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Max Has Blood In His Urine

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I took Max to the vets this morning after noticing a bit of blood in their bedding at the weekend . His urine was Rose on Sunday . It looked clear to the eye this morning but showed blood on urinalysis . Max had a bladder stone about a year ago . I am suspecting he has developed another stone. I am hoping he has passed this stone.

I suspect this will be an ongoing problem with Max and would be grateful for any advice .
 
PiggyOwner said:
I took Max to the vets this morning after noticing a bit of blood in their bedding at the weekend . His urine was Rose on Sunday . It looked clear to the eye this morning but showed blood on urinalysis . Max had a bladder stone about a year ago . I am suspecting he has developed another stone. I am hoping he has passed this stone.

I suspect this will be an ongoing problem with Max and would be grateful for any advice .
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I am very sorry for the news - of course the timing could not be any worse! All you can do is making sure that he has plenty of filtered water to drink, is on a low calcium diet and is on glucosamine/cystease/cystophan. Monitor the weight daily at the same time in the feeding cycle (ideally for before his dinner feed), so you can step in with topping up syringe feed whenever necessary.
Recommendations For A Balanced General Guinea Pig Diet
Low Calcium Diet For Bladder Piggies

Make sure that he has a scan after Christmas. Did he get an antibiotic and some metacam in case it is a cystitis or URI?
At the beginning, red urine doesn't necessarily contain blood, but clear urine still can (actually quite a bit!); I have played that game often enough myself. It can drive you and the vets mad! :(

I hope for Max that it is either an infection/inflammation or that he has a small stone that can be passed without causing problems.
 
Thank You for the replies. Max's weight seems to be stable - I will keep on monitoring it. He's on metacam and Baytril . I spoke to the vet about Cystease - vet wasn't too keen on the idea. I am thining of starting him on Glocosamine after he has finished his course of Baytril .
 
My Emma is now on a daily dose of Cystease and metacam as she has now been diagnosed with IC after everything else (stones, ovarian cysts, infection etc) has been ruled out.

I am sending healing vibes for Max xx
 
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isent that for bone problems ?
 
Claire W said:
My Emma is now on a daily dose of Cystease and metacam as she has now been diagnosed with IC after everything else (stones, ovarian cysts, infection etc) has been ruled out.

I am sending healing vibes for Max xx
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Thank You Claire.

I'm just grateful this forum has shown me what to look out for.
 
PiggyOwner said:
Thank You for the replies. Max's weight seems to be stable - I will keep on monitoring it. He's on metacam and Baytril . I spoke to the vet about Cystease - vet wasn't too keen on the idea. I am thining of starting him on Glocosamine after he has finished his course of Baytril .
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The major active substance in cystease is glucosamine. The bladder walls have naturally a protective coating of glucosamine, however, this can suffer when dealing with bladder stones or cystitis (i.e. inflammation of the bladder walls) or UTI (urinary tract infection), all of which can present with the same symptoms.

Cystease and glucosamine are not medications, they are classed as prescription-free food supplements. Cystease has been developed for cats, the other pet species prone to urinary tract problems. Many vets now use a glucosamine-based product in order to support guinea pigs with ongoing and chronic bladder issues like interstitial (i.e. recurring/chronic) cystitis and bladder stones.
When looking for glucosamine, please choose a vegetarian/vegan product! You can find it at Boots or Holland&Barretts.
 
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