Tory93
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi Everyone
I am freaking out massively
.
My piggie had a bladder stone removed last May, she had just turned 5 at the time, and although recovery was slow she did recover well (especially after we increased pain meds).
She had an xray in December - no sign of stones.
She's had a conscious xray today and they have found 1 potentially 2 stones! They will be doing a sedated xray before the surgery - surgery is today! She turned 6 in April this year.
I was terrified last year, but the age difference from just turning 5, to being 6 and nearly 4 months is bloody petrifying to me. I'm so scared and I'm just sat here cuddling another piggie freaking out - I NEED her to be ok
.
I just don't understand how she went from May to December without any stones and then developed one from Jan to July. No big changes in their diet, we have changed to the piggy parcel pellets and also cut out chard which they had last year - haven't introduced anything new and they still get the lowest bottled water we can find (currently Volvic).
I'm desperately hoping she recovers from this surgery just as well as she did last year but I don't know what changes to make to prevent another reoccurrence a year down the line.
She gets:
Lettuce (if it's a small leaf she gets a whole one, or a large one cut in half)
Chicory (same as the lettuce)
Celery (no leaves 1/4 of the short stem ones you get- not the full length celery if that makes sense)
Cucumber (we give it every day but they never eat it)
We have tried pepper and they just won't eat it, even tried green pepper in case it was the bright orange that put them off - they just won't go near it, you can see their noses flare up when you put it in front of them.
They have have a small scattering of the piggy parcel pellets between them, they are in a bowl, but we have literally just bought a "Wobbler" where they have to wobble this thing for the pellets to come out.
They have meadow hay for bedding hay, and then big piles of both 1st and 2nd cut Timothy hay and some orchard hay, with the occasional Timothy hay cube thing.
They used to get loads of dried treats that you sprinkle over hay etc but we stopped those.
Any advice on (A) her age and surgery etc and (B) what we can do/change to help prevent another reoccurrence
Thank you for reading.
Signed off as a desperate and scared piggy owner
I am freaking out massively
.My piggie had a bladder stone removed last May, she had just turned 5 at the time, and although recovery was slow she did recover well (especially after we increased pain meds).
She had an xray in December - no sign of stones.
She's had a conscious xray today and they have found 1 potentially 2 stones! They will be doing a sedated xray before the surgery - surgery is today! She turned 6 in April this year.
I was terrified last year, but the age difference from just turning 5, to being 6 and nearly 4 months is bloody petrifying to me. I'm so scared and I'm just sat here cuddling another piggie freaking out - I NEED her to be ok
.I just don't understand how she went from May to December without any stones and then developed one from Jan to July. No big changes in their diet, we have changed to the piggy parcel pellets and also cut out chard which they had last year - haven't introduced anything new and they still get the lowest bottled water we can find (currently Volvic).
I'm desperately hoping she recovers from this surgery just as well as she did last year but I don't know what changes to make to prevent another reoccurrence a year down the line.
She gets:
Lettuce (if it's a small leaf she gets a whole one, or a large one cut in half)
Chicory (same as the lettuce)
Celery (no leaves 1/4 of the short stem ones you get- not the full length celery if that makes sense)
Cucumber (we give it every day but they never eat it)
We have tried pepper and they just won't eat it, even tried green pepper in case it was the bright orange that put them off - they just won't go near it, you can see their noses flare up when you put it in front of them.
They have have a small scattering of the piggy parcel pellets between them, they are in a bowl, but we have literally just bought a "Wobbler" where they have to wobble this thing for the pellets to come out.
They have meadow hay for bedding hay, and then big piles of both 1st and 2nd cut Timothy hay and some orchard hay, with the occasional Timothy hay cube thing.
They used to get loads of dried treats that you sprinkle over hay etc but we stopped those.
Any advice on (A) her age and surgery etc and (B) what we can do/change to help prevent another reoccurrence
Thank you for reading.
Signed off as a desperate and scared piggy owner
