Horrible wee :(

My other half finally gave in to me getting a 5th bun.

So I got a little lionhead, which I named Bruno.

When he first came to us he wouldnt eat or drink and eventually I got him drinking out of a bowl, but I cant get him to use his bottle.. (he is indoors).

He came out today for a run, and weed a little on the carpet, when I went to wipe it up, i noticed it was like a paste..

Is this because he isnt drinking much? Or something more serious

Its a very dark yellow and thick. x

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Dark yellow and thick is perfectly normal. My last few buns in the past 10 yr., are all like that.

Ah ok, I will keep an eye on it
I thought he might not be drinking enough.

so then hun, will bruno need a wife:lol::lol::lol:

lol now that would take alot of convincing with ant haha

Were going to try and bond him in as a trio, but if not then you know where I will come lol

We rescued poor little Bruno from his horrible brother, which a mate thought it was playing

actually it's not that normal.....It's called sludgy bladder and it means that he's either not drinking enough or he's eating too much calcium. Buns absorb all the calcium that they eat into their system and any that they don't need is filtered by the kidneys. Sludgy bladder can lead to kidney stones and other problems. His we should be liquid but which some faint streaks of calcium or a little cloudy......definately not like toothpaste. To sort it out:

(1) Make sure he's drinking as much as he needs to. If he's only drink from a bowl then let him have it. Change the water twice a day. putting something tasty in the water like a touch of apple or cranberry juice can bump up intake. Some people use the liquid that their veggies have cooked in (as long as you haven't used salt).

(2) Reduce his high calcium foods. These are:

Alfafa - Shouldn't have this at all
Most cabbage & spring greens - substitute for savoy
Spinach & kale
Lots of the chinese greens
parsley & carrot tops
water cress & mint
Rabbit pellets - Try and cut these down or switch to a lower caclium brand like oxbow t pellets.

Bump up intead his intake of mangetout, raddish, rocket, very dark lettuce, sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, peppers, tomaotes, most fruits. Brocolli & celery are middle of the range.

Thank you very much for all that information.

Ill see if I can improve it.