Hello! New to this forum!

[Clintwbaldwin]

Our beloved 5 year old sow, Silky, stopped eating yesterday. We’ve been hand watering her & feeding her critical care. Our vets are not open until Monday.
A month ago we took her in after finding blood on the shavings, collected a urine sample, and had x rays taken. Vet found 1 possibly 2 small bladder stones. He recommended giving her a course of antibiotics & seeing how she was doing after a month. She was at the time super healthy & a week away from her 5th birthday. I thought having surgery immediately would’ve been better for her but the vet wanted to wait. Now, she’s going down hill fast & the surgery option seems more scary-especially her ability to have a successful recovery.
Just two days ago, she was her usual happy chirpy self, enjoying her greens, hay, water & dry pellets. Now we are fighting to keep her healthy & alive until we can get her to the vet in the morning.

Does anyone have experience with this Scenario? We are trying to keep her comfortable & she is with her cage mate. If she isn’t going to get better, we don’t want to prolong her suffering. We love her so much, this is heartbreaking.

 

[Alisa3114]

Hugs to you and Silky I don't have any advice to give sorry as I have no experience of bladder stones but there are loads of knowledgeable people on the forum who am I sure will be along soon and will be able to share their experiences and advice with you

 

[Clintwbaldwin]

Hugs to you and Silky ❤ I don't have any advice to give sorry as I have no experience of bladder stones but there are loads of knowledgeable people on the forum who am I sure will be along soon and will be able to share their experiences and advice with you

Thank you

 

[Bill & Ted]

hello and welcome, so sorry Silky is poorly, hang in there, I’m sure someone more knowledgeable will be along shortly x
@Abi_nurse @Wiebke
Illness Support Care Guides
Here’s a link on the guinea pig guides for illness support, there are many more on the green bar under Guinea Pigs Guides, hope this helps
Fingers crossed for your baby x

 

[Wiebke]

Our beloved 5 year old sow, Silky, stopped eating yesterday. We’ve been hand watering her & feeding her critical care. Our vets are not open until Monday.
A month ago we took her in after finding blood on the shavings, collected a urine sample, and had x rays taken. Vet found 1 possibly 2 small bladder stones. He recommended giving her a course of antibiotics & seeing how she was doing after a month. She was at the time super healthy & a week away from her 5th birthday. I thought having surgery immediately would’ve been better for her but the vet wanted to wait. Now, she’s going down hill fast & the surgery option seems more scary-especially her ability to have a successful recovery.
Just two days ago, she was her usual happy chirpy self, enjoying her greens, hay, water & dry pellets. Now we are fighting to keep her healthy & alive until we can get her to the vet in the morning.

Does anyone have experience with this Scenario? We are trying to keep her comfortable & she is with her cage mate. If she isn’t going to get better, we don’t want to prolong her suffering. We love her so much, this is heartbreaking.

If possible, please see an out-of-hours vet asap. Please step in with syringe feeding around the clock.

You can find all emergency, crisis and bridging practical care advice and resources via this link here where we have bundled everything together that you may need in finding our-of-hours vet care and making the best of what you have at home or easily available.
Please take the time to read through the information: Emergency, Crisis and Bridging Care until a Vet Appointment

All the best!

 

[Clementine]

Our beloved 5 year old sow, Silky, stopped eating yesterday. We’ve been hand watering her & feeding her critical care. Our vets are not open until Monday.
A month ago we took her in after finding blood on the shavings, collected a urine sample, and had x rays taken. Vet found 1 possibly 2 small bladder stones. He recommended giving her a course of antibiotics & seeing how she was doing after a month. She was at the time super healthy & a week away from her 5th birthday. I thought having surgery immediately would’ve been better for her but the vet wanted to wait. Now, she’s going down hill fast & the surgery option seems more scary-especially her ability to have a successful recovery.
Just two days ago, she was her usual happy chirpy self, enjoying her greens, hay, water & dry pellets. Now we are fighting to keep her healthy & alive until we can get her to the vet in the morning.

Does anyone have experience with this Scenario? We are trying to keep her comfortable & she is with her cage mate. If she isn’t going to get better, we don’t want to prolong her suffering. We love her so much, this is heartbreaking.

Oh no! I hope she's okay I wish I could help but I don't have much experience, although I do know that you should make sure her journey to the vets tomorrow not too stressful as it could be the last straw... I'd move her into the carrier about an hour before you leave so there aren't too many shocks at once, and try and be quiet during the journey, like keeping the radio down if your travelling by car... I hope she will be okay, good luck to Silky xx