candi9
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My bunny, Bunz is 11.5 years old. She has had a history of sludge when she was younger (4-5 years), never anything serious, just some dry pee coming out for a half a day or so that would resolve itself.
I transitioned her to more veggies, no pellets, and more exercise. Problem seemed to go away. At 9 years old, she lost about a pound, and a vet recommended that maybe I give her a little pellets each day to help her maintain weight. I have been doing that and have gotten a bit lax about exercise and on some days don't give fresh veggies.
About 5 days ago I noticed tiny poop, and very frequent urination, along with a sore bottom and some fur missing. Took her to vet and her xrays shows her bladder is very large (she said at least 2x normal) and entirely full of calcium sludge or stones, she said she cannot tell if there are any stones in there or if it's all sludge.
Since then I've been giving NO pellets, some grass and lots of fresh veggies low in Calcium. Trying to get her to move around more also to mix it around. We decided against surgery for now due to her age. She's on pain meds and antibiotics now. Her first subq fluid treatment was yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on frequency of subq fluids and also how much to administer to be most effective? She weighs 4 lbs. Also, any other tips? She still has tiny poos and I'm monitoring closely as well as how much she is eating and drinking.
Thank you so much for any advice. I'm a mess and I really want to try my best to fix her.
I transitioned her to more veggies, no pellets, and more exercise. Problem seemed to go away. At 9 years old, she lost about a pound, and a vet recommended that maybe I give her a little pellets each day to help her maintain weight. I have been doing that and have gotten a bit lax about exercise and on some days don't give fresh veggies.
About 5 days ago I noticed tiny poop, and very frequent urination, along with a sore bottom and some fur missing. Took her to vet and her xrays shows her bladder is very large (she said at least 2x normal) and entirely full of calcium sludge or stones, she said she cannot tell if there are any stones in there or if it's all sludge.
Since then I've been giving NO pellets, some grass and lots of fresh veggies low in Calcium. Trying to get her to move around more also to mix it around. We decided against surgery for now due to her age. She's on pain meds and antibiotics now. Her first subq fluid treatment was yesterday. Does anyone have any advice on frequency of subq fluids and also how much to administer to be most effective? She weighs 4 lbs. Also, any other tips? She still has tiny poos and I'm monitoring closely as well as how much she is eating and drinking.
Thank you so much for any advice. I'm a mess and I really want to try my best to fix her.
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