Really Stumped

[Philomena]

Hey guys Im really stumped and in need of some insight. 

Philomena (1year old dwarf mix spayed) started leaking some clear liquid from her backside (possibly rectal or urinary tract, I can’t tell for certain). This stuff has no odor or color sometimes there’s a little bit of jelly or mucus with it but not much. Seriously it’s just like water. She is pretty well litter box trained (we’ve been having issues with her not liking the litterbox in her playroom so she pees right next to it) but she never pees in random spots like this. Her behavior has been normal, she was really active and in a good mood last night. She just got through a GI stasis and has been doing well.

I’m already strongly considering taking her to the vet although I’m hesitant because I have already taken her to the vet once a week for the past two weeks and I think making her go through a 3rd visit would just be too stressful. The first time was because she had some irregular poops which is fairly normal for her but something just seemed a bit off this time so better safe than sorry. This visit turned out to be nothing even with a fecal examination. She was completely healthy (aside from her busted lip from when she jumped from my arms because she didn’t like the vet touching her). The second visit was because I noticed that she stopped pooping and then stopped eating (she wasn’t even enticed by her yogurt treats which I use for emergency maneuvers). The vet declared it stasis and gave me medication to help treat it. She’s been having fairly normal bowel movements with improvements everyday. Her appetite is back and has been eating timothy like there’s no tomorrow. 

I understand that a vet visit is going to be the best route and I plan on taking her tomorrow but I would like to have an idea as to what is going on. Has anyone experienced this before? Is this just part of the recovery process for GI stasis? Is it possible that this will just clear up on it’s own because it seems to have stopped? I’m going to be up all night with homework so I’m going to be keeping an eye on her and she’s not allowed to play in the room today (she has an exercise pen attached to her cage) so I can monitor her mystery liquid output. 

Any help is greatly appreciatied

[blubudgie]

Hi!

I made a thread about a problem similar to this months ago. My bunny also peed clear liquid with jelly in it. 

https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/136219/Default.aspx

People were telling me it was a diet issue as you can see in the replies, so it could be you rabbit recovering from the GI Stasis you mentioned. I’m not exactly sure what else it could be, my rabbit only did it twice so I didn’t end up taking her to the vet. I would say if it continues for a long time it’s better to take her to the vet. 

Hopefully someone else who knows about this can tell you more.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

It sounds like mucous-which would be the result of an imbalance in the GI -usually diet related. As you’ve seen some GI issues-can you tell us about her diet?
Did the vet do a good exam of her teeth? (the molars are hard to see -the vet would use the same type of scope your doctor uses for checking ears and eyes and it usually takes some time to get a good look)

Blubudgie-thanks for sharing the link!

[JackRabbit]

If it was just clear liquid I’d guess UTI (Marlee was just diagnosed with a UTI caused by fecal contamination of the urinary tract after months of “pee dribbles” and tests). But I’m with the others since mucous is present.

[Philomena]

Hello everybun. Sorry for taking so long to reply back.

I did not end up taking Philomena to the vet because the dribbles stopped for a while and I told myself that if I saw more in the morning then I would call the vet, otherwise it wouldn’t be worth stressing her out anymore than she’s already been through. She’s been fine since then so I think it was just a one time thing.

Blubudgie: Thanks for the link. It was really helpful!
Koka: Her GI-tract has been very unbalanced in the past couple of days. As I said before she was just recovering from a bout of stasis. Her diet is mostly Tim hay and pellets. I give her romaine and cilantro every night and maybe some fruit. I will admit that I can be pretty treat heavy because she is just so darn cute when she climbs on me to get to them. But I do make sure that I use small dried papaya bits as treats so i can give more of them. The vet did a throuogh check of her teeth as they did check her teeth twice in two weeks and no problems also shes been eating so I’m not too worried about them.

Thank you all for your input. It was really helpful in helping to understand what was going on. I should probably cut back on her pellets a bit more.

[LBJ10]

Sometimes you will see mucus during the recovery period following a stasis or stasis-like event. Definitely have the vet take a look though if you notice it again.

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