He’s fine otherwise. He’s going through a rather large molt right now, but aside from that he’s fine. He still uses his litter box fine and the litter boxes outside of his cage just fine too. This has only been happening for about 2 weeks now. We’ve tried the hay in his litter box and he’ll sit and pee only on the hay, and then he’ll eat it. I was thinking about scheduling a shave for next week because it’s just getting so bad, and I don’t want him to get sick. My vet is only available on the weekends, and I just noticed how bad it was this morning when he came on my chest for cuddles. I was like oh lord you smell.

Yes actually! That was my biggest worry when this all started. There’s nothing I can see on his front or back paws, but he does get really thick tufts of fur on his back paws, so I feel like I can’t be too sure. I called my vet, and they were pretty concerned, as Bombur has had a slew of other issues in his 10 months on earth. I was able to get him in for this Tuesday. They’re going to run some tests and do a sanitary shave. The nurse did think a UTI is the most likely culprit. I just did a clean of his cage (again) and noticed that the urine is brownish in color, kinda like the color of root beer or cream soda. So thank goodness he’s getting in sooner.

Muchelle: honestly anything helps so never stay quiet on my threads ?

I’ve actually noticed his been drinking a lot lately. About a month and a half ago we upgrade his water bowl to a rather large one, and for a few weeks now he drinks two bowls full a day. My other bun, Asriel, drinks a little less than a whole bowl. But Bombur drinks two of them a day which is probably about 2-2.5 cups. And this is fairly recent too.

I was actually thinking of switching him to a bottle though because there’s so much fur in his water dish from the molt. I have to clean it out twice a day because it’s so bad.

I know exactly what you mean, and that’s what I’m terrified of! He’s already had Stasis once and enterotoxemia another time, which the doctor didn’t think he was going to live, but magically pulled through. So as you can see, I’m petrified of him and GI issues, and basically getting sick in general. He’s my problem child ? whereas Asriel has never been sick a day in his life. Weird how some bunnies are more prone to sickness despite how much we do to prevent it. Bombur used to have a water bottle, and I’ve been trying to find it amongst all my boxes. We moved a few months ago and we’re still finding surprises. Ha. But I’ve been digging all day, so hopefully I can find it.

I just hope it’s a routine UTI and nothing more serious like a bladder infection or some kind of tumor.

Hahaha yup twins! How’s he doing now?

Thanks for the advice and suggestions! I’ll keep this updated when I take him on Tuesday.