UTI vet cant seem to treat...advice?

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- 08/24/2018 at 9:49 PM
  Leo
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  I’ve gotten a urine culture, 3 different antibiotics and special food for him after one of his meds started giving him diarrhea… I’ve spent almost 2k dollars for all of this I have no idea what to do. I’m so worried I’ll lose him to this… Advice?
- 08/24/2018 at 10:30 PM
  Minty
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  my heart goes out to you. hopefully the dawn will arrive soon.
  
  can you give more details – how long has the treatment been going for? what medications …
  
  perhaps get a second opinion?
- 08/24/2018 at 10:53 PM
  Asriel and Bombur
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  It could be E Cuniculi. Although it can read a false negative, and the test is expensive I would highly recommend your vet test for it and treat with Panacur or Oxibendazole as a precaution. My Bombur was diagnosed with EC back in February for urinary symptoms. During a flare up he dribbles urine everywhere, doesn’t pee in his box, drinks excess water, and has urine scaled. He tested in the highest tier for EC and has been on 4 rounds of Oxibendazole, with improvement each time. If the antibiotics aren’t working, and you’ve tried different ones, than odds are it isn’t likely a UTI.
- 08/25/2018 at 4:32 AM
  kurottabun
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  Is it 100% confirmed that it’s a UTI? Like A&B said, it could be something different and maybe that’s why the antibiotics haven’t been working. Have you gotten a second opinion from another rabbit savvy vet before?
- 08/25/2018 at 7:40 AM
  Bunny House
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  I agree with Kurotta, you need to see a rabbit savvy vet or a second opinion. It can be a simple diet change that needs to happen( too much kale or alfalafa has calcium in it which causes a fast UTI to occur, my lop had a tiny amount of kale and gave her an infection fast) think about the veggies you feed and see what has a lot of calcium in it.
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