Bladder Sludge

by **Snowy** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:21 pm

George is a bunny that I took in three years ago, prior to my taking him in he sadly had EC which wasn't recognised by the vet until much later, he was left with urine incontinence and then was struck by fly strike, he made a good recovery but his previous owner could no longer cope with him

Since coming to us he has suffered from periodic bouts of urine incontinence and more recently he has suffered from bladder sludge, we have tried all sorts of medication, it clears it up for a month or two but then it comes back again, we decided to have xrays done last week and were horrified to see the results

Xray 1 shows the bladder full of sludge

Bladder Sludge GSayers1x2-1

Xray 2 show the bladder after it had been flushed

Bladder Sludge GSayers3x2-1

Unforunately, even though he has been flushed and flushed it has made very little difference Crying or Very sad

by Big Ears Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:30 pm

That's exactly what Artie's bladder looked like before he had his cystotomy, it's really shocking to see. He has his bladder expressed at 6 week intervals now and I've seen x-rays from about a year ago and his bladder still looks white to me but the vets are very pleased with his progress.

*touches wood* since his surgery he keeps well on metacam and furosemide and having his bladder emptied.

I hope there's a way to help George, would he be well enough for surgery?