cheyanneh
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
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On Wednesday night, Oliver had a small bladder stone removed, through a catheter and she was able to flush his bladder a little as well, so no incision! They have him buprenorphine for the pain as well as sub-q fluids. That night, he was just very out of it and drowsy I'm assuming from the medications.
Thursday, he was acting the same. Not eating/drinking, I had to force feed Critical Care. No poops obviously as well. He would eat a carrot and a piece of cucumber but would not touch his pellets or hay. I gave him metacam .3ml at 7pm and he started peeing finally, which was clear and no more blood!
Friday morning we had a follow up appointment where vet gave more buprenorphine for pain, more subq fluids and told me to give him another dose of metacam once everyday. Today, he has done better and has been grazing (but only for a little) on his hay, he had half a blackberry, drank two sips of water beside what I syringed him, and he has seemed more alive. However, he still seems in pain and is struggling to eat on his own. I can tell he wants to but then he doesn't follow through with it. The vet would not give me anything stronger than metacam to take home.
I have been giving him Critical care but I just don't know what to do.. how long does this normally last? He only got a catheter and a bladder flush, so I really don't know how it could cause this much pain. I'm getting really worried.
Thursday, he was acting the same. Not eating/drinking, I had to force feed Critical Care. No poops obviously as well. He would eat a carrot and a piece of cucumber but would not touch his pellets or hay. I gave him metacam .3ml at 7pm and he started peeing finally, which was clear and no more blood!
Friday morning we had a follow up appointment where vet gave more buprenorphine for pain, more subq fluids and told me to give him another dose of metacam once everyday. Today, he has done better and has been grazing (but only for a little) on his hay, he had half a blackberry, drank two sips of water beside what I syringed him, and he has seemed more alive. However, he still seems in pain and is struggling to eat on his own. I can tell he wants to but then he doesn't follow through with it. The vet would not give me anything stronger than metacam to take home.
I have been giving him Critical care but I just don't know what to do.. how long does this normally last? He only got a catheter and a bladder flush, so I really don't know how it could cause this much pain. I'm getting really worried.
