Male rabbit Frasier 4yrs old been perfectly healthy since we rescued him 2yrs ago. He loves curly kale and when we noticed his urine going orange we removed the curly kale from his diet and urine returned back to normal. Recently he had a uti and had blood in his urine and went off his food, took him to vets who gave us medicine and he returned back to normal sort of. On occasion now he seems to have urine incontinance so his urine is normal colour but he seems to be going little and often rather than fully emptying his bladder , also when you pick him up cuddle and put him down he seems worried that he may leak urine?? We have just finished the antibiotics prescribed by vets so going to give it a few days see if it settled as otherwise he is fine in himself. Eating normally, any advice??
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Frasier male neutered rabbit
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
I would advise you to go back to the Vet to discuss the possibility of your Rabbit having 'Bladder Sludge' or stones. Both can present with the symptoms you are seeing in your Rabbit
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/HypercalciuriaRabbits.htm
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/Urolithiasis.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Uro_gen_diseases/Mech_diseases/Urolithiasis.htm
Or it may be that your Rabbit's course of antibiotics was not long enough to fully eradicate the infection. Bladder infections can require a long course of treatment as the bacteria can be located deep within the bladder wall.
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/Cystitis_Ele.htm
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/HypercalciuriaRabbits.htm
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/Urolithiasis.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Uro_gen_diseases/Mech_diseases/Urolithiasis.htm
Or it may be that your Rabbit's course of antibiotics was not long enough to fully eradicate the infection. Bladder infections can require a long course of treatment as the bacteria can be located deep within the bladder wall.
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/Cystitis_Ele.htm
MightyMax
Banned
Welcome to the Forum Rosie :wave:
I would agree with Mackers. The best way to determine if there's a problem with the bladder in terms of sludge or stones is to have an X-ray. Sometimes the urine expressed (by the vet) from a rabbit's bladder can show evidence of sludge, but not always.
An X-Ray of the abdomen can be done consciously if your vet is confident, so it doesn't need to include sedation.
