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Help just got home from work and found this on the bunnies blanket!
Is this blood or wee?
Or both?
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Ok Pip has just done a wee and it's not red at all.From a photo it's not possible to say for sure, but it looks more like blood to me. Could the Rabbit have torn a claw or does he/she have a sore hock ?
Ok Pip has just done a wee and it's not red at all.
It's really hard to see if she's had blood on her cos she's so black.
Archie seems to have all his claws, Pippin is doing her very best to avoid me!
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Don't suppose you want to pop over and catch her do you. LolIt looks way too much to be blood from a urinary tract infection. It's those pesky nails that seem to bleed the most!
Good luck in catching Pippin
Ok. We're going to keep an eye on them for a couple of hours and see what happens. Our ER vet is the same price no matter what the hour so we can always go layer if needed.If it were from wee, you'd probably find that not every wee was like that. Because of the weight of blood, you don't tend to get it evenly dispersed within urine, if that makes sense. But, unless you also see evidence of urine within the stain, it could just as easily be from something else.
Don't suppose you want to pop over and catch her do you. Lol
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It's definitely not a sore hock on either of them, so I can rule that out.
Archie claws are all good
Pip has let me check one foot!
Ps Thank you all for helping
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I think I've found the offending claw! She won't let me touch it, but i got a photo whist she was eating a hay cookie!
It looks a bit torn to me and red and perhaps the wrong angle. I think this one has always stuck out a bit so perhaps she caught it?
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I'd tend towards bleeding from somewhere else. It's the right amount for a torn nail Good thought to check the other rabbit.:thumb:
If it's blood it should go darker until black as it dries out.
The easiest way to distinguish between blood & red wee is to take a piece of cloth where the red fluid is to the vet. Maybe remove the litter tray & put a towel with plastic under for them to wee on.
As long as the cloth is still damp the vet can use a simple dip stick on wet cloth to distinguish the 2
Hah thanks. I think it's more clever her. She only sits still if I give her food! Lol.Clever you!
Hopefully mystery solved!
Ok this sounds like a good idea if we need to get it checked. We've put a new blanket down just in caseI'd tend towards bleeding from somewhere else. It's the right amount for a torn nail Good thought to check the other rabbit.:thumb:
If it's blood it should go darker until black as it dries out.
The easiest way to distinguish between blood & red wee is to take a piece of cloth where the red fluid is to the vet. Maybe remove the litter tray & put a towel with plastic under for them to wee on.
As long as the cloth is still damp the vet can use a simple dip stick on wet cloth to distinguish the 2