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bladder stone removal-advice

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bunny mad lisa

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hi all
my guinea pig had a bladder stone removed on friday...it was huge...size of a small pea. I noticed she had lost weight and had a swollen bottom, that was were the stone was lodged. My vet managed to remove it under anisthetic without cutting her open but she is now very sore. She is on baytril and metacam but is eating only small amounts so i have started syringe feeding her which she is taking. Anyone had this happen and how long did they take to heal.
I have had another pig with this just 6 months ago so i am drastically changing their diets as i am worried sick this will happen again. I have also got a water filter which i was recomended as i live in a hard water area.
I feed pets at home muesli would this be any problem. I did try to get them on excel but they wouldn't eat it. I am cutting right done on parsley kae and spinach...
any good adice would be gratefully recieved
 
Hi Lisa, was the stone lodged in the urethra? I believe Vedra of the CCT recommends applying Bepanthen to the incision to protect it in the first few days, may be worth trying? Also, plenty of fluids to help flush any small bit of loose 'debris' out of the bladder and urethra - water and/or cranberry juice may be useful.

Was the stone tested at all? Not all stones are calcium carbonate stones, some are phosphate stones, so it's generally more effective to promote a diet with a balanced calcium-phosphorus ratio:
http://www.store2go.net/shop/planetguinea/ratewatchersrainbowdiet.pdf
 
thanks laura.
forgot to say she is a girl so it was easier to remove. I will make sure she gets plenty of fluids as she isn't drinking much on her own.
I do have the stone..do you think it would be worth getting it analised? and if so do you know of anywhere?
 
Was the pig given a general anaesthetic? If so it could be a reaction to the GA.
If the stone were that small that no incision was necessary to remove it then a local anaesthetic would have been sufficient.
I removed a urethral stone from a pig a couple of weeks ago, the stone was about 1.5cm in diameter, obviously, she needed a local anaesthetic for a stone that size.
I did not give her antibiotics nor did I apply anythingto the incision.
The incision healed within two days during which time she had a weight gain of 30gm.
Some pigs in a group get stones, others don't, the water hardness doesn't seem to matter. Some pigs do seem to be at an increased risk of stones if they eat spinanch.

A chemical analysis of the stone would be interesting, no more. It depends how much money you have to spend (waste)!
 
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thanks
my vet said he would give her a light anisthetic so perhaps that meant a local?
she had gained 50g but i have been syringe feeding her. The stone is about 1cm.
i have always fed spinach occassionally as they adore it but i think i will stop feeding it altogether!
 
You could ask CCT if they want the stone - I seem to rerember something about them collecting them; anyone remember?
 
A light anaesthetic is a general anaesthetic which produces a sedative action. It still has the same risk factors as a "full" GA.
 
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