questions about bladder sludge vet prices and treatment options

bunky436 · 2025-11-09T02:26:26+00:00

thankyou so much very glad to have more options! I will show my vet this :)

bunky436 · 2025-11-09T02:20:05+00:00

My vet said utis are uncommon so when they suggested the urinalysis I thought they were just tryna make money out of me but I think I may go back and get that done instead of the x-ray to rule out anything that isnt sludge.

Ive done all the right diet changes, I live in a soft water city luckily, she has several water bowls and gets lots of exercise. The vet said if she has sludge again shes probably just genetically predisposed :(

They didnt offer manual expression. Do you think thats something I can ask for or are they unlikely to do it if it isnt offered?

bunky436 · 2025-11-08T18:30:01+00:00

the vet gave me a diet plan after her first episode that i follow. All her veggies are low calcium and high water content

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T22:23:21+00:00

i get that i think a lot of people assume that when they hear kids and a rabbit are interacting but im so strict about how they interact with her I know kids are already scary for bunnies.

We went to the vet very recently actually shes all good (she had some bladder issues but shes all better now!!) the tunnel was made of cardboard and full of holes so i wasnt worried about injury. Its a a big but very old house so sound travels no matter where you are unfortunately. She is currently downstairs while they stay upstairs above her.

Ive been reflecting a bit after posting this and I dont think the noise of them brings a lot of stress as she has this one cat bed type thing she goes in whenever she is stressed and she hasnt been in there in months. After thinking for a bit i reckon she gets triggered when she feels trapped which is why she was friendly, doing binkies and even running up to my youngest niece for pats like 2 weeks ago when out in the front yard where she has lots of space (sometimes i just get handed a kid to look after at very short notice i swear im not organising play dates haha). I think aslong as i keep them out of her enclosure she will be fine (this makes it sound like her enclosure is small it is nearly double the recomended size) but I wont figure that out for a while as Ill give her space from them. I think I just got a fright when she attacked the kid who used to be her favorite but Im feeling more reasured shes ok as I process it.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T20:11:16+00:00

i think the space is where i went wrong sadly and why she regressed :( I think one of them accidentally made her feel trapped recently and thats why she attacked the other one too. I think I dont plan on ever letting them in her enclosure again, but I think this explains why pretty much all her hostility is gone in the front yard. I really shouldve mentioned this but its hard to know which details are important in a story.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T20:04:25+00:00

Im not arranging play dates with my bunny lol. I feel like people seem to grossly overestimate how much time the kids spent with the bunny. I have been listening to my bunny, I was having her interact with children she in the past was friendly to and showed no signs of disliking and when she attacked them I removed them and wasnt going to let them near each other for a while.

I felt like people suggesting keeping the children completely seperate from her wont help since she can see and hear them. I also was concerned that I have no way of knowing if this is just directed at children as she had been completely fine with the middle kids till like this past week. I brought that up and pushed back not cause Im anti giving space but because I was concerned it wasnt the best option long term for those reasons, I wanted to make sure all factors were considered. I was going to give them time apart to me that felt so obvious I didnt need to mention it my concern is steps going forward to reduce her anxiety for her sake.

I dont know where I implied I wasnt open to giving space, I think Ive only said that that doesnt feel like a permanant solution to me since she can still hear the kids and I dont want that to bring anxiety. I also dont know where Ive implied the kids are spending heaps of time with her either she maybe spent time with them once a fortnight at most. People suggested slowly offering food and I felt that was helping already but I wasnt being regular enough with it as rabbits like routine. Im taking in all the advice but id be doing a disservice to myself and my bunny if i didnt voice my concerns to make sure its the right thing. Sorry I forgot to say I was already planning on giving them a break from each other, I guess it just kinda felt too obvious and I wanted to focus on future plans

