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A wee question

Kirotea

Mama Doe
I thought one of my girls had bladder sludge but on researching more it's not really bladder sludge it's just slightly more of a calcium deposit than I'm use to seeing. The wee is still liquid but it's leaving more of a white mark. They've always had a few white lines at the bottom of the litter tray and I think that's normal. I'm cutting down on their veg (especially the high calcium ones) and pellets a little and making sure they're drinking water and moving around. They're good hay eaters anyway. Do they need to go to the vet or would you wait and see for a few days if the calcium in their wee goes back to the normal level I'm use to seeing? They seem perfectly fine in themselves.

I suspect that it might be Maddie because she's the dominant one and they have their pellets hidden in hay so I would guess she might have been stealing them off Millie. She's been slightly more on the bossy side recently with spring fever I think!

I've only had them 3 months so I'm still very new to this bunny lark! They had a vet checkup a month ago and he gave them a clean bill of health then. Thanks
 
As far as I'm aware rabbits excrete excess calcium in their urine so a certain amount must be normal.
 
I wouldn't worry too much about it - rabbits can get rid of a lot of calcium in their wee and a cloudy urine is normal for some rabbits
My bun does cloudy wees that dry white sometimes, he's never had a problem but I do the same as your doing and cut down on high calcium foods and that seems to sort them out within a few days :)
As long as they aren't sludgy I wouldn't worry! :)
 
And I wouldn't stress about it being the pellets too much - they do have added calcium but probably not enough to cause sludge in a healthy rabbit :) more likely the veggies! If your bunnies are still young I would cut down veg rather than pellets, as they're still growing so need a bit of extra protein (if they're fully grown cut down pellets if need be!) :)
 
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