Diarrhea + fit
Maybe the minerals/crystals are irritating the urinary tract and causing the blood and maybe a partial blockage that still allows some urine through.
I don't really know anything I'm just trying to think of stuff.
I don't really know anything I'm just trying to think of stuff.
Ya know, I wish I had the abilities to scan x-rays like that. :)
Has she pooped at all? If she has, I would be interested in seeing recheck x-rays to see if that mineralization is still there. If it was in the rectum (unless it was completely embedded in tissue), it should move out with pooping.
Has she pooped at all? If she has, I would be interested in seeing recheck x-rays to see if that mineralization is still there. If it was in the rectum (unless it was completely embedded in tissue), it should move out with pooping.
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- Little Jo Wheek
On stone pigs we sometimes take a new xray every day to track progress. It seems to be a larger stone. May or may not be surgical. Some sows pass huge stones and some can be manipulated out with a little anesthesia and no incision into the bladder. Just flushing the urethra. If she's still continuing to have problems with bloody urine and not eating, you need to do sx sooner rather than later.
Meg has perked up some, enough to fight me on the hand feeding and give me a few vicous head butts (she is reigning queen of head butts).
She let out a few tiny poops during the night but it was painful for her. They were connected like sausages. But now she has not pooped in several hours. Her urine is still tinged with blood.
I have some questions:
--could it be a mass in the rectum that is causing her difficulty in passing poops?
--if the mass/crystal formation is in the urethra, does it look big enough to be preventing her from pooping as well?
She let out a few tiny poops during the night but it was painful for her. They were connected like sausages. But now she has not pooped in several hours. Her urine is still tinged with blood.
I have some questions:
--could it be a mass in the rectum that is causing her difficulty in passing poops?
--if the mass/crystal formation is in the urethra, does it look big enough to be preventing her from pooping as well?
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- Little Jo Wheek
Yes and yes. Especially pain upon defecation--no matter where the calcification is located. It isn't the largest stone/mass I've seen in a cavy, but it is larger than most. Poor pig.
If she isn't on steroids, pain meds would be nice (NSAIDS). Otherwise continuing the Dex would probably be a good idea every 12 hours for a couple more days. You can't use NSAIDS with steroids due to the possible side effects, which may be irreversible (GIT ulceration).
If she isn't on steroids, pain meds would be nice (NSAIDS). Otherwise continuing the Dex would probably be a good idea every 12 hours for a couple more days. You can't use NSAIDS with steroids due to the possible side effects, which may be irreversible (GIT ulceration).