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Yes I think I’ve seen excess urinary calcium before in his litter box, do you think it might be caused by the young rabbit pellets I give him? Not sure about the sludge though because it absorbed in his blankets so I don’t know if it dried down cakey or not.

He does eat lots of hay but I’m still kind of worried about his poop because they got d…[Read more]

If he’s used to eating lots of hay, hay and water will be fine for a while. If heisnt a big hay eater, you should complement his diet with a small amount of pellets, just so he doesnt get too little nutritious food in him (rabbits that are unused to hay cant readily absorb all the nutrients and calories in hay).

Its very good to keep an eye on…[Read more]

Yes, I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for all the help everyone! I’ll keep an eye on him and give him just hay and water for now to see if he continues to release sludge. If he does then I might take him to the vet.

You can absolutely switch him to adult pellets! Young rabbit pellets have more calcium and protein than an adult bun needs.

The flower mix sounds fine, what to avoid is mainly alfalfa, clover and very dark leafy greens such as kale and black kale.

It’s great that he gets a lot of exercise!

Thank you all for responding. I was not aware of bladder sludge until now, but with that info I think that matches what he has. Calcium compounds are white-ish right? I’m pretty sure I saw it but it was hard to see because he only had it on his bed and blankets, so it was getting absorbed. I still saw a few stains of this sludge on his bed even a…[Read more]

Something to note about bladder sludge concerns is water consumption and exercise are both important to deter sludge, in addition to diet. I agree that from just one photo, it looks more like thicker urine than diarrhea or mucous.

Re: adding pictures, you can always upload a link from a website like imgr if you’re having trouble with the site!

If he’s 10 months old he’s not a baby, so that’s great!

As LBJ says, this could perhaps be bladder sludge. Bladder sludge is thick and pasty and consists of calcium compounds.

Have you seen more stains like this?

I agree he will be fine and prob happier in his normal spot. 🙂

I agree that he will be fine as long as your mom knows his routines and what health things to monitor. 🙂

I guess I’m just surprised at the volume that needs to be drank… 1 L of medicine is a lot!

Thank you both for the replies! From what I searched, ponazuril can’t be bought here and I couldn’t find where to try order it from, so I will ask my vet about it. Here usually Sulfacox or Salicox is used when it comes to coccidia, beside my vet, two of my teachers are vets so I often consult with them, too, and they confirmed it. It’s written on…[Read more]

It’s not letting me add an image but an acquaintance who knew a lot more about rabbits than me told me before that he was around 4 months. So I’m guessing he’s around 10 months? probably nearing 1 year.

Thanks for responding. I’m not sure what his exact age is because he is a ferral domestic rabbit, I can attach a picture right when he got him (1st week of June). His poop has gotten darker and smaller when he started eating the Oxbow timothy hay I got him last time, thats why I switched to a different brand because the batch I got from Oxbow w…[Read more]

Looks more like sludge in the picture.

I never had issues having my parents come take care of the buns. They would immediately realize it was them coming to feed them, etc. and would quickly adjust to the slightly different schedule. Then we would come home and they would be like “oh hey, are you going to feed us or what?”.

What part of Southern CA are you in?

If you’re in the San Diego area, I had a good experience with Dr. Kelly at VCA Acacia in Escondido.