[Gpdd] health-antibiotics

rzm.2 at juno.com rzm.2 at juno.com
Thu Apr 28 17:13:26 EDT 2005


Hi all! Well it's been a tough 48 hours for us. On Tues. night I had Albert out for floor time and when he peed I noticed there was a spot of blood in it. He peed once more clear, and then with the blood again. I had my husband hold him and I looked in him and he had little pieces of shavings stuck up inside him. I gently removed what I saw, and worried all night of course. Wed. morning when I got up I checked him again and there were more shavings stuck in there and he even had some pieces stuck up in the tip of his penis. I removed them again and the 1 piece had a red tinge at the tip, so I called the vet right away. The vet did a complete "head to butt" exam as he called it. Everything looked good except they rolled back the skin around his anal sac and penis and he was just filled with shavings. The vet wasn't sure how he got so many up there, but they used several swabs and got everything out. The vet said his penis looked irritated from having all those pieces of shaving up there. He gave him Baytril to ward off any infection from being cut up in there. Here's my worry now: Should I have him on probiotics while he's on the antibiotic? If so what should I use, how much, and where do I get it? I take Acidophilus for my stomach and if I cut open the capsule there is this jelly like stuff in there. Should I give him some of that? If so how much and stuff? Sorry this is so long, I'm just an obsessive piggie mom. If anyone can help please e-mail me either personally on on the digest. Thanks!
-Jaime & a grateful Albert =)
P.S.- Albert is now happily playing in CAREFRESH bedding that cannot get stuck anywhere!




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