Bladder Sludge???

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- 07/09/2018 at 7:00 AM
  Shelberto23
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  We have a 3 month old rex. Yesterday we seen she peed on a piece of soda cardboard. And it looked like dried toothpaste. It was chalky and white. We automatically started researching and freaking out. We cam to the conclusion it may be bladder Sludge. This is the first day we’ve noticed it. We have her eating unlimited alfalfa pellets, mix of alfalfa and Timothy hay and we just recently last week started feeding her a half a leaf of romaine everyday. We monitored her pee the rest of the night and it was still a thick/cloudy white/Yellow. And we plan to take her to the vet, but what does it seem we are doing wrong? And what are the best steps to getting her back to herself. She’s still happy and seems okay, we’re just really worried.
- 07/09/2018 at 7:10 AM
  Harley&Thumper
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  It sounds like she is getting too much calcium in her diet. I would recommend removing the alfalfa hay from her diet and reducing the pellets to a 1/2 cup a day.
- 07/09/2018 at 9:11 AM
  Bam
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  It doesn’t really sound like bladder sludge unless it was very thick and pasty. Just dried chalky white isn’t sludge. Here are some good pictures: http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Uro_gen_diseases/generalities/Sludge.htm
  
  Rabbits eliminate excess calcium via their kidneys. This is a peculiarity specific to rabbits, most other mammals poop out excess calcium. A young rabbit needs rather a lot of calcium for skeletal growth and muscular activity, but the need varies on a day to day basis. So if the white pee is only occurring sporadically, you don’t need to do anything. If it happens every day, you could cut back a little on alfalfa hay, if your bun is getting that. Alfalfa is particularly high in calcium and the House Rabbit Siciety recommends it for buns up to 5-7 months.
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