Specialist Water in abdomen

[lauralucy]

Hello,

Has anyone else had a piggy with this or heard of it?

 

[furryfriends (TEAS)]

Do you mean oedema?

 

[lauralucy]

Quite possibly. It is water being leaked into her abdomen.

 

[furryfriends (TEAS)]

Quite possibly. It is water being leaked into her abdomen.

Have you seen a vet? Do they think a diuretic would help?

 

[lauralucy]

Vet diagnosed. Said we could open her up and see if they could locate where it was coming from, but weren't sure if they found the cause if they could do anything. Diuretic wasn't mentioned.

This is Cocoa this morning.

 

[furryfriends (TEAS)]

Is your vet guinea pig savvy? I would've thought a diuretic would help, but without knowing the actual cause, wouldn't like to say for definite. The fluid must be building up from somewhere.

 

[lauralucy]

He is, he's on the recommended vets list.

I'm reluctant to put her through surgery. She started losing weight and not eating as much. She's still not eating lots but her weight has gone up.

Vet said I can't go by weight as we don't know how much is water.

She seems ok in herself just looks 11 weeks pregnant bless her

 

[pig in the city]

Are you sure it's not ovarian cysts? More likely l think. Have they done a scan?

 

[lauralucy]

Not ovarian cysts that was my first thought last year but scan and xrays last year said no cysts.

 

[HeatherRose]

Vet diagnosed. Said we could open her up and see if they could locate where it was coming from, but weren't sure if they found the cause if they could do anything. Diuretic wasn't mentioned.

This is Cocoa this morning.

Wow, poor thing. I hope they can figure it out and get her some relief.