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Bloated And Excessive Drinking?

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Hi all. Senna has bloated again tonight :( Gave her metoclopramide, baytril, infacol and fibreplex and have brought her into the living room with some hay to keep an eye on her and massage her etc.

I noticed last time that there was more water gone out the bottle, but they were together and Alfonzo had lost weight so I assumed it was him. But then it went back to normal. Her bottle was empty tonight. Is this normal for bloat or is it indicative of an underlying condition causing the bloat? The drinking was totally normal between bloat episodes...
 

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I was told around 4 and a half, but her nails are a tiny bit thicker than my male so I'd guess around 5ish. Awful breeding. She came from that "breeder" that was getting rid of all their stock in Glasgow. Literally 2" nails that they cut with hoof trimming scissors/shears before giving her to me....

Taking her to the vets in the morning as she's still happy and eating. I have recovery food and syringes if necessary overnight.

So is the excessive drinking abnormal for bloat? Just odd that it's only when she's bloated....
 
Have never experienced heavy drinking with bloat. Baytril has made 2 of our piggies drink more in the past. Please let us know how the vet goes.
 
The drinking has been before the medication both times... Weird.
 
Could it just be a pain thing? As it seems to stop with treatment of the bloat... But she has never shown discomfort on palpating her abdomen. It's never been hard with distension. Still pretty soft. First thought before was pyometra but she was ultrasounded and it showed gas.
If I manage to get into vet school will definitely be taking an interest in small furries!
 
The heavy drinking is rather unusual in my experience; is she eating only dry foods when she is bloated? Otherwise it could point to an underlying issue. Heavy drinking is usually associated with kidney issues or diabetes.

I am currently dealing with a 7 year old with a very tender digestion, who has suffered on-and-off bloating episodes after she lost all her friends from my elderlies group over the course of last year. After switching her around a bit, she seems to have settled down well and stabilised again with the latest group I've tried her with since just before Christmas. Early days yet, but she is able to eat a near normal veg diet again withut blowing up.
 
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Could it just be a pain thing? As it seems to stop with treatment of the bloat... But she has never shown discomfort on palpating her abdomen. It's never been hard with distension. Still pretty soft. First thought before was pyometra but she was ultrasounded and it showed gas.
If I manage to get into vet school will definitely be taking an interest in small furries!
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Sadly, there is very much a darth of vets that specialise in small furries, including dentals, so any more vets who take an interest are most welcome!
 
Yes she's only eating hay and a small amount of pellets (oxbow). I tried to re intro a v small amount of cucumber which went down a treat but she hasn't had any for 2-3 days, so I wouldn't think that has caused the bloat.

It's not that she's drinking a bit more than normal. She has had 250ml more than Alfonzo! Just today.
 
Drinking went back to normal over night again. Eating and pooing like a champ. She has zantac this time. Urine sample was normal (glucose, protein etc okay) and normal dilution.
 
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