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Mysterious squeaking while pooping?

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I second this advice from helen, we had a guinea pig with a very severe & far-gone case of stones before we realised there was anything going on & it never stopped him from weeing or blocked his urine. In fact at x-ray it was shown that the stones were in his kidneys so wouldn't have interfered with his mechanical ability to urinate at all.

We needed x-ray & bloods (to test kidney function) to diagnose our guinea properly & we had this done at an exotics vet with a speciality in small mammals. If your vet is a general vet rather than exotics, I would as them to refer you on or just find an exotics vet yourself. I would only have these type of tests or any dort of anaesthetic done on our piggies by our exotics vet, the general practics vets just don't see enough guineas to have the required experience.

Best wishes to McMac
 
Our Exotics don't like Baytril as the Vet I had a discussion with states it does cause anorexia in piggies so a poorly piggy that isn't eating can be a nightmare.
Septrin and Metacam are the best meds. for McMac for cystitis, Baytril is the only licensed ABX so many general vets will be shy of using it but we've had good results from this combination. Did you have any pain relief to bring home ?
If he's not drinking much, try syringing small amounts of water with unsweetened Cranberry juice - we swear by it for bladder piggies and the Exotics we use admit it does no harm but will not solve the problem.
With diarrhoea in piggies, you run the risk of him dehydrating so fluids are paramount - I have used a tiny amount of Dioralyte to replace Electrolyte balance in a dehydrated piggy (only as an emergency measure) and Fibreplex to help form poops.
Keep us posted on your boy, healing vibes sent x>>
 
Yes I agree you should ask for Septrin and get him booked in for an xray soon as. My boy Junior had a bladder stone removed 3 weeks ago it was massive enough to cripple a horse yet when the vet felt his bladder she never felt a thing and he was still able to urinate, the longer (if there is a stone) left the worse it will get.
 
Its just I have no money until saturday. George paid for his vet visit and I dont know if he could stretch to another. I will ask though. I will also ask my mum and see if she can help with costs. I havent seen any improvement in his behaviour and its got me a little worried. Its only been like 3 days but I cant see any improvement. If anything I am worried he has started acting worse :(
 
Do you guys think I should go to the vets asap?

I've just been sat looking at him for the past while and I am not getting a good feeling from the look in his eyes...maybe it's just me...
 
To be honest if he were mine, I would want him x rayed asap. I am concerned that there hasn't been any improvement. If the baytril was going tk work, you would have seen a bit of improvement by now.

Poor McMac and (((hugs)))
 
Please get hm to the vet as soon as possible, he needs to be seen. Is there any way your vet would let you pay in instalments?
 
Claire W said:
To be honest if he were mine, I would want him x rayed asap. I am concerned that there hasn't been any improvement. If the baytril was going tk work, you would have seen a bit of improvement by now.

Poor McMac and (((hugs)))
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When he had baytril for the, what we believed was, UTI a few weeks ago he seemed to improve after the first couple of doses. And that was on once a day. He is on twice a day and still no improvement
 
I just checked him to see if his penis had any kind of grit that might indicate a stone. Anyway I was having a feel and on his stomach, just above his penis, I felt what I can only think is an enlarged urethrae, from the position etc. It may be from an infection of the area. I tried pressing on it gently and he didn't squeal but he did start gently wheeking and his bottom did start to twitch like there was something sensitive going on.
 
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