering, when the pain relief (Metacam) and antibiotics (Septrim) had finished, he started squeaking when peeing and pooping, and was straining when pooping. Took him back...