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Second opinion?

Alicia

Mama Doe
I took Angus to the vet last week as over the past 6 weeks or so he’s started weeing whenever he likes and drinking a lot more. He’s always been a big drinker but he’s got one of those large bunny bottles and he’ll easily drain it in 8-10 hours. Also when he wees he sits in it, and being an angora x it’s causing some problems. The vet couldn’t find anything wrong with him, he had a black stripe on his penis which she said was unusual but didn’t think it was a problem, she took a urine sample and tested it for various different things (diabetes included but I can’t remember all of them)
I just think there’s something wrong, she said he’d gone from1.7 to 1.8kg but he feels lighter and skinnier. The weeing confuses me so much, he was a perfectly house trained house rabbit and now we can’t trust him out unless we can watch him. He poos in the litter tray everytime still. I don’t know what to do. He’s meant to be going away to be bonded on Monday but this is playing on my mind
 
I’ve put him on my chest, I’m lying down watching something and I’ve put the blanket over him. He’s licked me and I’ve stroked him and then hes just stayed there and has just started chattering his teeth. He’s stopped now and is licking me again, I assume the teeth chattering is happiness but could it be pain?
 
I would seek a second opinion from a Rabbit Savvy Vet. A full blood profile would be what I would want, especially to check Kidney Function.

EC might be involved, has the Vet mentioned this ? I would not be happy to send Angus away to be bonded with another Rabbit until this issue has been sorted out.

Excessive drinking/weeing is known as Polydipsia/Polyuria, some information here :

https://www.vetstream.com/treat/lapis/pdfs-and-tables/polydipsia_polyuria-dt

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...AQhOMAc#v=onepage&q=rabbit polydipsia&f=false

Teeth chattering/purring whilst being petted sounds very different to the tooth grinding that can occur due to pain. I think you were hearing Angus 'Tooth purr' to show that he is contented :)
 
I’ve just remembered something else said, she said his urine is very diluted and only just on the edge of the normal range. I know of another vets that is quite rabbit savvy, it’s a little further away but I think I’ll give them a ring. I will cancel his bonding for now and perhaps rearrange it when I know more
 
I'm sorry that Angus is causing concern. I think you're right to cancel the bonding. I would also consider having a full blood profile done in particular to establish if there is any reason for the excessive drinking.

Sending him lots of vibes. I hope you find out what's wrong. Let us know how you get on.
 
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