![](https://www.hamstercentral.com/community/images/hamstercentral/misc/spacer.gif) |
Navigation
|
Front Page |
Forum |
Gallery |
Wiki |
![Reply](https://www.hamstercentral.com/community/images/hamstercentral/buttons/reply.gif) |
05-07-2022, 11:59 AM
|
#1
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2021
Posts: 10
|
Possible blood in robo's pee?
I was cleaning out my year old roborovski's cage today and noticed that some of the peed on bedding was pinkish/red. I'm planning on booking her in to see the vets just to be on the safe side but does anyone know what this could be and whether its blood? I am thinking it could either be dehydration, blood, or colouring from a food she has had but I don't think she has eaten anything in the past week that could've caused this. She has a natural cage setup so I doubt that it could be dye off of an item but I'm not sure.
IMG-7044 — ImgBB
|
|
|
05-07-2022, 01:22 PM
|
#2
|
House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
Hard to say and best to get her checked by a vet.
|
|
|
05-07-2022, 01:33 PM
|
#3
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2021
Posts: 10
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ria P
Hard to say and best to get her checked by a vet.
|
thanks, I'm trying to get her booked within the next few days. Hopefully everything is okay
|
|
|
05-07-2022, 01:53 PM
|
#4
|
House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
Quote:
Originally Posted by sparxx
thanks, I'm trying to get her booked within the next few days. Hopefully everything is okay
|
I had the same happening with one of my dwarfs and took her to the vet. I also took a photo and showed it to them.
The vet put her on medication which cleared it up.
|
|
|
05-08-2022, 05:48 AM
|
#5
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 1
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
so can't say what it is as not a vet
but in my experience this could either be:
- urinary infection
( could be secondary to cushings which is the most common endocrine disease in dwarfs)
- tumour in bladder which can cause on and off bleeding, which won't be affected by the antibiotics that they give you
Keep me updated and I hope everything goes okay
|
|
|
07-20-2022, 05:06 AM
|
#6
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2021
Posts: 10
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wintergirl
so can't say what it is as not a vet
but in my experience this could either be:
- urinary infection
( could be secondary to cushings which is the most common endocrine disease in dwarfs)
- tumour in bladder which can cause on and off bleeding, which won't be affected by the antibiotics that they give you
Keep me updated and I hope everything goes okay
|
sorry for the lack of update its been months of vet visits to try and find an answer but here is what ended up happening. I first called the vets to make an appointment and they said i needed to be sure that it was in her pee so I spent a week monitoring her trying to see her actually pee red. I witnessed her do it and then made an appointment. At the first appointment the vet said it was likely a UTI so she was put onto baytril to clear it out. It cleared up for a few weeks and then went back to red so I tried to make a vets appointment but didn’t get one for several weeks. I finally managed to get an appointment and took her in and they put her under anaesthesia and told me that they found a massive lump and she likely had a large bladder stone which would need surgery to be removed.
I took her in 5 days later for the xray to determine what the lump was and for a referral to the hamster specialist for surgery. I had to leave her there and 9 hours later they told me that there was no lump and she was completely fine despite them being the ones to tell me there was a lump in the first place. I’m honestly not sure if I should get a second opinion or not but i will keep monitoring her to see if she continues bleeding and if she does I will be taking her straight to a different vets.
|
|
|
07-20-2022, 08:47 AM
|
#7
|
Hamster Antics
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 23,533
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
That is very confusing. So they anaesthetized her and found a massive lump (by just physical examination). But the x ray showed no lump. She's only a year old and female so the bleeding suggests bladder or uterine. I think I would get a second opinion with an exotic vet. I'd courteously ask the current vet for a slight fee refund as you only paid for the x ray because they said there was a lump, and then said they wasn't. They may give you a fee discount.
|
|
|
07-23-2022, 09:12 AM
|
#8
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2021
Posts: 10
|
Re: Possible blood in robo's pee?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Serendipity7000
That is very confusing. So they anaesthetized her and found a massive lump (by just physical examination). But the x ray showed no lump. She's only a year old and female so the bleeding suggests bladder or uterine. I think I would get a second opinion with an exotic vet. I'd courteously ask the current vet for a slight fee refund as you only paid for the x ray because they said there was a lump, and then said they wasn't. They may give you a fee discount.
|
I think thats a good plan, only problem is my nearest exotic vets is only open via referral from a different vets and is 2 hours away so I will try and convince them to refer me and partially refund, thank you
|
|
|
![Reply](https://www.hamstercentral.com/community/images/hamstercentral/buttons/reply.gif) |
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:43 AM.
|
|
![](https://www.hamstercentral.com/community/images/hamstercentral/misc/spacer.gif) |
|