equine623
06-14-2011, 11:58 AM
Hi everyone, I did a search but didn't find anything like this so...
My approximately 4 month old NR male eastern grey suddenly, as in this morning, started urinating blood. I don't mean the urine has a reddish tinge. I mean there was a puddle of bright red blood.
I've had him for about 3 months, came into rehab orphaned with the rest of his litter. Non releasable due to severe jaw misalignment. Also had no use of his front leg, although that has resolved.
Because of the tooth issues he eats ground rodent block mixed with either water or fox valley to make a gruel. He also eats chopped green beans, broccoli, tomato, etc sometimes he gets a tiny bit of strawberry to gnaw on.
He lives in a 4' high cage, 3' wide, 18" deep. He has plenty of shelves and branches to climb on, has never fallen. Comes out only when I'm here to supervise, didn't get into anything or been attacked by any animals.
I can't imagine an animal this young having severe enough kidney or bladder stones to cause this much bleeding, although I suppose its possible. There has been no trauma that I know of, no reason to suspect anything is ruptured. And there is no visible bruising on his abdomen to point to trauma. He complains when I hold him still and examine him - but that's normal for him, and it is his normal vocalizing not anything higher pitched or louder or longer to indicate he's in pain. A UTI rarely shows up with that much frank blood. So I'm at a total loss!
He was his normal self this morning, leaping onto me and using me at his tree. Ate breakfast normally. Poop is totally normal too! Normal color, formed normally - no vomiting that I've seen. He just ate a few bites of lunch then went back to bed, which is odd for him. But otherwise, no obvious symptoms.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I suspect at this point I'm looking for a vet to euthanize him, such a rapid onset and such severe symptoms are not a good sign usually. Is there anything I've done wrong to have caused this?
Thanks for any help :(
Jill, CVT
My approximately 4 month old NR male eastern grey suddenly, as in this morning, started urinating blood. I don't mean the urine has a reddish tinge. I mean there was a puddle of bright red blood.
I've had him for about 3 months, came into rehab orphaned with the rest of his litter. Non releasable due to severe jaw misalignment. Also had no use of his front leg, although that has resolved.
Because of the tooth issues he eats ground rodent block mixed with either water or fox valley to make a gruel. He also eats chopped green beans, broccoli, tomato, etc sometimes he gets a tiny bit of strawberry to gnaw on.
He lives in a 4' high cage, 3' wide, 18" deep. He has plenty of shelves and branches to climb on, has never fallen. Comes out only when I'm here to supervise, didn't get into anything or been attacked by any animals.
I can't imagine an animal this young having severe enough kidney or bladder stones to cause this much bleeding, although I suppose its possible. There has been no trauma that I know of, no reason to suspect anything is ruptured. And there is no visible bruising on his abdomen to point to trauma. He complains when I hold him still and examine him - but that's normal for him, and it is his normal vocalizing not anything higher pitched or louder or longer to indicate he's in pain. A UTI rarely shows up with that much frank blood. So I'm at a total loss!
He was his normal self this morning, leaping onto me and using me at his tree. Ate breakfast normally. Poop is totally normal too! Normal color, formed normally - no vomiting that I've seen. He just ate a few bites of lunch then went back to bed, which is odd for him. But otherwise, no obvious symptoms.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I suspect at this point I'm looking for a vet to euthanize him, such a rapid onset and such severe symptoms are not a good sign usually. Is there anything I've done wrong to have caused this?
Thanks for any help :(
Jill, CVT