Alex and the Redfoot
Well-Known Member
Points 2-4 are *guessings* that everything's okay. 5 is totally not true. Timely diagnostics of blockage, foreign bodies or smaller bladder stones, or any other anomalies might give you options other than surgery or an option for less invasive surgery. If there is a stone size of tennis ball - perhaps, euthanasia will be humane.Basically problem is, I am a student and my budjegt is tight. My parents still have some influence over my money matters, and my dad isn't convinced on the x-ray, he seems to be against it for now at least, these are his reasons:
1) X-rays are expensive, at least 100€ for 1-4 photos + some for the clinic visit
2) Edward pooped after all and was back to acting normal
3) He isn't convinced that this is related to the bladder stones. He thinks it was just caused by the coir and undigested food, possibly a tummy ache at worst
4) Edward had made one normal poop earlier that day and passed normal urates the previous day
5) Even though a x-ray was done, and it revealed something, there is no vet that could do anything, especially if surgery was needed. My dad basically thinks that x-ray is only needed when considering euthanasia.
Basically, even if there was a blockage revealed, would there be anything to do, as the vets around me only do soft tissue surgery? Would euthanasia be an option you would consider in my case if the x-ray revealed an blockage from the stones? I mean he is acting all normal and I don't want to give him a death sentence.
Here is a photo of the resulting poop from yesterday and the fibers I have been collecting from his substrate:
I understand, why your father is against X-ray. You can postpone it until symptoms arise again. If he is right and Edward was just impacted from excessive indigestible fibers - no problem. If it's something else, probably, it won't be too late.