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Wee most likely.
My guess is you fed them some calcium rich veg that day, or overfed the veg, or overfed pellets, for it to be actually white. Is it runny (wee consistency) or more of a paste? If it is thicker than normal I'd contact the vet for advice, as could indicate calcium or kidney issues.
Thankyou, I was really starting to get worried there, and it is just a runny liquid. I'm not very experienced with rabbits these are my first two, so thankyou for the advice/answer
Well white wee, especially if it is often, is a sign of too much calcium in the diet, which can eventually cause long-term serious health problems, so if you like, if you post what you feed them, we can take a look and say if it looks okay? Make sure you post quantities of everything, and any brands, as that is very important I know when I first got rabbits as an adult (care has changed a lot since I had them as a kid) that I was feeding completely the wrong diet till I came on here and realised what he should have.
Okay thankyou i will. In the mornings everyday i give them tescos rabbit food which has some veg an hard uncoloured food. Then at about midday (if i'm around i give them something to chew on (a little piece of wood made eapecially for them) an in the afternoon some hay. Thankyou for the help
Best thing you can do is cut down on the tesco muesli and feed more hay Rabbits should have hay available to munch at all times (nothing keeps rabbit teeth in good condition like hay does) and I found that when my rabbit began eating more hay his wee stopped being so white. Out of interest, could you look at their tesco food bag and tell us the calcium content?
Do they have an attached run they can get into to run about and play :wave:
But the thing is after they've had about half of the bowl they pour it over do all the food is on the cage floor instead of in the bowl. They also love playing with the bowl and chewing until eventually theres bite marks all over it. Especially on the cage bars. Willow loves chewing away on that. I've read the other threads and they've said about cage biting and that the rabbits are bored nd want to get out of the cage so i have tried to get them out of the cage more often. I am quite busy during the day though.
They have a double decker cage and a playroom to run and play in, but no run, just a playroom ( i dont really know what a run is the pet shop told us nothing about a run).
Mine have had white wee before aswell.... caused by eating wilko dried herbs.
?My bunnies' wee is always rusty coloured..... it's ok apparently, its the curly kale they have for breakfast
Just a note, I think kale is high in calcium, so fine in moderation but I wouldnt feed it every single day.