Griff
Young Bun
Hi all
So summer has calcium in urine again - only 3 weeks after a bladder flush. We have tried everything. She’s also had X-rays (no stones) and bloods (liver and kidneys all clear).
We are now syringing water - even though she does drink water. And back on metacam for a while. Vet advised to gradually switch / mix up hay (we feed good quality Timothy hay and she eats a lot of it - still low calcium but going to go more grass hay), add some fresh grass into diet over time, stick with some low calcium veg as now (I soak it in water too - low calcium such as romaine, thyme, basil, small broccoli). She has minimal pellets (around 0.75 egg cup a day) but reducing to nil. She has UTI sticks as replacement (couple broken up a day).
Any ideas on what else I can do apart from above - most of which I already do but trying to reduce calcium even lower.
Also she has one treat a day. I can’t find how much calcium is in treats. Again. Natural type brands such as excel nature snacks, fenugreek crunchies or a bit of dried plantain or dandelion. Sometimes the odd piece of apple, dried cranberry, dried banana. I can’t imagine any of these are high calcium (?).
Any advice from others who have bladder sludge bunnies would be appreciated. She clearly has issues with calcium content. 6 bunnies and she’s only one I’ve ever had with this recurring issue, and all eat the same! She’s only 3.5 and she is such a tough cookie.
So summer has calcium in urine again - only 3 weeks after a bladder flush. We have tried everything. She’s also had X-rays (no stones) and bloods (liver and kidneys all clear).
We are now syringing water - even though she does drink water. And back on metacam for a while. Vet advised to gradually switch / mix up hay (we feed good quality Timothy hay and she eats a lot of it - still low calcium but going to go more grass hay), add some fresh grass into diet over time, stick with some low calcium veg as now (I soak it in water too - low calcium such as romaine, thyme, basil, small broccoli). She has minimal pellets (around 0.75 egg cup a day) but reducing to nil. She has UTI sticks as replacement (couple broken up a day).
Any ideas on what else I can do apart from above - most of which I already do but trying to reduce calcium even lower.
Also she has one treat a day. I can’t find how much calcium is in treats. Again. Natural type brands such as excel nature snacks, fenugreek crunchies or a bit of dried plantain or dandelion. Sometimes the odd piece of apple, dried cranberry, dried banana. I can’t imagine any of these are high calcium (?).
Any advice from others who have bladder sludge bunnies would be appreciated. She clearly has issues with calcium content. 6 bunnies and she’s only one I’ve ever had with this recurring issue, and all eat the same! She’s only 3.5 and she is such a tough cookie.