HOW TO PREVENT BLADDER STONES IN RABBITS?
1. Ensure your rabbit is fed a suitable diet.
1. Ensure your rabbit is fed a suitable diet.
This must consist of 85% hay and grass. Timothy, brome,
oat and meadow hay are suitable for rabbits.
2. Do not feed rabbit food that is high in calcium. Alfalfa hay is high in calcium so should only be fed to very young rabbits and pregnant/lactating female.
3. Feed less pellets which should comprise around 20% of diet.
4. Do not let the rabbit eat plaster of paris or non-rabbit food.
5. Provide sufficient drinking water.
6. Sludgy urine and urine scalding are signs of urinary tract or bladder infection which may lead to bladder stone formation.
2. Do not feed rabbit food that is high in calcium. Alfalfa hay is high in calcium so should only be fed to very young rabbits and pregnant/lactating female.
3. Feed less pellets which should comprise around 20% of diet.
4. Do not let the rabbit eat plaster of paris or non-rabbit food.
5. Provide sufficient drinking water.
6. Sludgy urine and urine scalding are signs of urinary tract or bladder infection which may lead to bladder stone formation.
Typical symptoms of bladder stones include:
- Pain in urination.
- Sludgy urine.
- Bloody urine.
- Urinating small amounts.
- Loss of litter training.
- Urine scalding.
- Hunched posture.
Early veterinary treatment is advised. Surgical removal of stones is usually the method of treatment.
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