I never thought owning bunnies could be this bad for my mental health.
Rosco seemed like a healthy happy young rabbit when I adopted him. Then a few months ago he started peeing outside the litter box, and then getting himself covered in pee. Vet couldn't find anything wrong with him.
It got worse. He was almost always soaked with urine. I was having to wash and dry him multiple times a day and constantly change their blankets. Vet did urine tests and found nothing.
Then within a week he dropped almost half his body weight. Still eating, drinking and pooping normally. But peeing everywhere.
We did multiple rounds of blood tests, urine tests etc and we still weren't sure of the cause. He has previously had e.cuniculi which he was treated for, he had the sniffled which he was given antibiotics for, and although his kidneys physically looked fine on scans, his blood readings were a bit off.
Vet said that he likely has either a genetic kidney issue or his previous spells of e.cuniculi have damaged his kidneys. I was told to prepare for the worst.
But he recovered. He stopped peeing on himself and everything else, and he put the weight back on. We thought he was cured.
Well we were wrong. The urine accidents started again last week. He's getting really stressed out with the frequent bathing. And he's started losing weight again.
We've started him back on the medication that helped last time, but we don't know if it will work this time. Again, we're preparing for the worst.
Either this is going to be a recurring stressful issue, or one of these spells will end with me losing him. But the vet has informed us either way he's going to have a reduced lifespan and there's nothing they can do other than keep giving us the same medications hoping it works again.
So here I am, crying over the thought of losing my boy, feeding him blueberries and extra pellets laced with meds, praying that he's not in pain.
by SpecialCorgi1