MrsBinky
Warren Scout
Hi all,
We've got two buns, our female is a spayed 5yr old Lionhead.
She's had E.cuniculi before (she had it pre-being a rescue bun) and a few spots of GI stasis in the last few years, so she's not the healthiest but aside from those problems there's nothing wrong with her.
She & our Boy Bun are still behaving normally (although if you look at my history, he had a spot of 'not being himself' just before Christmas).
In the last 2 weeks our cage has gone from being changed once every 2-3 days to smelling so bad it almost needs changing twice a day.
We scrubbed out the cage & all the houses/litter bits and the smell was still there, no changes to diet/exercise amount, water is changed daily etc.
Her being a lionhead we gave her a tip upside down a few days ago & she had a small amount of matting on her back feet (she's normally a very well heeled/groomed lady), which we cut off carefully (it really stank of urine) so we thought we got the problem.
However today she still reeks.
Looking at the 'wee corner' (they destroyed their litter tray) when she's just been, there is no change to the colour/consistency/amount she's urinating & her poos are still textbook.
She doesn't feel any different.
So, why has she suddenly started smelling like Stig of the dump?!
We've called the vets, they're happy for us to come in now & see the other vet (one who said to us the most he knows about rabbits is 'how good they go in a pot!'), but our fab bun vet isn't back until Thursday.
We've got two buns, our female is a spayed 5yr old Lionhead.
She's had E.cuniculi before (she had it pre-being a rescue bun) and a few spots of GI stasis in the last few years, so she's not the healthiest but aside from those problems there's nothing wrong with her.
She & our Boy Bun are still behaving normally (although if you look at my history, he had a spot of 'not being himself' just before Christmas).
In the last 2 weeks our cage has gone from being changed once every 2-3 days to smelling so bad it almost needs changing twice a day.
We scrubbed out the cage & all the houses/litter bits and the smell was still there, no changes to diet/exercise amount, water is changed daily etc.
Her being a lionhead we gave her a tip upside down a few days ago & she had a small amount of matting on her back feet (she's normally a very well heeled/groomed lady), which we cut off carefully (it really stank of urine) so we thought we got the problem.
However today she still reeks.
Looking at the 'wee corner' (they destroyed their litter tray) when she's just been, there is no change to the colour/consistency/amount she's urinating & her poos are still textbook.
She doesn't feel any different.
So, why has she suddenly started smelling like Stig of the dump?!
We've called the vets, they're happy for us to come in now & see the other vet (one who said to us the most he knows about rabbits is 'how good they go in a pot!'), but our fab bun vet isn't back until Thursday.