Kaysroberts1
New Born Pup
My guinea pig has been hunching whilst wearing and crying out whilst doing so, so I took him to the vets and they managed to extract some of his urine which proved that he has a large amount of calcium in his bladder which is piling up and stopping him from urinating properly. They have told me that they will either have to keep him in for a week and regularly hydrate him or if this does not work he will have to be operated on. We decided to take him home as we were given a long dose of antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and pain relief (Tralieve, Metacam & Sulfatrim). We have been giving him the required dosage now for 3 days and unfortunately have not really seen any signs of improvement but I understand that this may just take time. I am lost with what things to feed him at the moment as he is refusing to drink but we need to keep his fluids up so try and flush the bladder sludge out, any suggestions would really help. He is also very bloated, my mum picked him up today and very lightly rubbed his belly and a large amount of very cloudy and chalky urine came out so I am wondering whether his bloating is not helping him in passing urine too. We have set up a very large pen for him in our conservatory so he is able to get lots of exercise in the hopes that this will help him to urinate. I am really stuck with what to do and am so worried about him as the vets have told me his kidneys will fail and he will pass away if he does not get any better. Any food suggestions would be really appreciated, along with any suggestions to manually allow him to pass urine as well such as bathing etc. Thank you.