Wet back legs?

[Freela]

Just wanted to run something by everyone quickly! At the cottage last week, Dahlia had a wet belly and on the second day of her being wet she was squeaking when she peed. Naturally we were concerned with a UTI or something of that nature so we called for a vet visit. It took the vet several days to be able to fit her in. During that time, she stopped squeaking, she intermittently continued to have a wet belly on and off. By the day that we took her to see the vet, she was 90% dry, with only a little bit of wetness intermittently on her bum and hind legs. The vet took her temperature, felt her belly, looked at a urine sample (but wouldn't do a dip for blood for some reason, they apparently don't do any guinea pig urine analysis and I would have had to pay 100 dollars extra to send it away.) On physical exam they did find a tiny little abrasion/scratch on her lady parts. The working diagnosis was that she either had a small stone and passed it herself the day that she was squeaking or she scratched herself and it burned when she would pee so she was trying to hold it and squeaking the first day. They elected to put antiotis and antiinflammatories on hold and see if she continued to improve. Now, several days later, I keep noticing that she has a damp area on her hind legs. Not on her belly anymore, she's not squeaking anymore, she's behaving normally- but her little 'pants' at the top of her hind legs are damp. I e-mailed the vet to ask what they think, but now I'm asking you... is this a common area to be wet with a UTI or sterile cystitis? Should I try the antibiotics? Try glucosamine? Or is this a common area for pigs to get wee on them and I'm just noticing it more now because I'm hypervigilant? Misa gets wet in the back sometimes but she's long-haired so that makes more sense, I've never really noticed it with short-haired pigs.

 

[Viennese Furbabies]

Were they outside before you noticed the wet spots?
Mine don't go outside often but some of my piggies get really wet underneath after some time on the grass (without any absorbent layer beneath them).

Whenever I notice anything a little bit peculiar, I start them on a herbal mix (Rodicare uro) which also contains Glucosamine. So I would probably go for the Glucosamine.
And of course the antibiotics if the vet thinks it's a good idea.

 

[Truffolo]

Sending support It's a tricky issue. What is the antiotis? I don't think damp pants is normal, but I have no experience of girl guinea pigs. Hoping someone more expert is here soon

 

[Freela]

Were they outside before you noticed the wet spots?
Mine don't go outside often but some of my piggies get really wet underneath after some time on the grass (without any absorbent layer beneath them).

Whenever I notice anything a little bit peculiar, I start them on a herbal mix (Rodicare uro) which also contains Glucosamine. So I would probably go for the Glucosamine.
And of course the antibiotics if the vet thinks it's a good idea.

Yeah, they were outside when this started. It's actually Dahlia's first summer and we only let them outside at the cottage. But that wouldn't explain the squeaking on that one day.

 

[Freela]

Update: We did start the antibiotics and she is no longer wet, so I'm hoping the infection is now being treated. Also bought some glucosamine biscuits that I will see if she likes eating because I know sterile cystitis is an issue with a lot of pigs.