Is this normal rabbit pee

[abbigail10398]

Hi I have s one year old female outdoor rabbit and I was wondering if this is normal pee or if it could be bladder slugg? She has not had anything unusual to eat lately. She eats pellets hay and some veggies ever couple days. Thanks

 

[JBun]

It's hard to tell, but if it looks like thick calcium deposits then it is bladder sludge, which would mean a change of diet is likely needed before it builds up in the bladder and you need to take your bun to the vet. What exact type of pellets, hay, and veggies do you feed?
https://rabbit.org/bladder-disease-and-bladder-stones-in-the-rabbit/

 

[abbigail10398]

It's hard to tell, but if it looks like thick calcium deposits then it is bladder sludge, which would mean a change of diet is likely needed before it builds up in the bladder and you need to take your bun to the vet. What exact type of pellets, hay, and veggies do you feed?
https://rabbit.org/bladder-disease-and-bladder-stones-in-the-rabbit/

Thanks. I feed unlimited Timothy hay, and her veggies are usually celery romain lettuce, kale and cilantro. And this is the exact pellets she eats

 

[JBun]

I would suggest changing pellets to a timothy based pellet. They are more expensive, but they are lower in calcium(and cheaper than a vet bill). I would feed 1/4-1/2 cup a day, per 5 lbs of body weight. Pellet changes are best done slowly to give the rabbits digestion time to adapt to the new food and minimize digestive upset. Start with a small amount of the new pellets and decrease the same amount of the old pellets, then each day very gradually increase new/decrease old, until after at least two weeks they are completely changed over.

You may also need to remove the kale from the diet as that is a high calcium veg. If those things don't clear it up enough you may need to reduce pellet amounts even more or remove them altogether and just free feed timothy hay and low calcium veg/greens. If you remove pellets from the diet I would suggest providing a salt lick so your bun can get the needed sodium in her diet, and monitor body weight and condition to make sure she can maintain a healthy weight on this diet. I had a bladder sludge prone bun and he did very well on a no pellet, free fed timothy hay, low calcium veg diet.
https://rabbit.org/lowering-blood-calcium/

I would also suggest a living environment that encourages hopping up and down off of things, as this can help churn up the bladder contents and prevent calcium sediment settling in there and building up to cause a problem.