bladder stone

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...

Last week we noticed blood in Tiny's urine, so of course we took him to the vets. We were given a week of Baytril and Metacam, which we completed with no improvement. We took Tiny back to the vets on Wednesday, and they took an ultrasound and spotted a bladder stone, so he had surgery that...

Hi all, My girls are 6.5yrs old and have both had issues with bladder stones/sludge. Most recently Winnie had a large stone (about the size of a 5p!) removed via surgery at the end of July. They did x-rays at the time and didn't find any more, but the sludge problem is recurring in both of...

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...

Hi piggie friends, I have a rare instance where my lovely boar Percy actually needs to lose some weight. He’s developed a tiny 1mm bladder stone and if he isn’t able to pass this himself, he would need surgery. Unfortunately at the moment the vet said it would be too high risk given his...

Hi everyone! Biscuit / M / 4 years You may or may not remember but in April i posted about my guinea pig that had a possible bladder stone. Biscuit was fine after it was removed but he never really stopped squeaking in pain when pooping. We all thought it was just a habit, but today he was...

Hi everyone, just wanted to share a couple things that came up on my last vet visit about 2 weeks ago. I'd like to hear expert opinions though. So, Geezer isn't having the best year so far- 3 hay pokes, of which one required emergency vet intervention, and more recently blood in urine...

Hi everyone, Last year my male guinea pig had a surgery to remove a bladder stone, it went well and he recovered quickly. 11 months later and he has another stone. He had it removed on Wednesday, he's now home with me and he's doing fine. My boy sure is strong! My concern now is that it might...

Hi, all. What kind of water do you use for your bladder stone piggies? Is a Brita filter good or should I be using bottled?

Hi everyone, I’m new here and I’m desperate for some help. My 3 and a half year old Guinea pig Nyla was diagnosed with a bladder stone about 2 weeks ago. The day of surgery, she actually passed the stone on her own and surgery was no longer needed. She was giving an extensive list of...

* quick warning, i am not an expert in bladder stones, i am not a vet or doctor. I haven't looked at studies or read hundreds of articles, so this might be one big mistake * ... But i think this might be very useful to someone with a bladder stone pig. I came across this interesting video...

Hello everyone, I live in Hong Kong. My Pig, Black Tea, is 3year and 8months baby. He has suffered the stone in the ureter rather than bladder now. He was around 860 to 890gram in September. However His weight have been dropping from 15 October to 23 Novemeber (850grm to 792gram) He had a CT...

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...

Hi, I'm new here and nice to meet you all. I'm Jasmine a guinea pig mother of two boys (Thor and Dior) living in Melbourne, Australia. My Thor is 3 years 5 months old and this year has not been good to him. It started out with a hay poke, then bloat issues, and then a severe UTI which then the...

Hey, so I'm in a weird spot right now. I haven't been able to be home with my pigs because somebody in my household has covid and I was the only one who wasn't in the house when it happened. Where I'm staying there isn't room for the pigs, so my sisters been caring for them. Technically 2/3 pigs...

Hello! I have a 2 year old guinea pig, Charlotte. Poor girl is having a hard time health-wise. She had to visit the vet on Thursday as I suspected bladder stones. The vet did an x-ray and saw two small stones that she said she could pass on her own. One of these was already in her urethra, and...

My piggy Nutmeg, 4 years 9 months old, had surgery 2 weeks ago for a bladder stone that was stuck in his urethra. He was under anaesthetic for 4 hours (!) and lost a lot of blood. He had an x ray done the day before it became stuck and we were told it was sludge not a stone, but that’s a whole...

I’m after some general advice please on surgery cost. My piggy Biscuit (male, 3 years) has been diagnosed with bladder stone after an ultrasound and he needs surgery. We have already spent over £300 to get him diagnosed and our vets has now quoted over £800 for surgery! We really can not afford...