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Sleep well my darling Rolo

Roly Poly

Roly Poly

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Please, please can Rolo have some special RU vibes.

He was a bit off yesterday, weeing outside his tray and it was a strange colour so took him to the vet - he was given some pain relief and some abx for a urine infection.

He didn't pick up last night, refused his tea and this morning, he looked uncomfortable. Took him back to the vet who examined him further and said she felt a mass in his tummy which seemed to be causing him pain. He had more pain relief and they admitted him for a scan. He's now had a scan and X-ray and they think it's bladder sludge. They're going to try and release the sludge via a catheter. To be honest, they've said so much, I can hardly take it all in.

I'm desperately worried about my boy, so any vibes would be so much appreciated, as would any experience on this kind of problem.

Thanks xx
 
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Oh bless, trillions of healing vibes being sent to Rolo and gentle nose rubs. Hope he is soon on the mend. xx
 
So many poorly bunnies at the moment we have had our fair share this month and last :-(

Sending lots of Vibes for Rolo xxxxx
 
Thank you everyone - hubby has just spoken to the vet, they have been able to remove some sludge but the bladder is still inflamed, so we've given them the go ahead to open him up to investigate further.

I hope we're doing the right thing, I can't bear the thought of my baby being in pain, I just want to do what's right by him.

I'm so scared :cry:
 
Roly Poly said:
Please, please can Rolo have some special RU vibes.

He was a bit off yesterday, weeing outside his tray and it was a strange colour so took him to the vet - he was given some pain relief and some abx for a urine infection.

He didn't pick up last night, refused his tea and this morning, he looked uncomfortable. Took him back to the vet who examined him further and said she felt a mass in his tummy which seemed to be causing him pain. He had more pain relief and they admitted him for a scan. He's now had a scan and X-ray and they think it's bladder sludge. They're going to try and release the sludge via a catheter. To be honest, they've said so much, I can hardly take it all in.

I'm desperately worried about my boy, so any vibes would be so much appreciated, as would any experience on this kind of problem.

Thanks xx
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Poor lad :cry: The procedure should be relatively straight forward and Rolo will feel so much better once all the sludge has been removed. The Vet will probably want to keep him in for 24 hours to make sure he is weeing OK and that his GI tract is ticking over. Rolo will probably be on a long course of abx and a NSAID too. Hopefully the Vet will carefully explain how best to manage Rolo's diet from now on to try to minimise the risk of more bladder sludge problems.

Sending lots of vibes for your very special boy :love:
 
sending lots of vibes for rolo. my piggy ches had a really bad case of sludge and chronic cystitis because of it. really scary but he made a full recovery, and i hope that rolo will too with a long course of treatment. hugs x
 
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