purplebumble
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I am waiting for our vets to ring me but im terrified.
my 7 and a half years old rescue girlie has had a few bouts of cystitis with some bleeding. The day before yesterday her partner had ripped off a toenail. we thought that was the blood source. both seemed clear of blood...The dirty litter tray had a few small clots too.
Late last night i was cleaning them out and noticed more obviously fresh blood on bedding and on hay in tray on top of their poops. And some largeish clots. picked them out to examine them...he was fine but she was all blood stained fresh too. she has had a few nasty bouts of cystitis with blood drops but nothing like this.
I asked the vet could they tell where the blood was coming from...bladder or vagina or rectal.....he said no there was no test for that. Sincethe first bout..the more rabbit savvy vets there haveasked me if she had ever been spayed. she is a rescue rabbit and the people who handed her over said that she had been spayed.
But now it looks like maybe they lied.
Last night the litter tray the vet bedding..the corner of the cage....got blood..not drops but blood. i checked her partner as he had ripped a nail off and we thought it was him.
lifted her out andshe was covered in blood around her bladder etc and clots.
got her to our vets but one of the less bunny savvy ones there....examining her on the table blood pooled and massive dark clots the size of a big soft bunny poop fell out. Since the first bout august 2017 it was cystitis...that was how it was treated....but my first thought was typical uterine cancer symptom..head vet agreed and there is no way of telling unless they open her up. Last night the vet said her bladder was empty....kidneys felt ok. but he was concerned about not normal behind her kidneys. If this is vaginal its obviously uterine/ovarian cancer.
I asked could it be a bladder stone...no or blood couldnt flow like that. he said her bladder was empty and her kidneys felt fine. she is vaccinated against rvhd2 and was due to have the rvhd1 and myxi vaccine....so i panicked but have to put on brave face for my adult disabled basically bed bound daughter who also has severe anxiety and stress and possible ptsd.
my mum died of vaginal cancer that was always put down to bladder infection....bleeding as bad as a heavy period sometimes. docs misdiagnosed it was a slow growing cancer with good recovery rate....she didnt even get to live a year after remission. They told my mum it was cystitis....everytime as she had bladder issues...no way of testing it.
i saw on a thread here how a bunnys bleeding was tested to see if it was bladder/vaginal/rectal.
why do our vets say there is no way....just like my mum.....
The vet said he could feel something a bit odd behind her kidneys but couldn't say what. He said they will x ray her for stones...in case....but he is convinced she had not been spayed and the mass of blood and clots is textbook uterine cancer.
I know the vets wont be doing rounds till after clinic this morning...so i sit be the phone terrified she has died overnight. It has made me think every rescue bun i get in the future will have to be male or actually spayed by the rescue. so sad.
any others experience this?
my 7 and a half years old rescue girlie has had a few bouts of cystitis with some bleeding. The day before yesterday her partner had ripped off a toenail. we thought that was the blood source. both seemed clear of blood...The dirty litter tray had a few small clots too.
Late last night i was cleaning them out and noticed more obviously fresh blood on bedding and on hay in tray on top of their poops. And some largeish clots. picked them out to examine them...he was fine but she was all blood stained fresh too. she has had a few nasty bouts of cystitis with blood drops but nothing like this.
I asked the vet could they tell where the blood was coming from...bladder or vagina or rectal.....he said no there was no test for that. Sincethe first bout..the more rabbit savvy vets there haveasked me if she had ever been spayed. she is a rescue rabbit and the people who handed her over said that she had been spayed.
But now it looks like maybe they lied.
Last night the litter tray the vet bedding..the corner of the cage....got blood..not drops but blood. i checked her partner as he had ripped a nail off and we thought it was him.
lifted her out andshe was covered in blood around her bladder etc and clots.
got her to our vets but one of the less bunny savvy ones there....examining her on the table blood pooled and massive dark clots the size of a big soft bunny poop fell out. Since the first bout august 2017 it was cystitis...that was how it was treated....but my first thought was typical uterine cancer symptom..head vet agreed and there is no way of telling unless they open her up. Last night the vet said her bladder was empty....kidneys felt ok. but he was concerned about not normal behind her kidneys. If this is vaginal its obviously uterine/ovarian cancer.
I asked could it be a bladder stone...no or blood couldnt flow like that. he said her bladder was empty and her kidneys felt fine. she is vaccinated against rvhd2 and was due to have the rvhd1 and myxi vaccine....so i panicked but have to put on brave face for my adult disabled basically bed bound daughter who also has severe anxiety and stress and possible ptsd.
my mum died of vaginal cancer that was always put down to bladder infection....bleeding as bad as a heavy period sometimes. docs misdiagnosed it was a slow growing cancer with good recovery rate....she didnt even get to live a year after remission. They told my mum it was cystitis....everytime as she had bladder issues...no way of testing it.
i saw on a thread here how a bunnys bleeding was tested to see if it was bladder/vaginal/rectal.
why do our vets say there is no way....just like my mum.....
The vet said he could feel something a bit odd behind her kidneys but couldn't say what. He said they will x ray her for stones...in case....but he is convinced she had not been spayed and the mass of blood and clots is textbook uterine cancer.
I know the vets wont be doing rounds till after clinic this morning...so i sit be the phone terrified she has died overnight. It has made me think every rescue bun i get in the future will have to be male or actually spayed by the rescue. so sad.
any others experience this?