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Choco story

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Choco is a 2.5 years old boy, who still have the boys part.
The whole thing started around beginning of 2017, he cried when he peed, and blood spots appeared, found some sludge and in Jan 2018 he peed out two small stones.
He did hunching as well with crying at pee.
He has had 4 xrays till now, all clear, and always had a bladder flush as well, and he has got antibiotics (sulfatrim and marbocyl) for 2-4-6 weeks.
The bleeding and crying comes and goes, we can't connect to anything.
Apart from crying and bleeding (usually couple of times per day but not always), he is still the same pig than before, running around, chewing cage, eats and poops fine, his weight hasn't changed in the last 6 weeks (the last xray)

He is going to have a blood test in couple of days.
The hunching disappeared around two weeks ago (I got a diary for every day now about blood, food, etc).
We are here now: He had a clear xray 6 weeks ago, got 5 weeks sulfatrim, and after marbocyl. The marbocyl worse than sulfatrim, he had more blood in the pee.
He doesn't cry at every pee and there is no blood in every pee.
Usually has a ca remains, but not always, and its a small amount.

If we say a pig pees twice per hour, I would say he has blood in the 35-40% of his wee.

His food:
timothy hay
apple slices 1x2x day sometimes cucumber
filtered water-daily change
dry food: maybe every second day he can eat some Selective Naturals Grain Free - I mean 2-3 pieces per every second day.
plus syringe drinking sessions- small flavouring in the water and he drinks it happily, usually 15-20-25ml per session
diuretics
cystophan

They are in the living room, around 20-22 C degrees, fleece, he has a cagemate, they don't fight.

We have not too much idea now, any ideas? I am trying to work together with the vet to find out any possible things

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I am so sorry you are having trouble. I have read on here that piggies can have cystitis. I had a cat once that suffered from this. Not sure if it's the same for piggies, but I gave my cat cosequin to coat the bladder and it did wonders for him. I am sure someone with more knowledge will comment soon! It sounds like you are doing everything you can! Hope you get some answers soon!
 
I am so sorry you are having trouble. I have read on here that piggies can have cystitis. I had a cat once that suffered from this. Not sure if it's the same for piggies, but I gave my cat cosequin to coat the bladder and it did wonders for him. I am sure someone with more knowledge will comment soon! It sounds like you are doing everything you can! Hope you get some answers soon!

Hi,
Thank you!
He has Cystophan in the last 6 weeks- its a med for cats with cystitis, but it didn't really eliminated the blood, but the hunching is disappeared-maybe because of this pill.
 
My cat would still pee blood off and on during a flare. Scared the heck out of me to see. I have no experience with guinea pig cystitis though, so not sure if it presents the same.
 
Has your vet considered intersistial cystitis? It is an inflammation of the bladder walls which presents with painful bloody wees. As there is no bacteria present, antibiotics don’t work but your vet could try giving cystease which is a urinary supplement for cats. It is usually only diagnosed once everything else such as uti, bladder stones and reproductive problems in females has all come back negative. I’ve had two piggies now who have had IC. Emma had it for 3 years and Ellen for 2.5 years before symptoms disappeared
 
Has your vet considered intersistial cystitis? It is an inflammation of the bladder walls which presents with painful bloody wees. As there is no bacteria present, antibiotics don’t work but your vet could try giving cystease which is a urinary supplement for cats. It is usually only diagnosed once everything else such as uti, bladder stones and reproductive problems in females has all come back negative. I’ve had two piggies now who have had IC. Emma had it for 3 years and Ellen for 2.5 years before symptoms disappeared

Hi, the cystophan is it good for it? He has it in the last 6 weeks.
 
It’s hit and miss but it worked for me. Both my girls were taking one full capsule of cystease mixed with 1ml of water everyday whilst they had IC. It won’t harm your piggy as it’s just a supplement and not a medication
 
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