Blood with Stool

[Florenceandwillow]

Hi everyone,

Our female guinea pig Florence (who we found in the woods 3 years ago!) appears to be passing blood with her stools. I know any amount is worrying, but I am very concerned. I have attached pictures. We are trying to get hold of a vet but it’s 10pm and we are not having much luck.

Does anyone have experience with this? We will get her to the vets first thing tomorrow.

Thank you
Louis

 

[Wiebke]

Hi everyone,

Our female guinea pig Florence (who we found in the woods 3 years ago!) appears to be passing blood with her stools. I know any amount is worrying, but I am very concerned. I have attached pictures. We are trying to get hold of a vet but it’s 10pm and we are not having much luck.

Does anyone have experience with this? We will get her to the vets first thing tomorrow.

Thank you
Louis

Hi

The dark red colour drying to a dark maroon makes me think that these are porphryin (a natural dye) coloured pees that are characteristic for the onset of an infection in the urinary tract where that is a bacterial urine infection (UTI) or a sterile (i.e. non-bacterial) infection (sterile cystitis or interstitial cystitis/IC). The pees may or may not contain blood. The maroon pees can be interspersed with clear pees. It can take several days for symptoms to develop fully and consistently.
Please contact your vet tomorrow during regular opening hours for an appointment. This is not an emergency.

Sheer fresh blood is usually a lighter red that dries off mid-brown. In this case please see a vet as soon as you can; your vet should ideally look both at the urinary (possibility of stones) and the reproductive tract (ovarian cyst).
Personally, this rather looks like the start of an infection to me and not acute sheer bleeding.

Here is more information:
Wiebke's Guide to Pees and Stones
Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)

 

[Florenceandwillow]

Hi

The dark red colour drying to a dark maroon makes me think that these are porphryin (a natural dye) coloured pees that are characteristic for the onset of an infection in the urinary tract where that is a bacterial urine infection (UTI) or a sterile (i.e. non-bacterial) infection (sterile cystitis or interstitial cystitis/IC). The pees may or may not contain blood. The maroon pees can be interspersed with clear pees. It can take several days for symptoms to develop fully and consistently.
Please contact your vet tomorrow during regular opening hours for an appointment. This is not an emergency.

Sheer fresh blood is usually a lighter red that dries off mid-brown. In this case please see a vet as soon as you can; your vet should ideally look both at the urinary (possibility of stones) and the reproductive tract (ovarian cyst).
Personally, this rather looks like the start of an infection to me and not acute sheer bleeding.

Here is more information:
Wiebke's Guide to Pees and Stones
Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)

Thank you very much for your response. Coming to think of it, I completely agree that this was darker than you would expect for sheer bleeding, I will mention the colour to the vet in the morning.

Apologies if this is a dense question, but the blood appeared around stools both times. Would this be the case with a UTI? Lastly, should we avoid veggies for the time being? Thanks once again. Louis

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you very much for your response. Coming to think of it, I completely agree that this was darker than you would expect for sheer bleeding, I will mention the colour to the vet in the morning.

Apologies if this is a dense question, but the blood appeared around stools both times. Would this be the case with a UTI? Lastly, should we avoid veggies for the time being? Thanks once again. Louis

Hi

Piggies tend to pee and poo wherever the sit or sleep for any length of time so you will usually find both in the same location. You just haven't noticed because pees are usually wicked through without showing up much on bobble mats.

 

[Florenceandwillow]

Hi

Piggies tend to pee and poo wherever the sit or sleep for any length of time so you will usually find both in the same location. You just haven't noticed because pees are usually wicked through without showing up much on bobble mats.

Hi again. Saw a vet earlier today who checked Florence out but couldn’t find an issue other than a slightly loud stomach. She seems totally herself too, which is good.

They gave us sample collectors, one for urine and one for excrement. We have only noticed one more spot of blood since last night, which was not enough to collect a sample of. The blood is somewhat mucus like/clotted, it’s not how you would expect fresh blood. Does anyone have any ideas?