Hi, our 23 month old boar Bramble was recently (3 weeks ago) neutered so he could have a female friend. One week after neutering, when the pain relief (Metacam) and antibiotics (Septrim) had finished, he started squeaking when peeing and pooping, and was straining when pooping. Took him back to the vet and they didn't think it was anything related to the neutering, and put him back on pain relief (Metacam). The squeaking initially seemed to subside but after a day or two it was clear he was still in pain. Took him back to the vet, they dip-sticked his urine and it had blood+++. They x-rayed him and found 2 very small bladder stones. The vet put him on Tramadol, Metacam and Baytril and booked him in for bladder stone op with the exotics vet. Bramble had his bladder stone op today, but they found no bladder stones. The vet made small incisions into the ureters but still could not find anything. I now have a £500 bill and my piggy is still no better. They re-xrayed him after the op, and they can still see stones in the same place on the xray, but can't tell which side they are on - the stones only show up on the side view xray. The vet has said his bladder was extremely inflamed, so he definitely has cystitis, but don't know whether it is caused by stones.
The poor little chap is still in recovery, and is likely to stay at the Vets for a couple of days. I just don't know what to do. I can't believe we have put him through all of that and still have not removed any stones. He is now in a worse position because he has to recover from another op with all the possible complications, and nothing is resolved. I don't have endless amounts of money to go for CT scans the vet has suggested. When he had the xrays and ultrasound it was £80 each. He was having no problem before neutering.
The poor little chap is still in recovery, and is likely to stay at the Vets for a couple of days. I just don't know what to do. I can't believe we have put him through all of that and still have not removed any stones. He is now in a worse position because he has to recover from another op with all the possible complications, and nothing is resolved. I don't have endless amounts of money to go for CT scans the vet has suggested. When he had the xrays and ultrasound it was £80 each. He was having no problem before neutering.