Bunnie passing blood

I wonder if anyone can help, this started last thursday. I have 2 rabbits they are sisters that we adopted about 3 and half years ago, they are about 7 years old now.They have been living in the house for about 6-8 weeks now ( they lived in the shed before)I bought them a new cage and a new toilet ( spoilt bunnies)Their old toilet was red so i never noticed if this has happened before.Last thursday was the first time i'd seen this blood it was also over the hay. I rang the vet who didn't have an appointment that evening but gave some advise, she said to take away their food as it could be that ( they were on russel rabbit) said it could be that they are not eating it all so to try pellet food, anyway left them eating just hay till sunday then got some pellet food(excel) this blood seemed to dissapear and i've just cleaned out the whole cage again with fresh hay and its there again. Scruffy is a happy bunnie and loves food and is drinking plenty comes out for a bit of excerise and doesn't seem unwell at all. Could this just be that she's in season ???? this would be the first time in 3 and half years i've seen this, sorry if this seems a dumb question but i've never had rabbits before i adopted these. Just wondering to take away the pellets again, has anyone else experienced this

Are you sure it's actual blood? because depending on what they have been eating rabbit wee can be really red/orangey/dark and blood looking, I thought Joejoe had been weeing blood once when he wee'd on a cushion and I showed the vet and he said it was just normal wee. If you suspect it is real blood then they need to be seen urgently by a vet so i would get an emergency appointment.

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paulinejoe said:

Are you sure it's actual blood? because depending on what they have been eating rabbit wee can be really red/orangey/dark and blood looking, I thought Joejoe had been weeing blood once when he wee'd on a cushion and I showed the vet and he said it was just normal wee. If you suspect it is real blood then they need to be seen urgently by a vet so i would get an emergency appointment.

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Is she spayed ? If not and if she is passing blood (as opposed to red urine) then she needs urgent Veterinary attention. An unspayed Doe of 7 is at a high risk of Uterine Cancer, one of the symptoms of which is passing blood.

If she is spayed and she is definitely passing blood then this still requires *examination* by a Vet as she may have a bladder infection or possibly uroliths (bladder stones). Personally I would want her seen by a Vet before Christmas.

Rabbits do not 'come into season' its now how bunnies sex lives work! The male mates with the female and only then does she have oestrus and become fertile - as a response to the mate.I would also never ever ever take food away from a rabbit - they need to constantly eat.
You may need to seek out a specialist 'exotics' (ie rabbit) vet - especially if an operation for cancer may be called for.
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Thanks for your advice everyone i've rang the vets and the earliest appointment is 9.40am tomorrow so she's booked in for then, its really weird cause scruffy shows no other signs of being unwell but i wouldn't let her suffer at all, and i wouldn't starve her, she still had hay to eat ( sorry i may not have explained that), thanks again, will post the outcome

Took scruffy this morning to the vets, she has given her 2 weeks supply of antibiotics( thats gonna be fun to give she hated it in the vets) to rule out any infection before going any further but then it'll be xrays and op's etc if we want to investigate further,so hopefully this will work, thanks for the advice everyone