~ILoveMyBunny~
Alpha Buck
Hello,
I was wondering if someone could please give me some advice as I am completely lost and don't know what to do.
Please don't judge the decisions I've made until you understand my reasons.
My beautiful girl is nearly 8yrs old. I got her when I was 11, and I had no idea at the time that it was important for does to be spayed to prevent cancer.
About ten months ago she had an 'accident' and urinated in the kitchen. Everything was normal until she got to the end, where there were two or three tiny drops of what I guessed might have been blood. It was pink and looked fresh. To cut a long story short, I went online and went through the panic that i'm sure every owner on here knows so well when they think something is wrong with their best friend. I am almost 100% certain that is is not 'red urine' (i.e a plant pigment). The only thing she has even close to that colour is a bit of carrot.
I went through it with my parents, and we decided to wait to see what happened. After a while we thought it had cleared up. Since then we've seen it several times, gone through the same panic, and somehow it seems to disappear (or reduce to being hardly detectable in some cases).
I thought it was over until two nights ago, when I saw it again. It's only ever been about two or three drops, and it is always at the end - after urination has ended.
I'm sure you're wondering why she's never been to a vet. There are many reasons, but I don't know if any were the right ones anymore.
Number one, it was hard for me to even find a vet in my area who deals with more than just cats and dogs. Number two, she's never been vaccinated (I know, I know - but again, it wasn't until a year or so ago that I knew she should have been), and she is terrified of dogs (which there are loads of in waiting rooms ect) So many things have happened over the past few months that my parents have been too stressed to deal with it. Also, financially we cannot afford the expensive vets bills. I am out of work at the moment, so my parents are paying the bills.
As I've said, she is my closest friend, she means everything to me. Despite her age, she will race me around the house every night. She's so playful, active and caring that you'd think she was a young kit. I can't lose her, she means so much to me. But I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I'm terrified the vet will put her under for an x-ray or something, and she'll never wake up.
I'm sorry for the long post. I'm in quite a panic at the moment and I just don't know what to do.
For those who don't want to read my whole post, i'll narrow things down:
She is unspayed and uninsured.
She has fresh, pink blood at the end of urination. Only one or two drops.
Oddly enough the blood seems to clear up if she has a bit of parsley each day.
No abnormal behaviour.
She does seem to strain a bit while urinating sometimes.
I don't know if it's relevant, but twice now she has had what we think is at least a mild form of GI stasis, though we have no idea why as her diet is fine and does not change suddenly. We've managed to get her through both by massaging her ect and she has returned to normal.
Thank you so much for you help and I am so, so sorry for the long post. I'm just worried.
~ILoveMyBunny~
I was wondering if someone could please give me some advice as I am completely lost and don't know what to do.
Please don't judge the decisions I've made until you understand my reasons.
My beautiful girl is nearly 8yrs old. I got her when I was 11, and I had no idea at the time that it was important for does to be spayed to prevent cancer.
About ten months ago she had an 'accident' and urinated in the kitchen. Everything was normal until she got to the end, where there were two or three tiny drops of what I guessed might have been blood. It was pink and looked fresh. To cut a long story short, I went online and went through the panic that i'm sure every owner on here knows so well when they think something is wrong with their best friend. I am almost 100% certain that is is not 'red urine' (i.e a plant pigment). The only thing she has even close to that colour is a bit of carrot.
I went through it with my parents, and we decided to wait to see what happened. After a while we thought it had cleared up. Since then we've seen it several times, gone through the same panic, and somehow it seems to disappear (or reduce to being hardly detectable in some cases).
I thought it was over until two nights ago, when I saw it again. It's only ever been about two or three drops, and it is always at the end - after urination has ended.
I'm sure you're wondering why she's never been to a vet. There are many reasons, but I don't know if any were the right ones anymore.
Number one, it was hard for me to even find a vet in my area who deals with more than just cats and dogs. Number two, she's never been vaccinated (I know, I know - but again, it wasn't until a year or so ago that I knew she should have been), and she is terrified of dogs (which there are loads of in waiting rooms ect) So many things have happened over the past few months that my parents have been too stressed to deal with it. Also, financially we cannot afford the expensive vets bills. I am out of work at the moment, so my parents are paying the bills.
As I've said, she is my closest friend, she means everything to me. Despite her age, she will race me around the house every night. She's so playful, active and caring that you'd think she was a young kit. I can't lose her, she means so much to me. But I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I'm terrified the vet will put her under for an x-ray or something, and she'll never wake up.
I'm sorry for the long post. I'm in quite a panic at the moment and I just don't know what to do.
For those who don't want to read my whole post, i'll narrow things down:
She is unspayed and uninsured.
She has fresh, pink blood at the end of urination. Only one or two drops.
Oddly enough the blood seems to clear up if she has a bit of parsley each day.
No abnormal behaviour.
She does seem to strain a bit while urinating sometimes.
I don't know if it's relevant, but twice now she has had what we think is at least a mild form of GI stasis, though we have no idea why as her diet is fine and does not change suddenly. We've managed to get her through both by massaging her ect and she has returned to normal.
Thank you so much for you help and I am so, so sorry for the long post. I'm just worried.
~ILoveMyBunny~
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