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Mollie Has Cystitis

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mollie has completed her first reduction now - 10days clear - so she's moved onto the next reduction.

i'm finding it all quite nerve wracking! fingers crossed yet again! :)
 
biscandmatt said:
mollie has completed her first reduction now - 10days clear - so she's moved onto the next reduction.

i'm finding it all quite nerve wracking! fingers crossed yet again! :)
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Sending Mollie lots of love, thanks for the update buddy x
 
so turns out exotic direct don't pay out for spays, even for medical reasons. i think that's a bit of a weird exclusion. anyway, so we'll have to get that paid. it doesn't say exactly how much the spay was as it was included with some non-covered postage costs for medication, but i think it was around £100 maybe. i'm not complaining as obviously she needed the spay so i'd have gone ahead with it whatever :)

the insurance still covered around 2/3 of the overall cost for the last two months though so still really good :)

erm.... so i have a kidney for sale if anyone is interested...i'll take £100 for it! :)):)):))
 
the last couple of days, i sensed that something might be starting up again with mollie. couldn't quite put my finger on why but just a feeling. anyway, she started squeaking a little when toileting yesterday :(

she's back onto higher metacam now over the weekend to bring down any extra inflammation as quickly as possible. her cerenia has gone back to the full dose aswell and we will reassess next week where to go from here.

thankfully she's still fairly ok in herself. hopefully she will feel completely comfortable again now she's on more metacam.

so we were half way through the second reduction of cerenia. disappointed but we'll reassess after the weekend with the vet.
 
i've spoken with the vet now and have a plan of action :))

so because mollie has been ok since the slight squeaking, best scenario is that is was a slight blip. more realistically though, it is probably the cerenia reduction. but... he actually wants to reduce it further to see if symptoms start again and how quickly - depending on the time frame, he will have a better idea of how her bladder wall is.

but we have to wait three days now, keep all the meds the same (metacam back to 2x a day, bendro 1/4 tablet once daily, and cerenia twice daily) and then reduce the cerenia by half - from 0.5ml 2x a day to 0.5ml once a day and see what happens. if symptoms return then i'll contact him again to see what to do next. if they don't then after 7-10 days she can have it reduced further at a rate of 0.1ml per week.

he said there isn't any data available yet on the use of cerenia long term in guinea pigs, only short term. it's unlikely to cause issues long term but they can't say for sure yet. (he's very into research and proven data etc, that side of things)

please keep your fingers crossed for us that it was just a slight blip and she will be ok. it's encouraging that it hasn't happened again and that she has kept a stable weight this week, so we'll see how we go. mollie has seemed fine since so you never know! :)
 
so she's done her three days on normal meds with no symptoms thankfully. today her cerenia is halved to once a day. so nervous about it! but she seems in good spirits anyway and has just been sprinting around the cage and run, and i've never seen her do it this much before so she must be feeling well within herself. lets hope it continues now! her aim is 7-10 days on half the cerenia so i really really hope she can do it. :)
 
she's done the 7 days clear now on half cerenia but i think i'll go to the 10 days before reducing. because each reduction from here will be every week/7days so think it makes more sense.

she seems so happy though and i just love her so much. getting emotional again lol :luv:
 
she's done the 10 days now with no symptoms, but she has lost weight this week - she's 915g down from 945g. so this might be an early warning sign or it could just be her body adjusting to the changes in meds dose. she seems fine in herself for the moment though.
 
thankfully mollie's weight has remained stable since the drop so hopefully her body was just adjusting again to the change in dose. she moved onto the next reduction of cerenia on sunday (0.3ml once a day) and so far so good :)
 
i think things might be slipping again with mollie. she's dropped a little more weight again this week and seems a little quiet tonight. no other symptoms yet but can't help but feel they are on the way. she was meant to move onto her next reduction today but we've delayed it for now.

can't put my finger on it, but something seems slightly off again :(
 
well it's a few hours later and thankfully mollie seems to be more herself. she was only slightly quiet but you know what it's like, you just panic when they're not completely themselves.

just been sat with her, stroking her and telling her how precious she is :luv: she said 'pop' in response :)) :luv:
 
thankfully she's been fairly bright today aswell so that's a relief. we will be keeping an eye on her weight more closely this week and delaying the next reduction for now, but hopefully she's ok.

she might even have had a little gas perhaps. she had smelly poops recently which i think were caused by the water and veggies being too cold. i leave them a little bit now before and that seems to have helped. or it could be a coincidence.
 
right, so we delayed mollie's next reduction by a week so yesterday should have been when we started it... but i haven't because i just don't feel like she's quite ready. i don't really know why but it's just a gut instinct. this week she has seemed fine, and her weight is stable, but there is just something making me hold off. it's almost a feeling like it'll take things too far. but it could just be me worrying because each reduction has meant her weight has slipped slightly as she has adjusted. it could well be normal but i'm worried the next one will have her drop out of the 900's again and that seems wrong - like the kind of weight she was when more ill. hope that makes sense!

i don't think we should be stalling like this though so i might have to get onto the vet again to see what he thinks. like i say, she's not ill as such but i just don't feel like doing the next reduction right now is right either.
 
flintstones said:
Perhaps giving her an extra week to stabilise a bit more is all that's needed? x
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yeh, i think maybe another week and then see where we are at. just because it really could be me worrying when the adjustments are fine. she seems fine in herself for the moment anyway :luv:

thank you :)
 
flintstones said:
That's good news that she's bright in herself. X
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it's just her little weight drop each reduction that concerns me but it's to be expected as her body adjusts. i think if things were getting bad again then there would probably be more symptoms by now. but the weight drop each time could be an early warning sign so i'm keeping an even closer eye on it. i think because she is edging towards the lower 900's again, i'm a bit more anxious.

but she's still on track to be off cerenia by the end of the year even with this delay which is still amazing after all this time :)
 
Trust your gut mate. A little holding now may be worth it in the long run....

Sending love to the beautiful little lady x
 
sport_billy said:
Trust your gut mate. A little holding now may be worth it in the long run....

Sending love to the beautiful little lady x
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i think you're right.. no point going too quickly after working all this time to get to this point. a week per reduction seems that little bit too quick for her i think. i'll hold off for now, monitor her more closely this week still, and then perhaps ask the vet what he thinks then if i still feel the same. thanks for your reply x
 
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