dex179
Warren Scout
Hi all
I have been doing a lot of trial and error for a while to understand why my mini-lop keeps getting a wet bottom. I thought it was arthritis so I bought a garden potting tray (very low, big tray) so he could hop in and out easily to pee. I put him on metacam and he still was getting a wet bottom. However it is clear to me that he does use him litter tray to pee.
I think I now know what the problem is....he pees while he's sleeping! Because he's in that hunched up position, if he just pees and doesn't move, his bottom gets wet.
What I wanted to know is - from the sounds of this what you think the reason for his wet bottom is, and if it's normal for rabbits to pee while they sleep? Is there another underlying issue that could be causing this?
I need to add that he is on a daily dose of Samylin (half a packet, meant for dogs) administered in his drinking water, which is a supplement to help him with his liver as previous blood tests showed that he was lacking something there, which was causing him to pee a lot. Could it be just that Dex is peeing a lot, and it just coincides that as he's sleeping he needs to pee? He does drink a lot of water...
He just turned 6 but if you've read my previous posts he has a lot of health issues which relate to his poor diet (never eats hay, rarely eats greens nowadays).
Thanks all
I have been doing a lot of trial and error for a while to understand why my mini-lop keeps getting a wet bottom. I thought it was arthritis so I bought a garden potting tray (very low, big tray) so he could hop in and out easily to pee. I put him on metacam and he still was getting a wet bottom. However it is clear to me that he does use him litter tray to pee.
I think I now know what the problem is....he pees while he's sleeping! Because he's in that hunched up position, if he just pees and doesn't move, his bottom gets wet.
What I wanted to know is - from the sounds of this what you think the reason for his wet bottom is, and if it's normal for rabbits to pee while they sleep? Is there another underlying issue that could be causing this?
I need to add that he is on a daily dose of Samylin (half a packet, meant for dogs) administered in his drinking water, which is a supplement to help him with his liver as previous blood tests showed that he was lacking something there, which was causing him to pee a lot. Could it be just that Dex is peeing a lot, and it just coincides that as he's sleeping he needs to pee? He does drink a lot of water...
He just turned 6 but if you've read my previous posts he has a lot of health issues which relate to his poor diet (never eats hay, rarely eats greens nowadays).
Thanks all