Swollen genitalia

[Precious]

Hi all - am new to this forum and found it by searching in google for my poorly piggy.

She is approximately 6 and a half, the last of a large brood. We've been away on holiday and collected her from my sisters yesterday. She lives in an indoor cage in the winter and is still in it due to her age and our holiday. Anyway, when we collected her yesterday the cage had been freshly cleaned but smelt very strongly of urine. She went out in the garden today and has munched on some grass but when I brought her back in noticed the smell again. Her bottom was very wet so turned her over and her genitals are very swollen and protruding and smell very strongly of urine - really really strongly!. I also noticed that her poos were much smaller and drier than usual. I gently washed her bottom and made sure she had a drink of water. I can't take her to the vet tomorrow as it's bank holiday. I will take her to vet on Tuesday but in the meantime am unsure what to do? I'm wondering whether she has eaten something at my sisters that has upset her? Any ideas?

 

[flintstones]

I have heard a swollen Genital can be linked to a stone, A UTI also gives off a foul smell but my vet has also said in the past UTI's and stones can sometimes go hand in hand. It's important she see's the vet soon, a cavy savy vet.

I would recommend asking for an Xray to rule out stones, also another thought does she drink alot of water? Squeaks when she wee's or is there blood in her wee?

In the meantime, make sure she is eating, drinking and urinating. She stops doing any of these things go to the Out of hours vet as Guinea Pigs can go downhill very quickly.

Where are you based, we might be able to tell you where a CavySavy vet is, if you don't already have one.

 

[Pebble]

If her poos are smaller than usual then this is a sign that her guts are slowing down and is dangerous...so mush up some dried pellets in warm water (and add some healthy piggie poos if you can) and try to keep her eating to keep her guts going until you can get to a vet.

Some will eat directly off a spoon, others have to be syringe fed. Any probs come back on tomorrow.

Ditto all Flintstone has said when you find a cavy savy vet.

Most immediately important is to make sure her guts keep moving and she takes in food to give her strength to deal with whatever the vet finds.

HTH
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