Lottie999
Warren Scout
Evening RU It's been a while since I've been here, but I knew just where to turn when I have bun-related issues
Bit of a back story first - Poppy has seemingly been passing blood in her urine in early October - vets believed she had an infection so put her on baytril for 3 weeks - this seemed to clear up the problem as the urine sample came back clear for any blood/protein.
However, on Saturday just gone she stared again, so whisked her back to the vet. She reccomended an ultrasound to check her bladder, and also gave me more baytril incase it was a recourrance of an infection. Now, Poppy is a resuce bun from (I know, its bad) a recycling website - I got her off my brother a year ago. He was told by her previous owners that she had been spayed, so I wasn't too worried it was uterine cancer causing the bleed.
However, the ultrasound results weren't good, and it was plain she hadn't been spayed at all. The vet carried out an emergency spay and told me her uterus was full of small tumours and it may have spread to her fatty tissue. The uterus has been sent for biopsy.
So, with all that, and Poppy's age of 6, I am just needing a few post op questions answered:
1. How soon can I handle her again?
2. It's been about 30 hours since her op - I havent seen her drink anything, although she is weeing. Her poops are small, dark and a little wet
3. Can you suggest anything to give her to encourage to drink? I've already tried apple juice in her water but she wont touch it - currently cooling some peppermint tea.
Thanks in advance for the advice boys and girls :wave:
Bit of a back story first - Poppy has seemingly been passing blood in her urine in early October - vets believed she had an infection so put her on baytril for 3 weeks - this seemed to clear up the problem as the urine sample came back clear for any blood/protein.
However, on Saturday just gone she stared again, so whisked her back to the vet. She reccomended an ultrasound to check her bladder, and also gave me more baytril incase it was a recourrance of an infection. Now, Poppy is a resuce bun from (I know, its bad) a recycling website - I got her off my brother a year ago. He was told by her previous owners that she had been spayed, so I wasn't too worried it was uterine cancer causing the bleed.
However, the ultrasound results weren't good, and it was plain she hadn't been spayed at all. The vet carried out an emergency spay and told me her uterus was full of small tumours and it may have spread to her fatty tissue. The uterus has been sent for biopsy.
So, with all that, and Poppy's age of 6, I am just needing a few post op questions answered:
1. How soon can I handle her again?
2. It's been about 30 hours since her op - I havent seen her drink anything, although she is weeing. Her poops are small, dark and a little wet
3. Can you suggest anything to give her to encourage to drink? I've already tried apple juice in her water but she wont touch it - currently cooling some peppermint tea.
Thanks in advance for the advice boys and girls :wave: