alpacasqueak
Forum Donator 2022/23
Hi Everyone.
I posted around 6months ago about my nearly 5 year old neutered boar Rupert and a bladder stone that was removed from his urethra. Since then he has been on low calcium veg, low calcium pellets (JR Farm grainless) and filtered water. He's also had Cystease daily.
He's had no problems since (although I struggled to get his weight back on so has weighed around 925g since his recovery).
He's lost a bit of weight over the last few days (down to 850g today) so I've taken him to the vets this am with a pee sample. Vet has tested it and was a bit of blood in it. She said his bladder felt good though, nice and soft and doesn't feel inflamed etc. He was kept in for an X-ray to check for stones.
They've called me to say they've found a tiny stone on the X-ray, much smaller than last time thankfully. She wasn't keen to do an op straight away with it being so small so we're going to have him on metacam and Sulfatrim for a while and I'll be monitoring him v closely! And another X-ray soon.
Should I be syringing extra water to try and flush his bladder as much as poss? I'm worried about leaving it for now but with him being so small I'd be terrified about him having an anaesthetic too!
He's not off his food and been drinking really well. I'm going to pick him up in an hour.
Thanks for any advice, sorry long post!
I posted around 6months ago about my nearly 5 year old neutered boar Rupert and a bladder stone that was removed from his urethra. Since then he has been on low calcium veg, low calcium pellets (JR Farm grainless) and filtered water. He's also had Cystease daily.
He's had no problems since (although I struggled to get his weight back on so has weighed around 925g since his recovery).
He's lost a bit of weight over the last few days (down to 850g today) so I've taken him to the vets this am with a pee sample. Vet has tested it and was a bit of blood in it. She said his bladder felt good though, nice and soft and doesn't feel inflamed etc. He was kept in for an X-ray to check for stones.
They've called me to say they've found a tiny stone on the X-ray, much smaller than last time thankfully. She wasn't keen to do an op straight away with it being so small so we're going to have him on metacam and Sulfatrim for a while and I'll be monitoring him v closely! And another X-ray soon.
Should I be syringing extra water to try and flush his bladder as much as poss? I'm worried about leaving it for now but with him being so small I'd be terrified about him having an anaesthetic too!
He's not off his food and been drinking really well. I'm going to pick him up in an hour.
Thanks for any advice, sorry long post!