Hi everyone,
I was wondering if I could get some advice. I noticed that one of my piggies was drinking A LOT of water every day (roughly 300ml - he would sit drinking for around 20 minutes straight), and had lost around 200g in weight from the last time I weighed him (he is usually around 1250g). He is eating perfectly fine, and is as active as usual. After some research, I thought it may be diabetes, and took him to the vets yesterday, along with a urine sample. I have been controlling his diet for the past 4 days, with no carrot, corn, red pepper etc. reduced pellets and plenty of good quality hay as usual, just in case.
The vet said that his glucose levels were normal, but this may have just been a fluke reading depending on the urine, also depending on feeding times etc. She had a good check over and checked his temperature etc. and all was normal. She said it was very difficult to tell if it was diabetes, but the only thing to really do was to carry on what I was doing in controlling his diet. She also prescribed some antibiotics, in case he had an infection. She said it may also be kidney failure, but they'd have to do blood tests which can be quite dangerous, and the fact he is perfectly healthy other than the drinking led her to think it wasn't this.
I was just wondering if you all thought this was a satisfactory diagnosis? She is not an exotic vet, as we don't have an exotic vets anywhere near us.
Thank you
I was wondering if I could get some advice. I noticed that one of my piggies was drinking A LOT of water every day (roughly 300ml - he would sit drinking for around 20 minutes straight), and had lost around 200g in weight from the last time I weighed him (he is usually around 1250g). He is eating perfectly fine, and is as active as usual. After some research, I thought it may be diabetes, and took him to the vets yesterday, along with a urine sample. I have been controlling his diet for the past 4 days, with no carrot, corn, red pepper etc. reduced pellets and plenty of good quality hay as usual, just in case.
The vet said that his glucose levels were normal, but this may have just been a fluke reading depending on the urine, also depending on feeding times etc. She had a good check over and checked his temperature etc. and all was normal. She said it was very difficult to tell if it was diabetes, but the only thing to really do was to carry on what I was doing in controlling his diet. She also prescribed some antibiotics, in case he had an infection. She said it may also be kidney failure, but they'd have to do blood tests which can be quite dangerous, and the fact he is perfectly healthy other than the drinking led her to think it wasn't this.
I was just wondering if you all thought this was a satisfactory diagnosis? She is not an exotic vet, as we don't have an exotic vets anywhere near us.
Thank you
