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Dec 14, 2010 23:31:03 GMT
Post by lindalakota on Dec 14, 2010 23:31:03 GMT
One of my female Degu has all today been cheeping away to herself. Not an alarm call and no distress. Sounds like a singing bird. But not long ago when i was cleaning them all out i noticed that in one of the transport boxes i put the girls into there was a pink liquid left behind. I assumed it was blood and immediately checked the girls over to which i found nothing. I inspected the pink liquid closer and i just couldnt figure out what it could be as it is too pink to be bleeding. All i can use to describe it is cherryade! An hour or two later i have now noticed that there is traces of it in the cage now on the shelves in several spots. I can only assume now that it is in her urine and so i inspected her genitals to see if i could see any sign of the pink liquid. There is none but she does have a very pink and very slightly swollen genital area. More so than normal and i recall her paying attention to the specific area a couple of times during the day. Can anyone help at all? Im dumbfounded as to what this could be.
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Dec 14, 2010 23:43:04 GMT
Post by smux on Dec 14, 2010 23:43:04 GMT
Any way of quarantining her away from the others in a cleaned out location so you can be 100% sure it's coming from her? A transport box, perhaps? Whatever you do, line the floor with toilet tissue so you can get a proper look and also a sniff of it which might help us or a vet work out what it is. Red or pink urine may be from eating beetroot, does her diet contain any beetroot or do you feed her any dried beetroot as a treat? What food does she normally eat? Anything pertinent that you might have missed, like previous illnesses or something you noticed her doing (like her paying attention to the area when probably cleaning, as you mentioned)?
Even with more information I am little or no use in this situation, but perhaps other people will recognise this in their own experiences or have an idea based on the information I've asked about...unless some of the information I gave about beetroot has cleared it up and this is all a simple case of two symptoms that were nothing :-)
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Dec 14, 2010 23:51:06 GMT
Post by lindalakota on Dec 14, 2010 23:51:06 GMT
No beetroot no. She has been running around happily, ears up, still eating but hasnt been too keen on treats which is reeeeeally strange for her. I was looking through another post about a Degu bleeding. It may be possible she had contact with one of the boys as they managed to escape there cage during the night a week or so ago. It was a secure room so was not a major issue other than catching them! But the boys are in a seperate cage in the same room. Im sure the sneaky little things may have found a way in to the boys if they really wanted to. If so would that maybe explain the bleeding? Could she be pregnant if she is bleeding?!?
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Dec 14, 2010 23:59:56 GMT
Post by smux on Dec 14, 2010 23:59:56 GMT
Bleeding is a possible sign of pregnancy, although it is a sign of other things too. The other signs of pregnancy would be her being visibly larger and gaining nipples in the later stages (the weeks before her due date). However, the first sign would normally be her size LONG before anything would happen that could cause a bleed, and bleeding isn't a standard sign (so it doesn't always happen...in fact it rarely does)...so basically there's a 99% chance you would KNOW she was pregnant before this happened (it's possible there's just the one baby and they're small so she isn't big enough to notice much difference). Also, if one of the cages was locked and the other wasn't then it's unlikely that she'd have got pregnant unless both male and female got right up against the mesh...although you know their cages better than us, so if it is possible then maybe she is.
Question is what if she isn't...for now assume she isn't and try to find other explanations (with us, I mean...hopefully other people are around to give their thoughts)...hopefully we will find that either she is or it's something less of a problem than that.
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Dec 15, 2010 3:07:45 GMT
Post by deguconvert on Dec 15, 2010 3:07:45 GMT
I have no idea what to think of it. You've already ruled out the potential of beetroot in her food. All I can think of it to both watch her well and take her to a vet to be examined. If she shows more signs that are out of character for her, DO take to be looked at. Degus don't display their pain or illness, as it makes them more vulnerable to predators, so these little things may be very significant indications of trouble.
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marccc
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Dec 15, 2010 20:18:40 GMT
Post by marccc on Dec 15, 2010 20:18:40 GMT
hey guys,
I had the exact same thing with a guinepig, not sure if its the same but when i took her to the vet they said is was cystitus or sumin i cant remember what she said it was about 2 years ago, I got her to leave a bit on the laminate floor and scooped it into a cup wihta spoon, you wont need loads just enough to see the pink in the urine should do(i hope no one in my house reads this)
anyway, i took her to the vet witht the sample and the vet checked the urine against a chart, Gave her an injection (which she did squeek at) but them she was fine, iyt cleared up within a week and she was fine for many years to come !
think it cost liek £34 or £38 or something like that
scrap that just checked, it was called
Cystitis
just googled it
marc
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Dec 16, 2010 9:03:36 GMT
Post by smux on Dec 16, 2010 9:03:36 GMT
I googled degu cystitis and it returned this forum. The post was in June and was at deguworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=health&action=display&thread=6214&page=2 and also suggests Kidney stones and does the usual "beetroot?" too...might be an interesting read to read both pages though (second page is for someone else with a similar problem whose degu had cystitis). I am inclined to say take the degu to your local vet and ask them specifically just to sell you the antibiotics, it's unlikely to harm her and may clean the problem up...it's that or actually go to the vet with her.
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