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Little Rodney

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Pebble said:
Paws crossed tomorrow for Rodders......have to say he's looking particularly handsome in all his recent pigtures atm!.

Is he also still on metacam or just the tramadol now?

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Thank you. He is bright apart from when he needs the loo!

He is still on loxicom twice a day, and has tramadol also twice a day now. 0.2 loxicom & 0.1 tramadol.

Also still on a diuretic twice a day, and glucosamine.

I actually just doubled up on his vitamin c tablet as the vet said they can't overdose on vitamin c - he loves it so much he guzzled 4 syringes of it diluted in water. An ideas what I can get him which would taste similar? If only he would drink other stuff so well....!
 
Mmmmm no crying this morning. Very content & happy. I woke up a good hour before my alarm & lay listening, he was napping peacefully.

Seems a shame now to drag him on a car journey to the vets to have his bladder squeezed!

Strange....
 
Hope all goes well poor little fella, doesn't seem fair that he has to go through this.
 
Thank you guys x

Poppy'sMum said:
His Tramodol dose seems low, what does he weigh? Petal was on 0.7ml twice a day & she weighed 1.4kg :)
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Oh really! This is the amount they have told me to use, he weighs around 1.2 as he has lost weight. I will weigh him again tonight.

0.7 seems a lot!?

Well the vet was pleased with him. His bladder felt good. He is able to wee and poo (did plenty of this at the vets!) so doesn't want to see him for a fortnight unless I am worried. He hopes he will pass this in pieces by himself. He said that if he has to go in a second time to remove, there are extra measures we can take to try rule out it coming back a third time. Not sure what he meant by that & wish I had asked!?
 
Yes they can metabolize medication very quickly (Hope that's the right word!) Of course it will depend on the strength your vet has made it up, so please don't increase it without checking with him first :) Is he also still on Metacam too?
 
Yes he is still on metacam also. The tramadol is 50mh tablets, I have to crush it into 5ml of water and give him 0.1 twice a day?

Do you think that doesn't sound much? I can email and double check. That's what the nurse told me last week.

Is he going to be ok with these medicinced? I do worry about his little insides, altho don't have much choice in it...
 
50mg tablets in 5ml water = 10mg/ml. 0.1ml = 1mg. So I'm assuming his weight is approx 1kg and he gets 1mg/kg

When Maple was in severe pain he was on 20mg/kg 3x daily.
Currently I have one on a maintenance dose of 10mg/kg

Please check dosages with your vet as from the information you have given I think you are giving 10x too little.....(unless the tables are actually 500mg and not 50mg?)......or my vet has made an error!

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No def says 50mg on the packet.

I will weigh him tonight I forgot last night! He did drop to 1 something but he has gained weight since as he is eating like a horse so I am sure he is more. I will double check!

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Can anyone advise how I would know if Rodney was passing bits if this stone?

Tonight he is silently hunching? No crying, but he's had a couple of episodes of just hunching repeatedly? Is he trying to pass it? He doesn't seem to be in pain but I haven't seen it before. Bit worried to go to sleep now!
 
Zero sleep. Rang vet at midnight. Up at 5, to leave at 6 to take him in.

Don't know what he's doing. He's trying to do something.

Going to lose my job at this rate, can't keep this up!
 
Oh no! You poor things! Have you seen the vet yet?
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No have been sat outside in the car for an hour they don't open til 8. He's dozing quite content, I think he is doing it by himself like he's trying to push something out? Absolutely no pain crying. The odd very quiet whimper.

It's odd. He's been doing it for hours. He's eaten this morning but isn't as excited about it as usual & hasn't eaten all his car snacks...
 
What did the vet think? Hope the little guy is alright!
 
He was happy with him, he didn't cry when his bladder was pushed and pee'd on the table!

He then ate snacks on the way home, and went straight to his food bowl when we got in.

So confusing. The vet said there will be all sorts going on in there & maybe he was pushing something out. As long as he is eating, and going to the toilet he isn't concerned.

