Gem in pembrokeshire
Warren Scout
About three weeks ago, Roxy one of my house buns had an accident in the lounge, (weed) As this was highly unusual for her i took her to the vets for a check up.
About from that she appeared well and full of life. On taking her to the vet a blood sample was taken to find that she was actually having problems with her kidneys. Her urea levels were within the normal limits however on the upper side of the range, but her creatine levels were considered to be high. My vet prescribed some fortekor tablets, half a tablet once a day.
She's brilliant taking them it really surprized me. I hold the tablet with a pair of tweezers and pop it into the back of her mouth and she'll happily chew it all up.
I took her to the vet again last friday to re check her bloods, (by this point she's been on the tablets for a fortnight so we should of seen a improvement) Plus i was completely happy that she was taking her tablets as she should do.
The test now showed that both her urea and creatine levels were high. The creatine level had actually increased slightly by two points. And she's actually lost a little weight in the past fortnight.
We lost Bonny in september to what we believe was ec, my other two buns were treated with lapizole as a precaution. I even treated them for longer than the 28 day period as i decided to finish what was left in the bottles.
Roxy has had a snotty nose very occasionally, but whilst on the lapizole it cleared up. However it's come back, it's not contantly running, neither is it wet. It's just a odd snotty sneeze every fews days.
Because of this she's now being treated with some baytril, so hopefully that will sort it out. We've been told to continue with the fortekor tablets and my vet also gave her a steroid injection to support her kidneys. we've now got an appointment for the 22nd of december to recheck her bloods!!
I really don't know what else to do, she's looks so well you wouldn't really know that she's ill. My husband and are constantly paranoid that we're going to loose her. We went out the other night and all i could think of was that i was going to come home and she'd be gone.
I've finished work to be on maternity leave as my baby is due on the 24th of december, so i'm able to keep an eye on her. But i'm so worried that as she's unwell and and the baby is due very shortly that i won't be in the position to do all i can. I'm looking forward to having the baby but i must be honest that when i loose one of my pets it effects me quite badly and i need time to grieve. I just hope that we've caught it in time and we don't end up losing her at the same time as greeting our new baby into the world. I'll have so many emotions and hormones running around my body that it'll really hard to deal with.
I've been told that dandelions are good for renal function but as its december theres none of them about, does anyone know of where i can get dried one's or if there's anything else i can do to help her!!
Sorry this is such a long post, I hope that your able to absorb the information!!
About from that she appeared well and full of life. On taking her to the vet a blood sample was taken to find that she was actually having problems with her kidneys. Her urea levels were within the normal limits however on the upper side of the range, but her creatine levels were considered to be high. My vet prescribed some fortekor tablets, half a tablet once a day.
She's brilliant taking them it really surprized me. I hold the tablet with a pair of tweezers and pop it into the back of her mouth and she'll happily chew it all up.
I took her to the vet again last friday to re check her bloods, (by this point she's been on the tablets for a fortnight so we should of seen a improvement) Plus i was completely happy that she was taking her tablets as she should do.
The test now showed that both her urea and creatine levels were high. The creatine level had actually increased slightly by two points. And she's actually lost a little weight in the past fortnight.
We lost Bonny in september to what we believe was ec, my other two buns were treated with lapizole as a precaution. I even treated them for longer than the 28 day period as i decided to finish what was left in the bottles.
Roxy has had a snotty nose very occasionally, but whilst on the lapizole it cleared up. However it's come back, it's not contantly running, neither is it wet. It's just a odd snotty sneeze every fews days.
Because of this she's now being treated with some baytril, so hopefully that will sort it out. We've been told to continue with the fortekor tablets and my vet also gave her a steroid injection to support her kidneys. we've now got an appointment for the 22nd of december to recheck her bloods!!
I really don't know what else to do, she's looks so well you wouldn't really know that she's ill. My husband and are constantly paranoid that we're going to loose her. We went out the other night and all i could think of was that i was going to come home and she'd be gone.
I've finished work to be on maternity leave as my baby is due on the 24th of december, so i'm able to keep an eye on her. But i'm so worried that as she's unwell and and the baby is due very shortly that i won't be in the position to do all i can. I'm looking forward to having the baby but i must be honest that when i loose one of my pets it effects me quite badly and i need time to grieve. I just hope that we've caught it in time and we don't end up losing her at the same time as greeting our new baby into the world. I'll have so many emotions and hormones running around my body that it'll really hard to deal with.
I've been told that dandelions are good for renal function but as its december theres none of them about, does anyone know of where i can get dried one's or if there's anything else i can do to help her!!
Sorry this is such a long post, I hope that your able to absorb the information!!