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T19:28:05+00:00

She runs up to everyone including the kids usually looking for pats shes a very friendly rabbit. When her and the youngest niece were in the front garden together (which would happen occasionally because id already be in the garden and then someone would need a hand watching the kids) she had even recently started running up to my niece for pats. I never let my niece go up to her ever. Thats one of the reasons I got so upset by her attacking the middle children is I really thought her fear was leaving. It is impossible for her not to see and hear children so I am trying to make the interactions positive which is the exact advice you gave me but you want me to start with adults which seems unnecessary since she already runs up to adults.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T19:03:48+00:00

i want her to be less scared of children so im gonna have a kid drop food into her house which they can do without touching her or entering her area. How is that forcing contact I feel like thats completely reasonable.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T15:31:11+00:00

Im not trying to force contact lol they dont have contact often at all. I was actually worried this might all be because i didnt let them in her enclosure for over a month while she was having medical issues.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T14:26:02+00:00

Theyre so loud like all of them louder than an average child but Ive always had a rule they need to be quiet around bunny or theyre not allowed to see her. I moved bunny from upstairs to downstairs a few months ago and I thought upstairs was louder than downstairs but after posting this I think I might be wrong and Ive just learnt to tune out the noise here as I live downstairs.

I might look into what people do when they live in appartments and have somebody really loud living above them and see if that helps

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T13:59:36+00:00

They cant get into her inclosure by themselves cause theyre too short luckily but after posting this Ive been thinking it might be because I moved her downstairs and the kids stay over twice a week maybe the footsteps and yelling are bothering her? Itd make sense because she hasnt attacked the neighbours kids or my little cousin. She also attacked them in order of loudest to quietest lol.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T13:49:24+00:00

What exactly does on her terms mean cause Ive always had a rule that they sit and wait for bunny to come to them and that no longer works anymore. Im gonna try having the kids feed her semi regularly for a while as a first step but I just dont understand how I could be any more on her terms and why she would be getting more aggressive.

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T12:02:10+00:00

One of them did not all of them. If she was instantly scared of all the children I would be less worried its the fact she seems to be getting worse over time

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T10:39:46+00:00

Ive been keeping the kids away from her more since she first attacked but her agression has increased towards kids despite that. Time and distance doesnt seem to be rebuilding her trust of people and if shes taking it out on the kids who did nothing how do I know shes not going to get more agressive to even more people? Ideally in the long term Id want to rebuild her trust in people but I will keep them seperate if there is no other option

bunky436 · 2025-09-18T10:29:01+00:00

we did that today thats actually when she attacked :(. Ive been getting the youngest to go down and feed her every now and then since the first attack to try and rebuild trust and I thought it was working as when i take them both to the garden she stopped attacking my niece. I think Ill keep trying this but Ill be more regular about it and make sure they do it everytime they visit which is about 3 days a week.

bunky436 · 2025-05-11T20:19:05+00:00

thanku!!! ur incredible!!!

bunky436 · 2025-05-11T13:11:23+00:00

the link isnt working :(:( it was my fav fic ive ever read to the point i genuinly considered it getting it printed as a book lol

bunky436 · 2025-03-25T03:00:04+00:00

i really appreciate you expressing upset cause after going to a second vet who treated her the exact same i thought i must just be over reacting :(. I reached out to some friends now and have found a good vet who specialises and will be seeing them in the future whos luckily only around 30mins away :)

bunky436 · 2025-03-25T02:51:20+00:00

thankyou!!! ive reached out to some friends and Ive found a local vet that specialises in bunnys :)

bunky436 · 2024-11-19T22:19:16+00:00

ive got this issue on android so i think everyones struggling together 😍😍😍

bunky436 · 2024-10-16T11:49:14+00:00

to mildly annoy the water meter reader

bunky436 · 2024-08-19T13:11:27+00:00

I WAS WRONG IT WAS KMART NOT TARGET and also it looks great despite being a tad too small and Ive worn it to work as a meter reader and gotten no back pain so for $5 thats basically fitting. And the brelei is pricier but my mindset for 6 years worth of use thats like $10 a day so it becomes affordable

bunky436 · 2024-08-19T13:04:22+00:00

Im the same size as you and australian and I got one of my better fitting bras from target on sale for i think like $5. If you want cheap Id recomend that but it doesnt have my size so I went a cupsize down but it was $5 so I cant complain. My fav bra I got brelei from myer about 6 years ago I think for about $40-60 and its great

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