possible urine scald

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meganmarie

Post   » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:40 pm


HA-HA, you guys think you're all so funny...

: )

Poor baby girl. She's a good girl. Only 3 more days of medicine. yay!

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jacqueline

Post   » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:57 pm


Hey, if we can't make fun of a little piggie va-jay-jay. . .

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Sef
I dissent.

Post   » Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:08 pm


Ginger say, "Icksnay on the va-jay jay."

Talishan
You can quote me

Post   » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:57 pm


*snort* LOL!

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meganmarie

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:26 pm


...the sludge came back. I was afraid of this happening. She's dribbling pee again, and shes losing hair above her vagina. Dammit. Now i'm starting to get scared.

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jacqueline

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:58 pm


Oh, I'm sorry. What are your treatment choices?

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meganmarie

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:14 pm


I called my vet and asked if they could do a refill for the bactrim. I got it for 3 weeks instead of 2...i don't know if i did the right thing. The bactrim before seemed to clear it up, i thought maybe she just needed to be on it longer...? I didn't talk to my vet, just the vet-tech. She wanted to put her on baytril, but i asked for the bactrim for 3 weeks.

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LS in AK
Upside-down & Backwards

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:25 pm


No, no Baytril. You are right to go back to the Bactrim, especially since that seemed to help last time.

Any way you can get Ginger-pig in for a urine culture before starting ABs again? If there is no infection, then prognosis and treatment will be different (ie maybe cystitis) than if there is a confirmed UTI. The culture should also tell you which AB to use if an infection is present.

You also mentioned the sludge returned... Any idea what the trigger may be? Have you fed anything new or different in the past few days?

Also, what are you using for bedding, and how often are you changing it out?

I only ask because I had a sow with recurrent UTIs/incontinence, and what finally got rid of the problem was throwing her old litter box away and getting her a new one. By then, she'd been on so many heavy ABs for so long that we'd destroyed her gut flora, and all we needed to do was get a new litter box and keep it squeaky clean. Not dose her for months on Bactrim and chloramphenicol.

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meganmarie

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:58 pm


Image

This is the cage. There mostly on fleece, but they have a 'kitchen' area. They have pellet bedding in their bathroom, with usually a layer of half-eaten, pee-d on hay. I usually clean it out ever week(saturday-saturday), but i clean their pads every day.

I'm glad that you thought the bactrim was the right choice.

When i mentioned 'sludge' i meant the pee dribbling out. Sorry, i used the wrong term...

Right now, it sounds crazy, but i'm unable to make it to the vets because of timing. My uncle passed away yesterday, And i have to take my boyfriend to the hospital to get a tumor removed on friday. I could take her to the vet to get cultured next week, but it will have to wait until next week. It seems pigs always know when life is hell, because it's the time they decide to get sick. *Sigh*

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:01 pm


That is a cute cage, meganmarie! I like the two pigs with glowing eyes staring down the third!

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jacqueline

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:18 pm


Very cute cage! I know the feelings when there's suddenly too much to do and too little time! Fingers crossed.

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meganmarie

Post   » Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:23 pm


Thank you guys. : )

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