bo.jangles
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On Wednesday last week, I noticed that my piggy was squeaking when he urinated. I took him to the vet that ay who gave him two injections, one was an anti inflammatory and one antibiotic. The vet said that he had a bladder infection and that he couldn’t feel any stones in his bladder at all. We were asked to bring him in again the next day to check on him and give him another set of injections.
Took him back again on Thursday, and exactly the same - two injections and had to go back the other day. On the Friday, the vet gave him his set of injections and then said that we could now continue on oral antibiotics - 0.1ml of baytril twice daily, to start on Saturday evening.
On Saturday afternoon, William started passing blood with his urine, which panicked me so much, so we took him to the emergency vet, who again felt for stones and said he couldn’t feel any. The vet said to carry on with the antibiotics, but also gave William an injection of metacam and gave us oral metacam to take home with us (2 drops daily starting Sunday evening). He also said that if there was no improvement then we should look at having an ultrasound or x-ray done on Monday morning.
The whole time so far, William had been so lethargic, he was still very obviously in pain when he urinated and he was off his food - he was eating, but nothing like the healthy appetite that he usually has. I had also been giving William a pro-biotic as he was having antibiotics.
On Monday, there was no change, so I phoned my vet who said they would see him for an xray but they wanted to sedate him. I know I probably panicked here but I wasn’t happy with him being sedated if there was another option, so I phoned another vet further away who had been recommended to me. I spoke to them at length about what had happened so far and what was needed now - I preferred the options of wither an x-ray while William was conscious or an ultrasound. They agreed to see William as a referral, so I liaised with my vet as well to get William’s notes over to the new vets. They then phoned back to say they could see him in an hour, so I dashed out to get to them. They were about 15 miles away and I don’t drive and every single train was cancelled so I ended up just hopping into a taxi to get there.
When we got there, the vet was lovely. She fully examined him again and said that she couldn’t feel a stone, she then took him away for the x-ray and said they’d phone when they’d done it. I was in the middle of nowhere and wasn’t expecting to have to leave him, so I just wondered in the snow for a while. About half an hour later, the vet phoned to say that they had found a stone and that three vets had looked at it and all agreed that it wouldn’t be passed and as such would need an operation to remove it. She asked if I wanted them to do it straight away or did I need to think about it. I gave the go ahead to do it straight away, I didn’t feel it was fair to leave him in pain for any longer then he had to be.
About an hour after this, it was about 12.15, the vet called again to say that the operation had gone fine, they had removed what she called a rather large stone for a guinea pig, and that he was waking up. She said that I could collect him at about 3pm.
I went back in at about 2.40 so that I could see how he was, and I was quite happy to wait for him. They then said that he hadn’t eaten anything yet so he couldn’t go home for a few hours. I sat and waited for him, and at about half past four, they said that whilst he still wasn’t eating, they were happy for him to go home as the environment may be stressing him out and causing him not to eat. The nurse said she’d been trying to syringe feed him water but he was just dribbling it out again. She also went through all of the discharge information with me.
When we got home, I made up some Science recovery, and syringe fed him some of this and some water - he took this fine with no dribbling or anything. I also offered his water bottle and he drank a little from this. I also gave him his antibiotic and metacam as instructed to do by the nurse. I put him back in his cage, and he went into his house, and then didn’t move at all. I gt him out again in 2 hours and gave him more food and water, and carried on doing this every 2 hours through the evening and night. During this time, he has nibbled at some hay and lettuce, and this morning he has also tried some celery, cucumber and a cherry tomato, but he just really isn’t fussed. He isn’t really moving around very much and will quite happily sit in the same spot for the whole time between feeds.
Is it normal for him to be so lethargic and off his food still? I’m probably just panicking, but he’s so quiet and fed up with himself, which whilst understandable panics me. If anybody could offer any advice, I’d be really grateful as I’m quite worried about him still at the moment.
Thank you
Took him back again on Thursday, and exactly the same - two injections and had to go back the other day. On the Friday, the vet gave him his set of injections and then said that we could now continue on oral antibiotics - 0.1ml of baytril twice daily, to start on Saturday evening.
On Saturday afternoon, William started passing blood with his urine, which panicked me so much, so we took him to the emergency vet, who again felt for stones and said he couldn’t feel any. The vet said to carry on with the antibiotics, but also gave William an injection of metacam and gave us oral metacam to take home with us (2 drops daily starting Sunday evening). He also said that if there was no improvement then we should look at having an ultrasound or x-ray done on Monday morning.
The whole time so far, William had been so lethargic, he was still very obviously in pain when he urinated and he was off his food - he was eating, but nothing like the healthy appetite that he usually has. I had also been giving William a pro-biotic as he was having antibiotics.
On Monday, there was no change, so I phoned my vet who said they would see him for an xray but they wanted to sedate him. I know I probably panicked here but I wasn’t happy with him being sedated if there was another option, so I phoned another vet further away who had been recommended to me. I spoke to them at length about what had happened so far and what was needed now - I preferred the options of wither an x-ray while William was conscious or an ultrasound. They agreed to see William as a referral, so I liaised with my vet as well to get William’s notes over to the new vets. They then phoned back to say they could see him in an hour, so I dashed out to get to them. They were about 15 miles away and I don’t drive and every single train was cancelled so I ended up just hopping into a taxi to get there.
When we got there, the vet was lovely. She fully examined him again and said that she couldn’t feel a stone, she then took him away for the x-ray and said they’d phone when they’d done it. I was in the middle of nowhere and wasn’t expecting to have to leave him, so I just wondered in the snow for a while. About half an hour later, the vet phoned to say that they had found a stone and that three vets had looked at it and all agreed that it wouldn’t be passed and as such would need an operation to remove it. She asked if I wanted them to do it straight away or did I need to think about it. I gave the go ahead to do it straight away, I didn’t feel it was fair to leave him in pain for any longer then he had to be.
About an hour after this, it was about 12.15, the vet called again to say that the operation had gone fine, they had removed what she called a rather large stone for a guinea pig, and that he was waking up. She said that I could collect him at about 3pm.
I went back in at about 2.40 so that I could see how he was, and I was quite happy to wait for him. They then said that he hadn’t eaten anything yet so he couldn’t go home for a few hours. I sat and waited for him, and at about half past four, they said that whilst he still wasn’t eating, they were happy for him to go home as the environment may be stressing him out and causing him not to eat. The nurse said she’d been trying to syringe feed him water but he was just dribbling it out again. She also went through all of the discharge information with me.
When we got home, I made up some Science recovery, and syringe fed him some of this and some water - he took this fine with no dribbling or anything. I also offered his water bottle and he drank a little from this. I also gave him his antibiotic and metacam as instructed to do by the nurse. I put him back in his cage, and he went into his house, and then didn’t move at all. I gt him out again in 2 hours and gave him more food and water, and carried on doing this every 2 hours through the evening and night. During this time, he has nibbled at some hay and lettuce, and this morning he has also tried some celery, cucumber and a cherry tomato, but he just really isn’t fussed. He isn’t really moving around very much and will quite happily sit in the same spot for the whole time between feeds.
Is it normal for him to be so lethargic and off his food still? I’m probably just panicking, but he’s so quiet and fed up with himself, which whilst understandable panics me. If anybody could offer any advice, I’d be really grateful as I’m quite worried about him still at the moment.
Thank you
