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Forum DIET & CARE Bladder Sludge

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    • Lady Cardinal
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        So I was cleaning out Annabel’s litter box and discovered that her urine was chalky white.  I immediately went to google and discovered it is due to having too much calcium in her diet.  This week I have been giving her 3/4 of baby spinach, a piece of sage, and bok choy.  I’m guessing it was the spinach?  Either way she’s on a pellet and hay diet (both timothy) until further notice.

        What are some low calcium veggies to go for so this issue doesn’t happen again?  She’s drinking plenty of water, pooping just fine, and is active (well as active as a lop can be lol) so hopefully with the calcium cutback, her urine should shape up.  If not, we’ll take a nice trip to the vet to check her out.


      • Roberta
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          Mine get a little bit of calcium build up too, it can also be caused if your pellets have a high calcium level…
          Bok choy, coriander (cilantro), Rocket (Arugala?) and Cos lettuce should all be fine… The high calcium ones tend to be Kale, Parsley and spinach.
          If you check out the diet list under Bunny Info it gives a good guideline for balancing your bunnies veg.


        • jerseygirl
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            It’s normal to get this sediment in their pee. Rabbits have very good ability of getting rid of calcium their bodies don’t use through their pee.

            It is a good idea however, to feed limited pellets and choose ones that aren’t too high in added calcium. What quantity of pellets does she get?

            By the way, I LOVE her markings and her name!


          • jerseygirl
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              Just adding these images that show normal urine.
               photo image_zps31657e59.jpg Urine stain on a towel.

               photo image_zps9e6d6272.jpg

              (Source: http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Uro_gen_diseases/Mech_diseases/Urolithiasis.htm
              Page contains images that may be distressing to some people)


            • Sarita
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                There is always alot of confusion about bladder sludge and the sediment from their urine as Roberta and Jersey stated.  I would venture to guess that your rabbit most likely does not have sludge and it is just the sediment.

                I recommend you read this article:

                http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/urinary.html

                There is also tons of confusion about calcium content in veggies and I want to note that Kale is not high in oxalates – nevertheless  you do not want to take away calcium from your rabbits diet – they need it and pellets are much more concentrated in calcium than veggies.

                 I highly recommend you read this article as well on recommended veggies and the vet discusses about oxalates:

                http://rabbit.org/suggested-vegetab…bbit-diet/

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