tommo1975
Young Bun
Boris, my 6yr old Rex Cross, has been steadily losing weight in the last 18 months;
Feb 2012 - 3kg
Aug 2012 - 2.8kg
Sept 2012 - 2.75kg
Nov 2012 - 2.63kg
July 2013 - 2.4kg
Aug 2013 - 2.44kg
Dec 2013 - 2.31kg
Naturally I'm worried out this. He started soiling himself in the last couple of weeks and the vets scanned his bladder and ruled out bladder sludge or stones. They started to talk about kidney disease and I thought that might have been the reason for his weight loss, but thankfully he came back clear on the blood tests.
No sign of arthritis in his hips and legs either thankfully (I mentioned he'd been holding one leg funny on occassion since his castration in the summer).
His bloods did show an elevated white blood cell count, which they reckon could have been a UTI (hence the soiling) or caused by his urine scalds. He's currently on a 6 day course of Baytril for the infection, plus Metacam and F10 Cream on his scalds (which are healing nicely).
With Kidney disease being ruled out, I'm back to square one with regards to his weight loss.
He's a very happy outdoor bunny, very good appetite, drinks well, (but not excessively), is very active and inquisitive and has bounced back from general anesthetic quickly twice in recent months, defying the vets predictions on both accounts that he'd need an overnight stay to recover.
On the vets notes his bloods showed "ALKP, glucose and TP are within normal levels according to the BSAVA rabbit medicine and Sx book", not that I know what ALKP or TP are! The glucose being within normal levels would appear to rule out diabetes wouldn't it?
His diet has hardly changed during the last 18 months, aside from unlimited hay, water and good amounts of redigrass, he's on 2 small handfuls of Excel a day (decided against limiting him to 1 eggcup as appears to be the general consensus on here due to his weight loss) and has small amounts of celery, carrot tops, basil, coriander, romanine lettuce and dill daily. His only treats are 3 Fenugreek crunches a day.
In light of all of this, does anyone have any ideas what might be causing his weight loss? The vets don't seem to be saying anything about it, other than commenting that he's lost weight.
Feb 2012 - 3kg
Aug 2012 - 2.8kg
Sept 2012 - 2.75kg
Nov 2012 - 2.63kg
July 2013 - 2.4kg
Aug 2013 - 2.44kg
Dec 2013 - 2.31kg
Naturally I'm worried out this. He started soiling himself in the last couple of weeks and the vets scanned his bladder and ruled out bladder sludge or stones. They started to talk about kidney disease and I thought that might have been the reason for his weight loss, but thankfully he came back clear on the blood tests.
No sign of arthritis in his hips and legs either thankfully (I mentioned he'd been holding one leg funny on occassion since his castration in the summer).
His bloods did show an elevated white blood cell count, which they reckon could have been a UTI (hence the soiling) or caused by his urine scalds. He's currently on a 6 day course of Baytril for the infection, plus Metacam and F10 Cream on his scalds (which are healing nicely).
With Kidney disease being ruled out, I'm back to square one with regards to his weight loss.
He's a very happy outdoor bunny, very good appetite, drinks well, (but not excessively), is very active and inquisitive and has bounced back from general anesthetic quickly twice in recent months, defying the vets predictions on both accounts that he'd need an overnight stay to recover.On the vets notes his bloods showed "ALKP, glucose and TP are within normal levels according to the BSAVA rabbit medicine and Sx book", not that I know what ALKP or TP are! The glucose being within normal levels would appear to rule out diabetes wouldn't it?
His diet has hardly changed during the last 18 months, aside from unlimited hay, water and good amounts of redigrass, he's on 2 small handfuls of Excel a day (decided against limiting him to 1 eggcup as appears to be the general consensus on here due to his weight loss) and has small amounts of celery, carrot tops, basil, coriander, romanine lettuce and dill daily. His only treats are 3 Fenugreek crunches a day.
In light of all of this, does anyone have any ideas what might be causing his weight loss? The vets don't seem to be saying anything about it, other than commenting that he's lost weight.
