pain relief

Hello! Fluff, 5.7yo boar, had a 5.6mm bladder stone removed 05/09/25. They said his bladder wall was damaged and quite a mess. Post op was on cisapride, enrocare, meloxaid, fibreplex and seemed to be doing well. Over the last week we’ve had a return of rust coloured pee and searching and...

Hi, I am having a bit of a conundrum with a little guinea of mine and her elongating herself showing discomfort/pain. She was doing this when I first brought her home, aged 8 weeks. I thought she just liked stretching herself out - looking like she was chilling out like we all do on holidays...

In this post I only want suggestions for palliative care. My 6 year old guinea pig, Maddie, is dying of a mammary gland tumor. It's big enough that there is no question of what it is. In Maryland it is illegal to get Metacam/Vivlodex/ Mobic/ Comfort Pac-Meloxicam without a vet seeing the pet...

Hello everyone, My lovely 5 year old piggy bramble had a small (5p coin sized) bald patch on her back and after looking closely I could see the skin was flaking a little, but nothing particularly obvious. I suspected ringworm so I treated both bramble and her cage mate with xeno ivermectin, and...

Hi there, my vet gave me Arthrocam instead of Metacam today (because they had run out of Metacam). He made me sign a form saying I understand that Arthrocam is unlicensed in the UK. This doesn't sit well with me but I did it anyway so that my piggy would have pain relief. I'm concerned about the...

Hello, My Elizabeth is a 3.5 years-old girl. She started to have a lower appetite and fewer poops from Sunday and stopped pooping on Monday at noon (later, only two poops during the afternoon). We got medication of meloxicam, metoclopramide syrup, and vitamin C on Tuesday morning and...