Cystitis diagnosis - help!
Little update on Hawkes - she is loving life, entirely recovered and seemed the same before the antibiotics (although I'm still giving them to her). Literally no idea what was up if I'm honest. Maybe it'll come back and all make sense?? But I'm enjoying the peace and the happy piggy in the meantime!
Well, vets couldn't really suggest everything as we have realistically been through everything and nothing has worked. Her periods of wetness have come and gone so it's definitely occasional and the vet is sticking with her diagnosis of IC.
Her bum is extremely painful for her at the moment every time she poops (which, as we know, is often) and it looks a little ulcerated. I'm reluctant to take her back to the vets as it deeply stresses her and the opiates they gave her before didn't help (and probably hindered). So I'm going to continue to apply the silver sulfradine and give her a high dose metacam and hope for the best. Also trying not to worry about the fact that her cagemate and sister is actually being nice to her, which does NOT happen in normal circumstances.
Anyway. She's still with us and worrying me terribly!
Her bum is extremely painful for her at the moment every time she poops (which, as we know, is often) and it looks a little ulcerated. I'm reluctant to take her back to the vets as it deeply stresses her and the opiates they gave her before didn't help (and probably hindered). So I'm going to continue to apply the silver sulfradine and give her a high dose metacam and hope for the best. Also trying not to worry about the fact that her cagemate and sister is actually being nice to her, which does NOT happen in normal circumstances.
Anyway. She's still with us and worrying me terribly!
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
I am sorry you are still struggling with this.
When you say her bum is extremely painful for her and looks a little ulcerated, does this look at all like urine scald?
https://www.guinealynx.info/urine_scald.html
A baby product like Desitin, Balmex, Desinex, or a similar ointment can really provide a good barrier to urine scald. And painful pooping, I take it she has had xrays and they have not revealed stones?
When you say her bum is extremely painful for her and looks a little ulcerated, does this look at all like urine scald?
https://www.guinealynx.info/urine_scald.html
A baby product like Desitin, Balmex, Desinex, or a similar ointment can really provide a good barrier to urine scald. And painful pooping, I take it she has had xrays and they have not revealed stones?
Sadly it looks way worse than urine scald or indeed how it has looked previously... Pictures would be pretty gross to share, I am on the verge of taking her to the vet in case some antibiotics might help, but it's a really hard decision as she has literally no tolerance for stress, and frequently stops eating just because I've taken her to the vet. At present she is still eating, drinking and moving around normally, although yelping in pain frequently :( :( :(
- Sef
- I dissent.
Yelping in pain is not good, especially if she's already on a high dose of Metacam (how much?). Ditto either oral or topical antibiotics (with caution) for that skin condition. If you need to take her in, see if your vet could let you come early in the morning before the clinic gets too busy and noisy, or at the end of the day when most everyone else has left. I've had to do that with some of my more skittish guys and it has helped somewhat.