Some background, maybe relevant: The last week I've been home sick, so I haven't been able to go to the supermarket to get fresh veggies for Miyo. Usually she gets a cup of veg a day, but she had to go without for about 5 days. (sorry baby girl! 
) During that period I noticed she drank more water than usual, but I figured it was because she wasn't getting wet veg. She was peeing normally through all this time.
Well yesterday I finally managed to pop by the supermarket as just they were closing up and with luck and some begging, scored a bag of watercress, one of her favourite veggies. I gave her a cup of it, which she happily ate, then I put her back in her bachelorette pad and went to bed.
Today when I let her out, she again hopped straight to her water bowl and had a very long drink. Besides that she was acting normal and everything, eating pellets enthusiastically and nibbling on hay. Then an hour later, she went into her litterbox (she normally hardly goes in there except for a few seconds at a time to pee) and sort of sat there for a few minutes in tail-up peeing position. Usually I can hear the sound of water hitting the litter, but this time I couldn't. I kept watching her and after ages she hopped out, and I saw a tiny little wet spot, less than half the size of her usual pee!
It did not look sludgey or an unusual color, but with wood pellet litter it's hard to tell.
Anywho that freaked me out. I know one reason rabbits can have pee trouble is too much calcium, and watercress is quite high in calcium. She has never had trouble with watercress before, but could this have anything to do with her body adjusting to no veggies in the days before yesterday? Is she now intolerant of veggies and I have to slowly reintroduce them like to a baby?
In any case, if I stop giving her watercress will she get better on her own or do I need some sort of calcium-flushing meds? Or could the problem be something else entirely unrelated to the watercress?
Any help is appreciated! Sorry for the long post...
) During that period I noticed she drank more water than usual, but I figured it was because she wasn't getting wet veg. She was peeing normally through all this time.Well yesterday I finally managed to pop by the supermarket as just they were closing up and with luck and some begging, scored a bag of watercress, one of her favourite veggies. I gave her a cup of it, which she happily ate, then I put her back in her bachelorette pad and went to bed.
Today when I let her out, she again hopped straight to her water bowl and had a very long drink. Besides that she was acting normal and everything, eating pellets enthusiastically and nibbling on hay. Then an hour later, she went into her litterbox (she normally hardly goes in there except for a few seconds at a time to pee) and sort of sat there for a few minutes in tail-up peeing position. Usually I can hear the sound of water hitting the litter, but this time I couldn't. I kept watching her and after ages she hopped out, and I saw a tiny little wet spot, less than half the size of her usual pee!
It did not look sludgey or an unusual color, but with wood pellet litter it's hard to tell.
Anywho that freaked me out. I know one reason rabbits can have pee trouble is too much calcium, and watercress is quite high in calcium. She has never had trouble with watercress before, but could this have anything to do with her body adjusting to no veggies in the days before yesterday? Is she now intolerant of veggies and I have to slowly reintroduce them like to a baby?
In any case, if I stop giving her watercress will she get better on her own or do I need some sort of calcium-flushing meds? Or could the problem be something else entirely unrelated to the watercress?
Any help is appreciated! Sorry for the long post...
