bunkin
Warren Veteran
I have more confindence in the vet I now use for bun than my old vets as they just didn't seem to care and I seemed to know more than them but my new vet is totally honest and its a bit disconcerting.
i've been posting about my buns ongoing 4 weekly sudden refusal to eat/drink and he is obviously very unwell but right as rain in less than 24 hrs and vet has been trying to work out what is wrong even rang Anna Meredith at Edinburgh.
Just had conversation with my vet because as Jacks Jane said in her post to me maybe its a bladder problem. Vet has said next attack to get urine sample with a kit for cats called Katkor ( kitty litter thats non absorbant so you can syphon up wee) but she did say I will have to look into where I send the sample as we don't do rabbit wee sampling here. I mentioned having an x ray for bladder stones and she said piggies stones are opaque on x ray but she wasn't sure if all rabbit bladder stones showed up on x ray but she would find out and get back to me. An x ray would be £85 so she said to do the urine testing first.
In a way its great that she tells me the truth and she does go away and find out what she needs to know but as I say a bit disconcerting.
so can anyone on here tell me if rabbit bladder stones always show up on x ray and where can a vet send a rabbit urine sample for testing??
There are no truly rabbit savvy vets in this part of the country.
i've been posting about my buns ongoing 4 weekly sudden refusal to eat/drink and he is obviously very unwell but right as rain in less than 24 hrs and vet has been trying to work out what is wrong even rang Anna Meredith at Edinburgh.
Just had conversation with my vet because as Jacks Jane said in her post to me maybe its a bladder problem. Vet has said next attack to get urine sample with a kit for cats called Katkor ( kitty litter thats non absorbant so you can syphon up wee) but she did say I will have to look into where I send the sample as we don't do rabbit wee sampling here. I mentioned having an x ray for bladder stones and she said piggies stones are opaque on x ray but she wasn't sure if all rabbit bladder stones showed up on x ray but she would find out and get back to me. An x ray would be £85 so she said to do the urine testing first.
In a way its great that she tells me the truth and she does go away and find out what she needs to know but as I say a bit disconcerting.
so can anyone on here tell me if rabbit bladder stones always show up on x ray and where can a vet send a rabbit urine sample for testing??
There are no truly rabbit savvy vets in this part of the country.