Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
As many of you know Barney came to us 3 weeks ago. Since he has been with us he has been extremely bright and happy with no hint of his tummy problems. We have increased his food range considerably with no negative effects
But from the day he arrived we were concerned about his urine. We were hoping it was the medication he was on affecting it as neither us or our vet has experience of using it in animals. But today we got the results back. He has a nasty bladder infection - Enterococcus. It is highly possible that it has been this all along causing Barney's tummy problems. The bad news is that this infection is highly resistant to antibiotics so its going to be a poopy to treat. The vet is arranging some human medication for him so hopefully we can finally get him on the right treatment in the next few days. Looking online it seems that it is contagious,something I will check with the vet tomorrow, if so Barney will obviously stay a single bunny for the foreseeable future. But for now I am just glad we seem to have got to the bottom of Barney's issues quickly and can hopefully get him back to full health ( not that you would know there is a thing wrong with him the way he bounces about!!)
I thought it would be good to share this as I know many of you have given support to Barney in the past. Also to say when you have a long term gut issue it often pays to think "outside the box" and look beyond the digestive tract as tummy pain can be a symptom of so many things in the body.
But from the day he arrived we were concerned about his urine. We were hoping it was the medication he was on affecting it as neither us or our vet has experience of using it in animals. But today we got the results back. He has a nasty bladder infection - Enterococcus. It is highly possible that it has been this all along causing Barney's tummy problems. The bad news is that this infection is highly resistant to antibiotics so its going to be a poopy to treat. The vet is arranging some human medication for him so hopefully we can finally get him on the right treatment in the next few days. Looking online it seems that it is contagious,something I will check with the vet tomorrow, if so Barney will obviously stay a single bunny for the foreseeable future. But for now I am just glad we seem to have got to the bottom of Barney's issues quickly and can hopefully get him back to full health ( not that you would know there is a thing wrong with him the way he bounces about!!)
I thought it would be good to share this as I know many of you have given support to Barney in the past. Also to say when you have a long term gut issue it often pays to think "outside the box" and look beyond the digestive tract as tummy pain can be a symptom of so many things in the body.