5 girls
New Born Pup
Hi Everyone.
We're new to the forum (i'll introduce myself properly in the relevant section) although i've picked up lots of advice on here over the years i've never joined the forum (I know silly me).
I have 5 girls ranging from 1 to 5 1/2 all rescues but 1. We are in the West Midlands UK.
Sorry for the long winded post but i'll try to explain it quickly.
At the moment my eldest girl Dusty is having real problems with bladder stones. We are very lucky to have an excellent guinea pig savvy vet whom is recommended on the forum and over the years has been a godsend.
The problems been ongoing now for a couple of months, it started with the usual issues, smelly urine, hunched up, wet tummy and making painful noises, the first xray showed nothing although my vet extracted urine from my girl which showed a calcium sludge, she was put on Sulfatrim oral drops, metacam and VetPro Healthy urinary tract function (a yellow powder). We cut out all greens high in calcium. After a few weeks everything seemed to clear and she remained dry for a few days only for the wetness and smell to return.
We returned to our vet who whilst examining her noticed she was passing small cluster stones, another xray showed small amounts of bladder sludge so we continued with treatment.
We've followed a pattern of it coming and going but over the past couple of weeks she took a turn for the worse and we noticed she was also struggling to eat so we suspected dental issues, these were confirmed on Monday this week so Dusty was kept in and had her teeth trimmed and also another xray which showed small stones in her bladder.
My vet is reluctant to operate because of Dusty's age and so we are continuing with the sulfatrim and the metacam has been replaced for a week with tramadol liquid - we're finding it very difficult watching her in so much pain and she's still unable to eat anything so we are feeding her critical care at the minute.
Any advice on how long we should expect it to take after dental surgery for her to be eating again, what with the bladder situation and now the teeth she's really going through it.
Any thoughts on the bladder stones? How long do we carry on like this before it's time to call it a day?
We've lost 3 guineas in the past - one from leukemia at 2, one from heart disease at 3 and one of old age at 7 and it doesn't get any easier watching them ill.
Hope it shows up i've added this photo of Dusty.
Thanks again for any advice.
Paul & Rich
We're new to the forum (i'll introduce myself properly in the relevant section) although i've picked up lots of advice on here over the years i've never joined the forum (I know silly me).
I have 5 girls ranging from 1 to 5 1/2 all rescues but 1. We are in the West Midlands UK.
Sorry for the long winded post but i'll try to explain it quickly.
At the moment my eldest girl Dusty is having real problems with bladder stones. We are very lucky to have an excellent guinea pig savvy vet whom is recommended on the forum and over the years has been a godsend.
The problems been ongoing now for a couple of months, it started with the usual issues, smelly urine, hunched up, wet tummy and making painful noises, the first xray showed nothing although my vet extracted urine from my girl which showed a calcium sludge, she was put on Sulfatrim oral drops, metacam and VetPro Healthy urinary tract function (a yellow powder). We cut out all greens high in calcium. After a few weeks everything seemed to clear and she remained dry for a few days only for the wetness and smell to return.
We returned to our vet who whilst examining her noticed she was passing small cluster stones, another xray showed small amounts of bladder sludge so we continued with treatment.
We've followed a pattern of it coming and going but over the past couple of weeks she took a turn for the worse and we noticed she was also struggling to eat so we suspected dental issues, these were confirmed on Monday this week so Dusty was kept in and had her teeth trimmed and also another xray which showed small stones in her bladder.
My vet is reluctant to operate because of Dusty's age and so we are continuing with the sulfatrim and the metacam has been replaced for a week with tramadol liquid - we're finding it very difficult watching her in so much pain and she's still unable to eat anything so we are feeding her critical care at the minute.
Any advice on how long we should expect it to take after dental surgery for her to be eating again, what with the bladder situation and now the teeth she's really going through it.
Any thoughts on the bladder stones? How long do we carry on like this before it's time to call it a day?
We've lost 3 guineas in the past - one from leukemia at 2, one from heart disease at 3 and one of old age at 7 and it doesn't get any easier watching them ill.
Hope it shows up i've added this photo of Dusty.
Thanks again for any advice.
Paul & Rich
