Hi,
Apologies as I havnt posted in awhile, but I have some concerns over one of my piggies George. We noticed last Monday that he seemed in pain while defecating and weeing and that his wee was red. We took him to the vets on the Tuesday as we thought it was either bladder stone or a UTI infection. The vet seemed fairly competent with their knowledge of guinea pig and had a really good poke (dig) around his bladder and he didn’t seem in much discomfort (other than the obvious prodding that is) so she gave him 0.2ml of baytrill and gave us 5 more needles for us to inject him once a day. We managed to get Wednesday’s injection in him and he seemed to perk up a bit but then missed him with Thursdays and Friday mornings and he seemed to get worse again. We took him to another vets on Friday evening for an injection and to ask for the baytrill oral solution. She had another poke around and again didn’t think it would be bladder stone as he wasn’t showing any signs of pain. She gave him a 0.2ml baytrill injection and gave us 2.5% baytrill solution to give 0.4ml twice daily. We tried to get another injection in him on the Sat and missed with some but not sure how much so gave him 0.2 ml oral solution later in the evening. We also gave him some recovery food as he has lost some weight- weighs about 1100g and used to weigh 1300 a few months ago, so gave it him as a top up. He ate loads of it, but that evening seemed in real discomfort when passing his poo and was weeking A LOT. My girlfriend tried to cuddle him but he just kept moving his bum around – we checked for an impaction earlier and could see anything. We were concerned he wouldn’t make it through the night but Sunday morning he seemed better. Sunday morning we gave up on the injections and gave him 0.4ml oral in the morning and later in the day. In the evening he seemed much much better – ate loads, was eating pellets again and had 2 romaine lettuce leaves, half a cherry tomato, a handful of grass and some green pepper. We felt a lot better especially after the nightmare on Sat night. I came to give him his oral solution this morning, and I think I woke him up to do it *** he looked a bit dishevelled. I got his solution in him and he ate a romaine lettuce leaf, some green pepper and some more grass but just didn’t seem as keen.
Basically I’m just wondering if this is signs of a UTI or bladder stone, we are going to persist with the baytrill until maybe Wednesday morning and take him to the vets for an x-ray then if he is no better, but want to give the baytrill chance to work as he has had broken treatment with it up until recently. He seems ok in himself most of the time – interested in food but just not eating as much. For info his weight seems to have stayed at about 1040 over the past 24-48 hours. Could he slightly off mood this morning be because I woke him up and gave him his baytrill straight away (we are only mixing with water at the mo but will get some cranberry juice today) as it doesn’t taste very nice. Are we doing the right thing? Should we persist with the baytrill until Wednesday morning? Just as a note we are also giving him some probiotic in his water bottle to help with the baytirill, if he doest drink it though we will start to syringe him.
Any opinions?
Thanks
Paul
Apologies as I havnt posted in awhile, but I have some concerns over one of my piggies George. We noticed last Monday that he seemed in pain while defecating and weeing and that his wee was red. We took him to the vets on the Tuesday as we thought it was either bladder stone or a UTI infection. The vet seemed fairly competent with their knowledge of guinea pig and had a really good poke (dig) around his bladder and he didn’t seem in much discomfort (other than the obvious prodding that is) so she gave him 0.2ml of baytrill and gave us 5 more needles for us to inject him once a day. We managed to get Wednesday’s injection in him and he seemed to perk up a bit but then missed him with Thursdays and Friday mornings and he seemed to get worse again. We took him to another vets on Friday evening for an injection and to ask for the baytrill oral solution. She had another poke around and again didn’t think it would be bladder stone as he wasn’t showing any signs of pain. She gave him a 0.2ml baytrill injection and gave us 2.5% baytrill solution to give 0.4ml twice daily. We tried to get another injection in him on the Sat and missed with some but not sure how much so gave him 0.2 ml oral solution later in the evening. We also gave him some recovery food as he has lost some weight- weighs about 1100g and used to weigh 1300 a few months ago, so gave it him as a top up. He ate loads of it, but that evening seemed in real discomfort when passing his poo and was weeking A LOT. My girlfriend tried to cuddle him but he just kept moving his bum around – we checked for an impaction earlier and could see anything. We were concerned he wouldn’t make it through the night but Sunday morning he seemed better. Sunday morning we gave up on the injections and gave him 0.4ml oral in the morning and later in the day. In the evening he seemed much much better – ate loads, was eating pellets again and had 2 romaine lettuce leaves, half a cherry tomato, a handful of grass and some green pepper. We felt a lot better especially after the nightmare on Sat night. I came to give him his oral solution this morning, and I think I woke him up to do it *** he looked a bit dishevelled. I got his solution in him and he ate a romaine lettuce leaf, some green pepper and some more grass but just didn’t seem as keen.
Basically I’m just wondering if this is signs of a UTI or bladder stone, we are going to persist with the baytrill until maybe Wednesday morning and take him to the vets for an x-ray then if he is no better, but want to give the baytrill chance to work as he has had broken treatment with it up until recently. He seems ok in himself most of the time – interested in food but just not eating as much. For info his weight seems to have stayed at about 1040 over the past 24-48 hours. Could he slightly off mood this morning be because I woke him up and gave him his baytrill straight away (we are only mixing with water at the mo but will get some cranberry juice today) as it doesn’t taste very nice. Are we doing the right thing? Should we persist with the baytrill until Wednesday morning? Just as a note we are also giving him some probiotic in his water bottle to help with the baytirill, if he doest drink it though we will start to syringe him.
Any opinions?
Thanks
Paul