Possible UTI

[AbiS]

Barney hurt his back leg a couple of days ago and hasn’t been weight bearing on it. He has a vets appointment this evening however he is now running around on it although can’t get up the ramp in the hutch yet. I think he now has a UTI because he wasn’t moving out of his puddles of pee. Will isolate him from Toby to check it is him and not Toby. This is blood isn’t it?

 

[Deleted member 114675]

Looks like blood to me

 

[AbiS]

Looks like blood to me

Thought so, not surprising tbh but hopefully easily fixed as there has been a logical cause with him being fairly immobile for a couple of days

 

[DMS260820]

Thought so, not surprising tbh but hopefully easily fixed as there has been a logical cause with him being fairly immobile for a couple of days

Looks like blood. Whats underneath the pads? Because its can be newpaper ink soaking up

 

[AbiS]

Looks like blood. Whats underneath the pads? Because its can be newpaper ink soaking up

Just towels

 

[DMS260820]

Just towels

Ar ok then, better go vets

 

[Wiebke]

Barney hurt his back leg a couple of days ago and hasn’t been weight bearing on it. He has a vets appointment this evening however he is now running around on it although can’t get up the ramp in the hutch yet. I think he now has a UTI because he wasn’t moving out of his puddles of pee. Will isolate him from Toby to check it is him and not Toby. This is blood isn’t it?View attachment 95857

The onset of UTI is characterised by strongly coloured red pees (porphyrines) that most people mistake for blood; this kind of discolouration can also be caused by veg.
In fact, stark red pees can test entirely free of blood while seemingly clear pees can test very high. Believe me, I have been there with piggies of my own! Blood in urine doesn't mix and it doesn't dry in an even puddle; it either makes small red drops in the middle of a pee patch or dries as a red ring around the pee patch if there is a lot in the urine.
The very early of a UTI (bacterial urine infection) or cystitis (inflammation of the bladder walls) can be characterised by a mix of porphyrine pees and clear pees, some of which can contain blood while others do not and symptoms cannot yet be consistent for a few days

If you are worried, by all means have your piggy seen by a vet.

 

[AbiS]

The onset of UTI is characterised by strongly coloured red pees (porphyrines) that most people mistake for blood; this kind of discolouration can also be caused by veg.
In fact, stark red pees can test entirely free of blood while seemingly clear pees can test very high. Believe me, I have been there with piggies of my own! Blood in urine doesn't mix and it doesn't dry in an even puddle; it either makes small red drops in the middle of a pee patch or dries as a red ring around the pee patch if there is a lot in the urine.
The very early of a UTI (bacterial urine infection) or cystitis (inflammation of the bladder walls) can be characterised by a mix of porphyrine pees and clear pees, some of which can contain blood while others do not and symptoms cannot yet be consistent for a few days

If you are worried, by all means have your piggy seen by a vet.

Thank you for that info. Very interesting since I’m sure I have just seen him do a clear pee. Would this always result in a UTI or can it resolve without treatment? I’m stoll taking him to the vet either way as would like some metacam for his leg

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you for that info. Very interesting since I’m sure I have just seen him do a clear pee. Would this always result in a UTI or can it resolve without treatment? I’m stoll taking him to the vet either way as would like some metacam for his leg

It depends on whether the coloured pees are from veg or are porphyrine coloured. In the second case, it usually develops into a UTI or cystitis. He will need some metacam for that as well and not just an antibiotic (preferably sulfatrim, the new vet version of septrin).