Trixie's Visit To The Vets.

Hey guys, if you follow me on twitter you may know that last night I notice that Trixie was poorly. Whilst changing the hay I noticed that her bum end was really bald, red and swollen! Now previously I had thought she had a UTI (urinary tract infection) because she was really wet around her bum like she had been weeing herself, so I cleaned her up and gave her a bath and she seemed to get better, she stopped being so wet anyway. Also she was really squeeky all last week, but I put that down to the fact she could smell grass and wanted a treat and when fed a treat she was fine.

So today I took her to the vet, all day she had pretty much been sitting in the same position not moving, eating or drinking I was really worried and had to wait till 5 to get her to the vet. Anyway, he examined her and said that basically she could have a UTI and that's what she's being treated for but also she could have stones. Now that's really quiet bad, and pretty common in guinea pigs. To find out whether she has stones though she needs an x-ray, which means she will have to be sedated and for anyone who has small animal will know, this is potentially dangerous as they may not wake up.

She's on Metacam & Baytril, and if she's no better by Saturday the vet said to bring her in that day because if its a UTI it should have cleared up a bit by then and if it hasn't then it's probably stones! 

I've got all my fingers and toes crossed that she gets better because I really don't want her to have to be sedated, she's only 3 so not too old but never the less it still carries risks.

This is what her bum looks like at the moment, a bit bald and soar. Just before I put her back in the cage with Amber she started bleed though, like a really gloopy kind of blood, worrying but I guess tonight is going to get worse before it gets better. I've given her one Metacam and one Baytril. I have to give two of one of them a day but I cant remember which one, Baytril I would imagine.

Look away if your about to have dinner!!!

 

While I was in Pets At Home at Companion Care I thought I would pick up a new carrier case thingy, I've been using a small cat one which to be quite honest with you is a right pain in the bum! We have a big one and a small one, but the big ones too big and the small one has stupid handles that fall out so you end up dropping whatever you have in there (Luckily I found this out when Tippy was in it and he didn't fall far). So I bought one for small animals, its quite small but when we take them somewhere they quite like to curl up together in the corner anyway so I figured it wouldn't really matter, plus their never in it for long! So here it is, I bought a grey one. It was actually broken, well I say broken I don't mean broken as in not fixable. The handles were backwards so basically you couldn't push them right down to get the lid up properly, anyway my boyfriend switched the handles and its fine now, they flap down and I can open the lid properly. I like it, its much easier to carry them around especially if I ever have to take them anywhere on my own I can just sit it on my lap instead of lugging a massive thing around! Very happy with my purchase and it was only £13 which I think is pretty good! Even if they handles were a bit confused.

Anyway, I will keep you all updated daily on how Trixie is doing! 

If your going through the same thing at the moment or have gone through the same thing the please leave a comment I would love to hear about your stories! 

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