Hi I'm new here but I'm very glad I've found this forum. I'm hoping for some advice please.
I have a female guinea pig called Fifi who is three years old. She developed a sore rear end and it appeared infected and swollen so I took her along to a new vet in my area. He prescribed baytril and although her rear end now looks normal I think she now has cystitis.
She is crying out in pain and hunching herself up when passing urine. I took her back to the vet and he's prescribed a weeks course of flagyl (metronidazole), She's been having it for three days and doesn't seem any better. I took a urine sample to the vet today but he hasn't got back with the results.
I'm wondering if Fifi is on the right antibiotics? I'm a nurse and we always used trimethoprim for uti's.
I'm very worried and wondered if anyone has any fresh input.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Sharon
I have a female guinea pig called Fifi who is three years old. She developed a sore rear end and it appeared infected and swollen so I took her along to a new vet in my area. He prescribed baytril and although her rear end now looks normal I think she now has cystitis.
She is crying out in pain and hunching herself up when passing urine. I took her back to the vet and he's prescribed a weeks course of flagyl (metronidazole), She's been having it for three days and doesn't seem any better. I took a urine sample to the vet today but he hasn't got back with the results.
I'm wondering if Fifi is on the right antibiotics? I'm a nurse and we always used trimethoprim for uti's.
I'm very worried and wondered if anyone has any fresh input.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Sharon