My rabbit Vlad has a large kidney stone in one kidney and the vet says the other kidney is not healthy as well. He said removing the kidney with the stone in it would not help. He looks like he is suffering. He does hop around but sometimes he stumbles. He's still eating but not as much and we have to do critical care and subdermal fluids. He's lost about .5 kgs in 2 weeks.
I'm struggling with whether or not to euthanize. He's not so far gone that he's completely lethargic but I'm so conflicted because he looks like he's in pain. The doctor said it would basically be a miracle if he recovers since kidneys can't regenerate. He said the left kidney levels are 3 times normal and the right are 2 times normal. The left is the one with the stone. This all just came on suddenly out of nowhere. His kidney levels happened to be checked a month prior and there only slightly elevated.
We approximate he is around 9 years old but can't be sure since we got him from a shelter and they did not know.
I hate this stuff it's so hard to make a decision. At this point I guess I'm waiting to see if it gets worse or not and giving him more time.
We give him pain meds too but I'm also curious if anyone knows anything else to give that may relieve some of it. You can see him struggling to breathe. The vet said it's not because there's fluid in his lungs but that toxins are flooding his body which really worries me that he's in so much discomfort.
I'm struggling with whether or not to euthanize. He's not so far gone that he's completely lethargic but I'm so conflicted because he looks like he's in pain. The doctor said it would basically be a miracle if he recovers since kidneys can't regenerate. He said the left kidney levels are 3 times normal and the right are 2 times normal. The left is the one with the stone. This all just came on suddenly out of nowhere. His kidney levels happened to be checked a month prior and there only slightly elevated.
We approximate he is around 9 years old but can't be sure since we got him from a shelter and they did not know.
I hate this stuff it's so hard to make a decision. At this point I guess I'm waiting to see if it gets worse or not and giving him more time.
We give him pain meds too but I'm also curious if anyone knows anything else to give that may relieve some of it. You can see him struggling to breathe. The vet said it's not because there's fluid in his lungs but that toxins are flooding his body which really worries me that he's in so much discomfort.