Nela
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, would you mind giving me some advice?
A while back, I noticed that Crumble's pee puddles were quite large. They seemed larger than I ever remembered any bunny peeing. Since he was otherwise healthy, I decided I would monitor it.
Crumble has always had a voracious appetite. Voracious in the sense that every time you feed him, he acts like a bunny that has been starved for days. At first I thought he was silly and called him a glutton, but since it's been an ongoing issue, I started getting concerned.
Two weeks ago, we got Crumble neutered and he acted like nothing ever happened so I was quite happy with that.
Now, come to yesterday... I went to clean his litterbox, only to find it absolutely saturated in urine. Not only was it saturated, it was super saturated. There was pee floating at the top. Now, he has a big litterbox with Yesterdays News type litter so I would think that is not an issue. Not only that, but his cage was absolutely covered in urine. The walls, the floor... Like if he had a spraying competition with several other males...
Obviously concerned by now, we took him to the vet's. I thought he had been losing weight (he felt slightly more bony than I remember) but it turns out he is at the exact same weight as before. Because he is active and the vet could see/feel nothing abnormal, she told us to take him home and watch him for a month. The fact that she would even want me to wait a month made me lose confidence in her. I asked if we should do a blood test, if that can give us any answers at all and she replied to me saying that it was possible but that she didn't know the normal values nor if they can do them themselves. This tells me that she is definitely not knowledgeable enough in rabbits to trust her fully on the matter.
Now my questions are:
- Am I panicking over nothing?
- Should I rush him for a full screening despite him acting normally aside from that?
- Is there anything that is coming to mind?
I am truly concerned about renal failure. The vet said that that is possible but that she expects that he would get lethargic. Since he's not, she seems to think it's nothing. What are your thoughts?
A while back, I noticed that Crumble's pee puddles were quite large. They seemed larger than I ever remembered any bunny peeing. Since he was otherwise healthy, I decided I would monitor it.
Crumble has always had a voracious appetite. Voracious in the sense that every time you feed him, he acts like a bunny that has been starved for days. At first I thought he was silly and called him a glutton, but since it's been an ongoing issue, I started getting concerned.
Two weeks ago, we got Crumble neutered and he acted like nothing ever happened so I was quite happy with that.
Now, come to yesterday... I went to clean his litterbox, only to find it absolutely saturated in urine. Not only was it saturated, it was super saturated. There was pee floating at the top. Now, he has a big litterbox with Yesterdays News type litter so I would think that is not an issue. Not only that, but his cage was absolutely covered in urine. The walls, the floor... Like if he had a spraying competition with several other males...
Obviously concerned by now, we took him to the vet's. I thought he had been losing weight (he felt slightly more bony than I remember) but it turns out he is at the exact same weight as before. Because he is active and the vet could see/feel nothing abnormal, she told us to take him home and watch him for a month. The fact that she would even want me to wait a month made me lose confidence in her. I asked if we should do a blood test, if that can give us any answers at all and she replied to me saying that it was possible but that she didn't know the normal values nor if they can do them themselves. This tells me that she is definitely not knowledgeable enough in rabbits to trust her fully on the matter.
Now my questions are:
- Am I panicking over nothing?
- Should I rush him for a full screening despite him acting normally aside from that?
- Is there anything that is coming to mind?
I am truly concerned about renal failure. The vet said that that is possible but that she expects that he would get lethargic. Since he's not, she seems to think it's nothing. What are your thoughts?