BubuCandyBlue
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2008
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- Joined
- Oct 12, 2008
- Messages
- 457
Hi guys,
Haven't actually posted in a while but really could use your advice.
Per short: one of my piggies, male, 2 year 7 months old is sick again.
He had a mammary cyst removed on July 31st 2012. Recovery was going well for a month, then stopped. Symptoms: drinking lots of water, squeaking when peeing, losing weight though eating well. Got him into our exotic pet vet and the Xray revealed a bladder stone the size of a small fingernail. Due to the fact that he has recovered ok from the first surgery, and we didn't want him to loose more weight and ruin his progress, we opted to have surgery #2 that day, on Sept 19th.
He was quite a champ and started recovering well. Until 1-2 weeks ago, we noticed the same pattern: weight gain stopped and started losing although eating, drinking lots of water, squeezing when peeing/pooing. My vet is on maternity leave so got the piggie to another exotic pet vet. Xray revealed another stone about the size of the previous one . Of course some blood in urine is present.
Outcome for now: due to his previous very recent surgeries, the dr did not feel comfortable doing surgery on my piggy. Treating with buprenex, metacam, sulfatrim. Awaiting to consult a third vet or my original vet if she can get back to me.
I am trying to find people who actually dealt with something similar and what was the outcome? I know we have very knowledgeable and experienced peeps here.
Diet wise I follow this forum's veggie chart (as I have been for 4 years now), for hay we use unlimited KM excellent timothy, 1/8 cup Oxbow pellets. Dr says in this case might be a genetic issue; none of my other piggies have this specific issue.
Thanks!
Haven't actually posted in a while but really could use your advice.
Per short: one of my piggies, male, 2 year 7 months old is sick again.
He had a mammary cyst removed on July 31st 2012. Recovery was going well for a month, then stopped. Symptoms: drinking lots of water, squeaking when peeing, losing weight though eating well. Got him into our exotic pet vet and the Xray revealed a bladder stone the size of a small fingernail. Due to the fact that he has recovered ok from the first surgery, and we didn't want him to loose more weight and ruin his progress, we opted to have surgery #2 that day, on Sept 19th.
He was quite a champ and started recovering well. Until 1-2 weeks ago, we noticed the same pattern: weight gain stopped and started losing although eating, drinking lots of water, squeezing when peeing/pooing. My vet is on maternity leave so got the piggie to another exotic pet vet. Xray revealed another stone about the size of the previous one . Of course some blood in urine is present.
Outcome for now: due to his previous very recent surgeries, the dr did not feel comfortable doing surgery on my piggy. Treating with buprenex, metacam, sulfatrim. Awaiting to consult a third vet or my original vet if she can get back to me.
I am trying to find people who actually dealt with something similar and what was the outcome? I know we have very knowledgeable and experienced peeps here.
Diet wise I follow this forum's veggie chart (as I have been for 4 years now), for hay we use unlimited KM excellent timothy, 1/8 cup Oxbow pellets. Dr says in this case might be a genetic issue; none of my other piggies have this specific issue.
Thanks!