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  • 08-07-2018, 12:14 PM
    Skyrivers
    Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    My roommate just called and said that she noticed rainbow moving around and she was just watching her. Well she started to pee and then poop. She told me that as she was finishing up that what looked like a couple of drops of blood came out of her. I wrote them while waiting for my boss to call me back and give the go ahead to leave for the day. Called the vet and the quickest they can see her is Thursday but I can do an emergency visit right now. Will update after done at the vet office. Hope was a constipation issue and not something more serous.
  • 08-07-2018, 12:31 PM
    EL-Ziggy
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Hope your girl is A-OK Sky. Let us know how things turn out.
  • 08-07-2018, 12:59 PM
    dboeren
    Hope everything is OK.
  • 08-07-2018, 02:22 PM
    Bogertophis
    Save her feces for the vet to have a look at. Hope it's nothing serious or hard to treat, but I'd be as concerned as you are...ya gotta get it checked out. :gj:
  • 08-07-2018, 02:28 PM
    Skyrivers
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    I did. They r testing now. They took X-ray and all seams OK so far. No blood coming out from the time I picked her up. Checking for parasites and metabolic work up. The lab work will take a day or 2. She is acting normal.
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Save her feces for the vet to have a look at. Hope it's nothing serious or hard to treat, but I'd be as concerned as you are...ya gotta get it checked out. :gj:

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  • 08-07-2018, 02:43 PM
    Skyrivers
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Fecal is clean, no parasites. Might have been just a hard poop? The rest of the lab work will be in Thursday. She will be on newspaper for a couple of days to keep an eye on bleeding. She still has a nice lump from eating Sunday night. Hate I had to disturb her digesting. She was a trooper through all the poking and prodding he did to her. No attempts to bite. Just running as hard as she could.
  • 08-07-2018, 04:03 PM
    Craiga 01453
    Best wishes being sent your way. I'm glad the fecal came back clean, good luck on the rest.
    Keep us posted...
  • 08-07-2018, 07:08 PM
    Tigerhawk
    I’m sure everything will be ok. Please keep us updated on how things progress.
  • 08-07-2018, 09:53 PM
    Skyrivers
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Thanks. Will do.
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tigerhawk View Post
    I’m sure everything will be ok. Please keep us updated on how things progress.

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  • 08-07-2018, 10:12 PM
    Alter-Echo
    Hard urates can do that on occasion, hopefully it's just that.
  • 08-08-2018, 01:01 PM
    Skyrivers
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Got a call from the vet. So far everything is negative so the true cause is still a mystery. One test left and wont hear back till tomorrow. Getting a stool sample yesterday was easy. when the vet restrained her to check her out she let go of everything else she had. No sign of blood in it or in her cage this morning. She is hiding still digesting her meal from Sunday. Have a second visit tomorrow at 5 with the vet. Spending mad $$ but she is worth it.
  • 08-08-2018, 03:47 PM
    Craiga 01453
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Skyrivers View Post
    Got a call from the vet. So far everything is negative so the true cause is still a mystery. One test left and wont hear back till tomorrow. Getting a stool sample yesterday was easy. when the vet restrained her to check her out she let go of everything else she had. No sign of blood in it or in her cage this morning. She is hiding still digesting her meal from Sunday. Have a second visit tomorrow at 5 with the vet. Spending mad $$ but she is worth it.

    Thanks for the update. I'm hoping it was just a fluke thing and she is all good. Please let us know as you hear more.
  • 08-08-2018, 03:56 PM
    Bogertophis
    Do snakes get hemorrhoids? (I guess we'll find out?)
  • 08-09-2018, 08:08 AM
    Skyrivers
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Second vet appointment today to get test results from blood work. Will be at 5pm my time.
  • 08-10-2018, 08:49 AM
    Skyrivers
    Re: Got a call about Rainbow from my roommate. Heading home.
    Ok. So we went back for the blood work results. No contributing factors. Everything came back healthy.

    So no parasites, none thing showed up on Ultra Sound, no UTI, as far as we can tell or guess is that she strained to hard to get it out? Everything looks good down there and when she pissed on the doctor everything was clear. The doctor did say she was a little dehydrated and to give her a good swim a couple of times a week. I do make sure she has access to lots of water but is to small for her to swim in at this point. She does love her time in the bathtub when I put her in there. Might schedule weekly soakings for her. I did ask about injecting water in her food and the doctor said that was not necessary and that the soakings should help. Her humidity in her enclosure is in the 60 to 65 percent range so that is not the issue. I check it with to hydrometers. Can't force her to drink. LOL. Took her home and let her have a good swim. Once I returned her to her enclosure she was behaving hungry. Keep in mind she eat a large Guinea Pig Sunday. The lump was gone and after she pooped in protest at the vets office she might be done digesting it already. WOW is all I can say. The last one kept her satisfied for 3 weeks. I am holding off till Sunday and might offer her a smaller meal of some kind. Most likely a small chicken.

    Even though my pockets are over $400.00 lighter, I don't regret getting he checked out. Love my girl. The US did show follicles in there. The doctor scanned everything and just mentioned it. No desire to breed her and she is to young and small to do so safely.

    Love my Rainbow.
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