oscarbunny
Warren Veteran
Some of you may know that my four year old guinea pig had a bladder stone removed in February that was quite large and blocking her urethra. She recovered very well and very quickly. Her urine was milky and gritty. I changed her diet completely and removed all vegetables high in calcium. They made a small incision to remove the bladder stone (so small that it didn't require stitches).
A couple of days ago, I noticed that she looked as though she had another. So I took her to be checked out and they thought that she did. So she was operated on this morning. They 'flushed' them out this time and they managed to remove several very small stones. They said that this may have been blocking the urethra as a build up. She is recovering well at the moment. I still have the larger original stone and we are going to send that off for analysis to see whether it is calcium or potassium or something else.
I have some questions that I have posted on the guinea pig forum, however I haven't had many responses.
I wondered first of all if eating grass from the lawn could contribute to the development of bladder stones. I have the guinea pigs on the grass for around 3-4 hours a day and they eat loads of it.
My second question is... would this diet plan be any good
http://www.store2go.net/shop/planetguinea/ratewatchersrainbowdiet.pdf
I know very little about what I should now be feeding her.
Any advice that anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
A couple of days ago, I noticed that she looked as though she had another. So I took her to be checked out and they thought that she did. So she was operated on this morning. They 'flushed' them out this time and they managed to remove several very small stones. They said that this may have been blocking the urethra as a build up. She is recovering well at the moment. I still have the larger original stone and we are going to send that off for analysis to see whether it is calcium or potassium or something else.
I have some questions that I have posted on the guinea pig forum, however I haven't had many responses.
I wondered first of all if eating grass from the lawn could contribute to the development of bladder stones. I have the guinea pigs on the grass for around 3-4 hours a day and they eat loads of it.
My second question is... would this diet plan be any good
http://www.store2go.net/shop/planetguinea/ratewatchersrainbowdiet.pdf
I know very little about what I should now be feeding her.
Any advice that anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.