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Can diabetes be checked in the same blood sample as renal function?
I'm a bit baffled by your advice Jason, the rabbit in question has absolutely no problem in urinating at all....it's the fact the litter trays (one on each level) are now constantly saturated (and the rabbit then pee's anywhere and everywhere else) and a giant water bottle is lasting just 2 days that is worrying me.
I have a pair of sisters with similar problems, kidney function etc is all fine, we still haven't got to the bottom of it :?
I'm a bit baffled by your advice Jason, the rabbit in question has absolutely no problem in urinating at all....it's the fact the litter trays (one on each level) are now constantly saturated (and the rabbit then pee's anywhere and everywhere else) and a giant water bottle is lasting just 2 days that is worrying me.
I was given the same advice by the same person when I had a problem with Graham drinking lots. Absolutely terrified me and Grahams cleared up with just some anti-biotics in the end.
I don't believe it's a UTI as the rabbit has been on various abx for nearly a year now, and as I said, isn't incontinent.
Maybe that's your answer then :?
i have been told that rabbit do not get DM, however if it is never tested for 'because' they don't get it, how do they know it is rare?
We wondered if it migh
They can get DM but it is rare and less straightforward to diagnose. More than one blood test is required I believe.
Can you explain why? I did wonder but had never heard of these symptoms in relation to antibiotic usage.
I dont know !!
I have read that sometimes a Rabbit who has a chronic bacterial infection will drink more. All tests may give no answers as to why and in the article I read it was suggested that the increased drinking *might* be an instinctive response -like flushing out toxins.
I think the article was by Dana Krempels but I cant for the life of me remember where I found it !!