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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Guinea pig urolithiasis</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/8984/guinea-pig-urolithiasis</link><description>Hey all, 

I recently had a guinea pig with 2 uroliths (one quite large - 1.5cm diameter).
Treated initially with meloxicam, trim/sulfas and reduction of dietary calcium - partly via supreme&amp;#39;s urinary rabbit pellets. Owner not keen for surgery but</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Re: Guinea pig urolithiasis</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/42742?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:29:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2fe4ef08-4bfb-42e2-9527-c8ed395dd057</guid><dc:creator>Sarah Keir</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;She probably passed the stones - even stones that you would consider too large to pass do come out of guinea pigs! I&amp;#39;m no expert but I&amp;#39;ve seen a couple over the past few years and dietry management doesn&amp;#39;t dissolve them and doesn&amp;#39;t prevent them from recurring! Somewhere in the back of my mind I remember reading an article from someone who removes them endoscopically - not something I fancy, the surgey works fine for me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sarah&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Guinea pig urolithiasis</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/42740?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:16:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:dd051adb-9d5a-4c53-93b9-20db349cc33d</guid><dc:creator>Richard Rice-Grubb</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Female, 3.5 years, entire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Guinea pig urolithiasis</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/42736?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:13:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f39ea7f0-3076-4dc5-849e-6d8d5548d99c</guid><dc:creator>Richard Saunders</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;male or female?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>