It was awful tho, he did it all night all feet off the floor lunging forward constantly. Yet with no crying.

No one experienced this?
 
It could be a sign he's trying to pass a stone, or some grit, or that he's in pain.

My stone pig shows a lot of different signs when he has a stone, and hunching up when peeing/pooping was one of them.

When was he last xrayed for stones?
 
Jaycey said:
It could be a sign he's trying to pass a stone, or some grit, or that he's in pain.

My stone pig shows a lot of different signs when he has a stone, and hunching up when peeing/pooping was one of them.

When was he last xrayed for stones?
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Does he always cry? Because Rodney did but has now stopped & is silent hunching.

I've just got back from work & he's happily sat next to Billy munching hay.

He does have a stone, he was xray'd last week and has one the vet was hoping he would break it down and pass it himself as he just had a stone removed a month ago.

Do you think he was trying to pass it or has passed bits of it?
 
Quiet but content this evening, doesn't appear to be in much pain at all really but still doing a few silent hunches. I don't understand it.

It's actually making me feel ill, I feel so stressed about it all. The constant worry, I am now run down with an infected lymph node in my face. I wish these things would leave my little man alone ;(

I guess he is good considering, I'm thankful he isn't screaming in pain & is eating as I know from experience how awful syringe feeding around the clock is. I just wish I understood what was happening to him!

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Sorry Rodney has been acting odd. Hopefully with no crying this means the pain killers are doing some good, hopefully he will pass the stone and feel better soon. I know how worrying a poorly piggie can be :( Hopefully no crying means he is just trying to pass the stone, and the stone is hopefully in a more comfy position maybe than it was?

Sending love and hugs to you all. I hope you manage to get a good sleep tonight x
 
I'm so sorry you are going through all this stress. I really feel for you. You are coping so well.
 
Massive hugs x Really sorry you are going through all this stress and worry, love to little Rodney x x
 
Thanks guys, I know I'm not the only one having a stressful time...

He does seem to be in less pain, it's just hard to take as a positive when he's acting so weirdly! He isn't constantly hunching like last night so I hopefully will actually sleep tonight.

I hope you are right @jenniferanneharris... It's so good he isn't blocked. He has to have passed some of it because I only had him at the vet on Monday this week for a check up & he screamed when his bladder was pressed - today, nothing.

Shall see what tomorrow brings! Xx
 
He cried on and off. Sometimes it was screams, sometimes a whimper, other times nothing at all except hunching.

Has the vet given you something to use to break down the stone so he can pass it? I'd be interested if they have as I thought once it was there it was there and would only get bigger. I was given Rowatinex to try on Anselmo. It helps the urinary tract to contract and relax better to work the stone out, but it didn't work, and he was suffering so we decided on surgery to remove it.
 
Jaycey said:
He cried on and off. Sometimes it was screams, sometimes a whimper, other times nothing at all except hunching.

Has the vet given you something to use to break down the stone so he can pass it? I'd be interested if they have as I thought once it was there it was there and would only get bigger. I was given Rowatinex to try on Anselmo. It helps the urinary tract to contract and relax better to work the stone out, but it didn't work, and he was suffering so we decided on surgery to remove it.
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No, according the the vet there is nothing you can give them to break it up. He hoped that the urine in the bladder would do that over time.

I have been using glucosamine which was recommended on here to help the bladder repair in the hope that would ease the pain.

I dread each day in case something new has developed, it's a horrible condition.

Rodney is definitely crying less..... But does seem more quiet than usual.
 
I hope the stone passes. I understand your pain, and frustration. I'm almost constantly checking my boys' cage for calcium spots. And I'm trying everything I can to prevent stones, yet the spots are still appearing.
 
Jaycey said:
I hope the stone passes. I understand your pain, and frustration. I'm almost constantly checking my boys' cage for calcium spots. And I'm trying everything I can to prevent stones, yet the spots are still appearing.
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Have you tried using bunny or vitakraft pellets? Once I switched to them I rarely see calcium deposits. Just a thought.
 
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