Mosesramses
New Born Pup
Hello GPF, first post here.
Little info:
GF and i have 2 guinea pigs, Moses and Ramses, both dark skinny-pigs.
Ramses had a small zit-like growth removed, where he recieved anasthesia and was on some pain-killers and we had to feed him some liquid powder if he didn't eat.
He seemed to recover just fine, but about 2 weeks later, he started making distress-noises when peeing. The day after, we went to the vet, who believed it was a UTI. He found blood in the urine sample, but no bacteria. None-the-less we started on anti-bacteria medicine(Exoflox) and pain-killer(Loxicom). The painkillers definitely helped, as he became his usual cheery, curious and hungry self, but the blood didn't disappear for a while, and still returns once in a while. He is also still squeaking when pooping and perhaps also when peeing. We've been to several vets, scanned for bladder stones(none found), he had a catheter(nothing was blocked) and after 2 weeks he had another urine sample. No bacteria showed.
So, the problem is:
Nobody seems to know what is wrong. The vets, even the specialized exotic vets, doesn't seem very knowledgeable about guinea pigs at all, and advice us to drive around our country for new vets(we live in Denmark). They didn't even note that he was in pain when pooping too, until today, after 4 weeks...
I was hoping(not in a malicious way) that someone else might have experience with something similar, and might share their knowledge, as the vets and ours seem to have run dry.
Symptoms: Blood in urine, Pain when pooping/peeing, noise when pooping/peeing.
Diet: Pellets and plenty of hay. Greens are mostly cucumber, carrots and iceberg salad, celery. Snacks are mostly the same + compressed peas. Both pigs are a bit overweight(They're just so convincing).
Many thanks in advance to anyone who take their time to respond. We love our piggies very much and try our best to keep them happy and healthy.
Best Regards
Casper and Sofie
Little info:
GF and i have 2 guinea pigs, Moses and Ramses, both dark skinny-pigs.
Ramses had a small zit-like growth removed, where he recieved anasthesia and was on some pain-killers and we had to feed him some liquid powder if he didn't eat.
He seemed to recover just fine, but about 2 weeks later, he started making distress-noises when peeing. The day after, we went to the vet, who believed it was a UTI. He found blood in the urine sample, but no bacteria. None-the-less we started on anti-bacteria medicine(Exoflox) and pain-killer(Loxicom). The painkillers definitely helped, as he became his usual cheery, curious and hungry self, but the blood didn't disappear for a while, and still returns once in a while. He is also still squeaking when pooping and perhaps also when peeing. We've been to several vets, scanned for bladder stones(none found), he had a catheter(nothing was blocked) and after 2 weeks he had another urine sample. No bacteria showed.
So, the problem is:
Nobody seems to know what is wrong. The vets, even the specialized exotic vets, doesn't seem very knowledgeable about guinea pigs at all, and advice us to drive around our country for new vets(we live in Denmark). They didn't even note that he was in pain when pooping too, until today, after 4 weeks...
I was hoping(not in a malicious way) that someone else might have experience with something similar, and might share their knowledge, as the vets and ours seem to have run dry.
Symptoms: Blood in urine, Pain when pooping/peeing, noise when pooping/peeing.
Diet: Pellets and plenty of hay. Greens are mostly cucumber, carrots and iceberg salad, celery. Snacks are mostly the same + compressed peas. Both pigs are a bit overweight(They're just so convincing).
Many thanks in advance to anyone who take their time to respond. We love our piggies very much and try our best to keep them happy and healthy.
Best Regards
Casper and Sofie