EmmaH_91
New Born Pup
My piggy - Chuck, is only 2 years old.
Last July 2020 he developed his first UTI which was treated effectively. In March this year we spotted blood in his urine and him making squeaking noises when weeing, this was discovered to be a bladder stone. We put him through a cystotomy and he recovered really well and quickly... within about 4 weeks his squeaking systems and blood in urine had returned and it was discovered that another 4 stones had formed. We decided to give him another operation which he recovered well from again, but said this would be his last as we don’t want to keep putting him through surgery that often. This was May and now just a few weeks ago he was showing signs again so we had the vet confirm and it is indeed another stone
We have said we are not going to put him through anymore operations as there is already scar tissue and lesions inside him from the last two ops (which must only be causing him more pain). So he is now on end of life care and strong pain relief, he is on meloxaid (metacam) 0.26ml twice daily, calpol 0.4ml twice daily, buprecare 0.8ml twice daily and gabapentin 0.8ml twice daily. He was given the burprecare as an addition on Friday just gone, we had been administering over the weekend but he is still showing signs of pain every time he wees, squeaking when weeing and hunching over. We don’t know what to do next, I believe he is on the strongest medication but it still doesn’t seem to be alleviating his pain. We don’t want him to live a life in pain but it’s a hard decision as in every other aspect he is still absolutely fine, still eating and drinking and his still his usual self. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Last July 2020 he developed his first UTI which was treated effectively. In March this year we spotted blood in his urine and him making squeaking noises when weeing, this was discovered to be a bladder stone. We put him through a cystotomy and he recovered really well and quickly... within about 4 weeks his squeaking systems and blood in urine had returned and it was discovered that another 4 stones had formed. We decided to give him another operation which he recovered well from again, but said this would be his last as we don’t want to keep putting him through surgery that often. This was May and now just a few weeks ago he was showing signs again so we had the vet confirm and it is indeed another stone
