Blood in pee

[leix]

Hi

I cleaned cage out yesterday i seen nothing of concern.
Today i came to give them some more hay, was pee patches which had red stained sawdust in. Can only guess this is blood.
I came across this thing, that looked like bit of chicken covered in blood.

Ive checked both pigs all look fine.

One thing i did was one of them is alot larger than she was, around her stomach is alot heavier. In another words she looks bloated.

Ive got them both of them in house now, trying to find out which 1 is the unwell one.

I shall be popping into vets tomorrow to get appointment, or if i can do it online ill do that.

Any help or advice here would be great!

thank you

 

[Emiley]

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hmm do you ever give them beetroot? when I picked my first 2 baby boars up the lady warned us that their pee might look red for a couple hours.. as she had just fed them beetroot.

If not, get them booked into the vets asap.

 

[Wiebke]

Blood in pee can be a sign of UTI (urinary tract infection) or bladder stones.
If you suspect bloat, please have your piggy seen asap - it can kill.

http://www.guinealynx.info/uti.html
http://www.oginet.com/pgurney/bloat.htm - check the symptoms

 

[leix]

Hi, nope theyve had no beetroot. thanks for the help!

Thank you for the links.
My larger pig belly twice size of the other one, cant say i think shes a 'big eater'

I'm going get her in as soon as i can.

thanks

 

[leix]

Ive got them both on a fleece smaller one has wee'd looks normal.
Hopefully 1 i have feeling is unwell will pee soon get some sign.

 

[flintstones]

Ive got them both on a fleece smaller one has wee'd looks normal.
Hopefully 1 i have feeling is unwell will pee soon get some sign.

Blood doesn't always show in urine, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.

 

[leix]

Blood doesn't always show in urine, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.

Oh okay.

Just thought might seems i looked in cage earlier (when first noticed it) returned hour later was new wet patch and was reddy.

 

[zarapiggie]

ply them with cucumber then sit on your knee with a white towel to work out which one it is! good luck.

Terry has just had a uti:

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=65942

Might be of some use to you

 

[leix]

Still havent caught which one yet, but i heard the smaller one sneezing so i checked her nose out in good light, noticed its bit runny/snotty.
So i went and checked other one its the same.

Anyone know if link between all these problems?

I'm going get picture of the sawdust see what people think, that am not over reacting lol.

 

[zarapiggie]

snotty noses arn't normal! have a listen to the breathing if its rattleing they need a vet asap

 

[leix]

Heres some pictures of sawdust.

 

[leix]

snotty noses arn't normal! have a listen to the breathing if its rattleing they need a vet asap

Yeah, I'm sure i took my first set piggies to vet when they had that, but that was many, many years ago.

 

[flintstones]

Whats Normal and What's not!

Please have a look, Snotty nose can indicate a URI, prompt Vet treatment is necessary.

http://www.guinealynx.info/normal.html

Have you noticed any weightloss?

 

[leix]

Please have a look, Snotty nose can indicate a URI, prompt Vet treatment is necessary.

http://www.guinealynx.info/normal.html

Have you noticed any weightloss?

I was looking through that just before, actually.
No, my white one looks as she always has, just my brown/blacky who looks alot larger.

 

[Haveyougotaguineapig?]

Mine just peed pinkish pee but i fed him ALOT of red capsicum today (naughty me ill go easy on it tommorow) and he is eating being perfectly fine.If it is blood its usually clear witha bitof blood in the middle of it..ATLEAST i heard.