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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 08:32:48 PM »
Oh, and I can still let her dust bathe right?
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 08:32:15 PM »
I'll try to give yogurt when I can because I work in the day and go to sleep pretty early. I can definitely do it on weekends though. I'll try to find a different probiotic to fill in for yogurt if I can. Also, how long until the meds kick in? I gave her the first around 8:30 pm (eastern) so it's been around 3 hours so far.
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 07:53:10 PM »
Okay, thanks!!As a probiotic I heard I could use yogurt? Is that true?
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 06:54:16 PM »
The bottle says 22 but they probably just rounded it. Not sure.
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 06:45:55 PM »
Just have her first dose! Not sure how much actually went into her mouth though lol
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 06:12:13 PM »
Alright. The bottle also says 22 mg/ml. What does that mean?
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 05:42:42 PM »
Also, I've heard about the Critical Care? What is that and where could I get it if need be? Should I keep the cranberry juice in the waterer or use just plain water?
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 05:40:41 PM »
Alright thanks! I'll try to spot clean the cage daily and wash the fleece within a few days. Could the flavoring be what made me think the dosage was upped a little?
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 16, 2014, 03:06:39 PM »
I contacted the vet that I got the meds from and they said they followed the directions that an exotic vet specialist told them. The baytril is flavored with vanilla butternut they said.
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 15, 2014, 06:47:55 PM »
Oh, okay. Not sure where to go from here. Would it be okay to give her a small dosage like .15 cc or none at all?
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 15, 2014, 06:39:33 PM »
I've consulted a few exotic/chin vets and am awaiting replies. Just wondering if there was an average amount for medium sized chins.
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 15, 2014, 03:42:01 PM »
I've looked up other baytril doses and it looks like .4 is a lot more than it should be? I've seen doses like .15 and .25...
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 15, 2014, 03:31:05 PM »
Yes, she does groom a lot down there and I was wondering what the grinding sound was. She does it right after, too. The vet gave me baytril to give twice daily (.4CC) and meloxidyl (2 lb. dose daily). Wondering why there's 2 meds? I had someone else pick the meds up for me (had to work).
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 14, 2014, 06:36:56 PM »
I haven't noticed any swelling and no pus at all. I've read online somewhere before that sometimes heavier chins seem to get yellow stained more (and she is big.) Since she's sleeping a lot in the day time she could be waking up to pee and then going back to sleep so the pee soaks into her fur. Since it's been about 2 weeks since I first noticed this, wouldn't it have gotten worse if it was an infection? I'm kinda now leaning more towards pee stains since in the previous cage I used bedding and they always peed in one spot and the bedding soaked the urine up quickly.
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Health / Re: Urine on fur- underside/legs?
« on: September 14, 2014, 05:28:36 PM »
Thanks for the info(: I'm not really sure what to do. I did put the cranberry juice back into the water and I felt around the cage for wet spots. There are a few, but I assume they dry within half an hour or so. I also wash the fleece weekly. I checked the yellowing again, and it's barely wet, it just looked wet. I wiped it with the baby wipes and a little did come off. With UTIs is there usually vulva swelling? Because if so, I remember the vet saying she didn't have any.