BlueBird
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi there,
My guinea Bonnie is definitely entering the PTS grey area. She's been showing pain barbing signs for a while after she was so painful that she couldn't walk which I assumed was related due to the fact it was limited to her back legs. Over the past week the barbing has gotten worse.
I've just come back from the vets. She's had a history of bladder stones so I took a urine sample with me. The sample showed UTI signs with bacteria, blood and other signs present in the urine. The vet felt the bladder which seems fine right now but I got the impression she suspects a stone somewhere else in Bonnie's water works. Due to her age and her history, the vet also suspected urinary disease which would need a blood test to determine.
Bonnie's still eating, squeaking (she's always been our loudest wheaker) and always looks up at me saying 'hello' when I come to the cage to check on her. But as my Scottish Granny would say 'she's no right'. She likes to stay 'in bed' all day and she's not been as good at grooming herself and keeping clean. I've found her covered in pee a few times. Bonnie is no spring chicken. She has had multiple problems including back, urinary and mamory tumours. Her health is definitely in decline. But I'm trying to formulate a plan in my head as to when treatment is too much treatment. My aim is prolonging her health not just her life.
That said if this truly is a UTI. I've been given enrobactin 25mg/ml for 10days to try and shift it. Does anyone have any experience on how effective it's been at getting rid of UTIs? If Bonnie's problem is something more sinister I don't want to needlessly be bounced from antibiotic to antibiotic.
My guinea Bonnie is definitely entering the PTS grey area. She's been showing pain barbing signs for a while after she was so painful that she couldn't walk which I assumed was related due to the fact it was limited to her back legs. Over the past week the barbing has gotten worse.
I've just come back from the vets. She's had a history of bladder stones so I took a urine sample with me. The sample showed UTI signs with bacteria, blood and other signs present in the urine. The vet felt the bladder which seems fine right now but I got the impression she suspects a stone somewhere else in Bonnie's water works. Due to her age and her history, the vet also suspected urinary disease which would need a blood test to determine.
Bonnie's still eating, squeaking (she's always been our loudest wheaker) and always looks up at me saying 'hello' when I come to the cage to check on her. But as my Scottish Granny would say 'she's no right'. She likes to stay 'in bed' all day and she's not been as good at grooming herself and keeping clean. I've found her covered in pee a few times. Bonnie is no spring chicken. She has had multiple problems including back, urinary and mamory tumours. Her health is definitely in decline. But I'm trying to formulate a plan in my head as to when treatment is too much treatment. My aim is prolonging her health not just her life.
That said if this truly is a UTI. I've been given enrobactin 25mg/ml for 10days to try and shift it. Does anyone have any experience on how effective it's been at getting rid of UTIs? If Bonnie's problem is something more sinister I don't want to needlessly be bounced from antibiotic to antibiotic.