smudgiebun
Alpha Buck
Has anyone had this done before while their bun is conscious?? Very worried 
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Urine sample via needle to bladder??
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
No, all mine have been done under GA
hot cross bun
Alpha Buck
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
True, but it's what my vet asked for in preference to her extracting it - I did it once a week for about 6 months so became reasonably good at aiming! :?
For an initial screen though, I'd be more comfortable with this than a fairly risky awake procedure or GA. As you say, depends what you are dealing with and how much you know about it. :thumb:
smudgiebun
Alpha Buck
Yeah he said if she moves whilst inserting the needle it can be risky as she may end up with a hole in something she isn't supposed to! Scares the s*** out of us
We are so confused though, we keep getting conflicting advice. One vet said we can get a sample ourselves via her peeing into a container of some kind. But we forgot to pick up the container he said he would provide. So when we went back at a later date he said it's no good to do it that way, as it wouldn't be sterile, and she'd HAVE to go under GA to have it taken directly from the bladder. So that's conflicting advice from the same vet. Now a different vet has said she can have the sample taken directly from the bladder but DOESN'T need GA. This is actually what she's now booked in for, but we are thinking of cancelling.
How the hell do you know what's right to do
We are so confused though, we keep getting conflicting advice. One vet said we can get a sample ourselves via her peeing into a container of some kind. But we forgot to pick up the container he said he would provide. So when we went back at a later date he said it's no good to do it that way, as it wouldn't be sterile, and she'd HAVE to go under GA to have it taken directly from the bladder. So that's conflicting advice from the same vet. Now a different vet has said she can have the sample taken directly from the bladder but DOESN'T need GA. This is actually what she's now booked in for, but we are thinking of cancelling.
How the hell do you know what's right to do
bunny babe
Wise Old Thumper
Initially I would personally try to get my own sample for a basic test. If they were taking a sample direct from the bladder then I would defo be asking for some sort of sedation. It would of course depend on what the problem is. One of my buns recently had bladder sludge and after trying abx in case of infection it didn't clear it she had a ga and her bladder flushed to remove it.
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