Possible Bladder Infection? Pictures Included

[ElleBee]

Hello Everyone!
I will offer a quick background on my bun:
She is a 1.5 year old mini rex, she is spayed, we have a few issues with GI Statis but she responded to pain med and motility medication. We have had 2 bouts of it in the last 6 months.
Recently I have noticed that she has been a little lethargic, not as hungry, not drinking as much. I thought maybe it has been the heat, but even with an air conditioner in her room these symptoms are still around.

She is VERY well litter trained- I have not seen her go outside of her box since the time were were training her. The only droppings that make it outside of the box are ones she kicks out when she is exiting her litter pan.

Now, the issue:

I noticed today she back into the corner of her cage and lifted her tail. She had peed in the corner at the bottom of the ramp in her cage. She has two little boxes very close by- one at the top of the cage and in the corner in the left of picture below.
I pulled out the blanket and took a look. I know white-ish urine can be normal, and am wondering if this looks too chalky or in anyway sludgy or anything abnormal (picture with they grey bedding).
After I took out the bedding I replaced it with a pink blanket. Moments after she went in, did the same thing in the same corner, just a few little spots (picture with pink bedding).

This is unusual for her. She has used her litter boxes very well, even before she was spayed. Could she be wanting to relocate her litter box? She used her litter box in the corner of the room today to poop, her droppings are little normal.

 

 

[ElleBee]

Are the pictures showing up?

[Sarita]

Difficult to tell – my suggestion is to have a urinalysis done at the vets. Chalky looking urine is not necessarily an indication of a Bladder Infection though.

[Sarita]

I deleted your new post and moved your other post to Q&A – please see my reply above as well.

[LBJ10]

It certainly doesn’t look unusual. I mean, you will sometimes see calcium deposits where pee has dried. It usually isn’t anything to worry about. More concerning to me would be suddenly missing the litter box, and doing it repeatedly, if the bunny has otherwise had excellent litter habits. There are numerous things that can cause this, but I would rule out any potential medical issues first. As Sarita suggested, a urinalysis is relatively simple and would at least rule out a UTI.

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