Hello, I've lots of questions in this post - sorry.
First, has anybody any experience of using potassium citrate to try and treat kidney stones in rabbits? My rabbit has kidney stones and is on this, but I can't find anything I understand on the internet about it. As I understand it, it is to slow the growth of the stones, not to decrease the size of the ones there - is this right?
AND my rabbit has just had the most horrible weekend. On Friday afternoon she was fine, by Friday evening very quiet. Still quiet on Saturday, lying in the same place, not eating and leaning against everything (she lay leaned against the wall, if I picked her up she leaned against me..). So I took her to the vet where she got a painkiller into the muscle, also metacam and metaclopramide. Took her home, more metaclopramide throughout the day. She ate a very little, was still in pain. On Sunday I was starting tho think it may be the end. Got her on the table to give her her metaclopramide injection and try to entice her to eat. Fed her sugar-water from a syringe, she had a wee, then suddenly started eating. Put her on the floor and she went straight for the cat flap, out into the garden and started eating leaves. It was like a miracle. She is not EXACTLY back to normal, but is so much better. My question is - is this kidney stones? Could one move around and cause pain and then move back? Both the vet & I assumed it was, but now I am wondering... her teeth are OK (checked in the last month) and her stomach felt normal (vet had a feel). Any ideas?
Lucy
First, has anybody any experience of using potassium citrate to try and treat kidney stones in rabbits? My rabbit has kidney stones and is on this, but I can't find anything I understand on the internet about it. As I understand it, it is to slow the growth of the stones, not to decrease the size of the ones there - is this right?
AND my rabbit has just had the most horrible weekend. On Friday afternoon she was fine, by Friday evening very quiet. Still quiet on Saturday, lying in the same place, not eating and leaning against everything (she lay leaned against the wall, if I picked her up she leaned against me..). So I took her to the vet where she got a painkiller into the muscle, also metacam and metaclopramide. Took her home, more metaclopramide throughout the day. She ate a very little, was still in pain. On Sunday I was starting tho think it may be the end. Got her on the table to give her her metaclopramide injection and try to entice her to eat. Fed her sugar-water from a syringe, she had a wee, then suddenly started eating. Put her on the floor and she went straight for the cat flap, out into the garden and started eating leaves. It was like a miracle. She is not EXACTLY back to normal, but is so much better. My question is - is this kidney stones? Could one move around and cause pain and then move back? Both the vet & I assumed it was, but now I am wondering... her teeth are OK (checked in the last month) and her stomach felt normal (vet had a feel). Any ideas?
Lucy