Henry's Thread
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Tracis
- Let Sleeping Pigs Lie
Henry looks wonderful -- he is very handsome. :)
Sakura has some pigment changes on either side of her nose. She is 2.5 years old now.
Sakura's Nose
Sakura has some pigment changes on either side of her nose. She is 2.5 years old now.
Sakura's Nose
The skin isn't raised. It is just a change in pigment, and as you can see, it matches the little spots on his tummy side. Well, good. I'm glad it's not something to worry about!
I just wanted to report that Henry has continued to gain weight. He's perky and happy and marking his territory.
We've noticed that between 8 and 12 hours of taking his actigall, he kicks out some sludge. Other than that, he seems to be doing well. We've been stepping him down on the vetprofen, so he should be off of that soon.
We've noticed that between 8 and 12 hours of taking his actigall, he kicks out some sludge. Other than that, he seems to be doing well. We've been stepping him down on the vetprofen, so he should be off of that soon.
A few nights ago, I noticed that Henry kicked out some sludge and also something I'm referring to as "stone flakes," because they appear to be made out of the same material as bladderstones and yet they're thin little pieces, not unlike fish food or fish flakes.
In this picture, the magenta arrow is pointing to sludge, and the blue arrows are pointing to some of the stone flakes.
We think this is caused by the actigall, of which he is still taking a maintenance dose. Henry seemed to be fine, since he was acting like this:
He has been eating his hay, drinking, eating pellets, and otherwise acting pretty normal. The only thing off - and we've noticed this will all of our intact boys when they're having bladder issues - is that when he stood on all four feet, he would hold his testicles out behind him a little.
Well, tonight, I went downstairs to check on him, and he ran to the side of the cage, but his front feet on the grids, and wheeked at me. When I went over to the cage, he ran to his pigloo, in and out of it, until I picked it up to see what was going on. Inside, I found a stone, a little smaller than a peppercorn.
I am wondering if the actigall chipped out pieces of the stone until it was small enough for him to pass?
I will mention that all of this time, Henry has continued to gain weight, so this stone hasn't really bothered him very much.
Sorry the pictures are so out of focus.
In this picture, the magenta arrow is pointing to sludge, and the blue arrows are pointing to some of the stone flakes.
We think this is caused by the actigall, of which he is still taking a maintenance dose. Henry seemed to be fine, since he was acting like this:
He has been eating his hay, drinking, eating pellets, and otherwise acting pretty normal. The only thing off - and we've noticed this will all of our intact boys when they're having bladder issues - is that when he stood on all four feet, he would hold his testicles out behind him a little.
Well, tonight, I went downstairs to check on him, and he ran to the side of the cage, but his front feet on the grids, and wheeked at me. When I went over to the cage, he ran to his pigloo, in and out of it, until I picked it up to see what was going on. Inside, I found a stone, a little smaller than a peppercorn.
I am wondering if the actigall chipped out pieces of the stone until it was small enough for him to pass?
I will mention that all of this time, Henry has continued to gain weight, so this stone hasn't really bothered him very much.
Sorry the pictures are so out of focus.
He's definitely feeling better tonight. He's been running victory laps around the cage and making his "birdy" noises. (He has a pretty, musical voice that makes me think of a songbird.)