shelley
Mama Doe
Firstly i apologize because i wasnt going to write this thread as i know ive gone on and on in the past about Buster and the trouble he's had since his abcess op and time and time again ive said i dont know what to do or what to suggest but he is suffering.
I cant get him to a specialist vet, i have no car, no one to look after my son whilst i go, no money to pay for the treatment (i doubt my insurance would cover it) and even if i did have all these things there is no rabbit specialist vet in my area.
Buster was bathed 2 days ago, today he looks like this
He doesnt have a urine infection and his bladder and kidneys are fine. The vets have said he has re-occuring sistitus and to just treat him with Baytril and Metacam... Ive been to the vets over this issue 4 times
Metacam gives him diarrhea and causes his sistitus to get worse before he gets better. He gets better for a week or two and it starts again. His legs are bright red with the urine burns despite using cream all the time
He has 2 litter trays, a bigger one and a small one, i use about an inch and a half of megazorb in each. By the end of the day the megazorb in the larger tray is floating in his urine and i have to pour the urine down the sink before i empty the tray into the bin liner because there is so much of it. This is before we come to the smell. The urine smells so horrendous it makes me gag when im cleaning it, i have to hold my breath. A visitor was also nice enough to tell me that my house stinks of rabbit p*** the other day too which really got me down.
Some one must have experienced this at some point, maybe a rescue or a foster or anyone, if some one can just give me a clue to look into. I thought it could be diabetes? I could get the vet to test for this, he drinks about 2 large rabbit bottles of water a day, i dont know if this is normal or not, i just dont know what else i can do for him and i cant carry on the way this is going anymore.
I cant get him to a specialist vet, i have no car, no one to look after my son whilst i go, no money to pay for the treatment (i doubt my insurance would cover it) and even if i did have all these things there is no rabbit specialist vet in my area.
Buster was bathed 2 days ago, today he looks like this
He doesnt have a urine infection and his bladder and kidneys are fine. The vets have said he has re-occuring sistitus and to just treat him with Baytril and Metacam... Ive been to the vets over this issue 4 times
Metacam gives him diarrhea and causes his sistitus to get worse before he gets better. He gets better for a week or two and it starts again. His legs are bright red with the urine burns despite using cream all the time
He has 2 litter trays, a bigger one and a small one, i use about an inch and a half of megazorb in each. By the end of the day the megazorb in the larger tray is floating in his urine and i have to pour the urine down the sink before i empty the tray into the bin liner because there is so much of it. This is before we come to the smell. The urine smells so horrendous it makes me gag when im cleaning it, i have to hold my breath. A visitor was also nice enough to tell me that my house stinks of rabbit p*** the other day too which really got me down.
Some one must have experienced this at some point, maybe a rescue or a foster or anyone, if some one can just give me a clue to look into. I thought it could be diabetes? I could get the vet to test for this, he drinks about 2 large rabbit bottles of water a day, i dont know if this is normal or not, i just dont know what else i can do for him and i cant carry on the way this is going anymore.