UD: Garrus has Anemia

Today all day we kept stepping in little wet spots and at first we thought that we spilled water or tea or something, but then we noticed that Garrus' tail is a little wet. If he has to actually pee he goes in the litter box, but sometimes he accidentally leaks about a teaspoon I would say. This is very weird 'cause he always pee's in the same place and even when he used to spray urine he would only spray one particular spot where his litter box was. Is this common?

Sorry but not sure about this

Am sure Maysie will be on soon and will be able to help

oh how odd, sadly i don't know an answer to that, are you sure he isnt just hopping out of his tray mid pee? but a teaspoon sounds a lot though!!! maybe a trip to the vets is needed?! i'm sure someone who knows more will help!

I'm not sure how much.. a teaspoon does sound a lot now that I actually think of it.. but they're just tiny little puddles and nowhere near his litter box. Now one of his back paws are wet too and we dried him up with his towel.. Hopefully it'll stop soon.. if not, we'll just drop by the vet and ask if there's anything wrong

Have you noticed him drinking more water than usual? Is he straining when he wee's in the litter tray? are his back legs wet and underneath his tail as this can be a sign of a urinary infection.

How old is Garrus as if he is an old bun it can be a sign of arthritis if he is a young bun and new to litter training he could be just getting use to it and just a bit eager to go before he's actually finished

Yea his back Legs and tail are wet. He is getting used to a new litter (hemparade) but he also has accidents like in the bedroom while his litterbox is in the living room, so we don't think it has to do with just leaving before he's finished..
Oh my I hope he doesn't have a urinary infection

Oh and he's a little over 5 months old now

We also haven't noticed if he's straining.. We just see him hop over there and turn his back to us like he usually does when he pees. We'll keep an eye on him today to see if he's straining and/or drinking more water

Nagila wrote:Oh and he's a little over 5 months old now

Oh he is only a baby I wouldn't worry too much then at the moment as he will no doubt still be getting use to using his litter tray and I dare say he is so excited to run around if his litter tray is in a play area, it's a quick wee and off to play again and so makes a few puddles

If his back legs and under his tail and bottom are wet all the time though I would consider having him checked out at the vets just to be on the safe side

We have an appointment tomorrow morning just to be sure.. We'll check right away how much it would cost to get him done eventhough he's not bothering B and he's not ehm... "bothering" anything else either

Nagila wrote:We have an appointment tomorrow morning just to be sure.. We'll check right away how much it would cost to get him done eventhough he's not bothering B and he's not ehm... "bothering" anything else either

If you are worried it's always best to be on the safe side, hope it's just his age

'Good Luck' for tomorrow let us know how he goes on xxx

We hope it's just his age too :/ he seems alright, but we havent seen him pee properly today as in we kept an eye on him but it looks like we missed him everytime he went to take a leak so we don't know if he's having difficulty peeing

You were right last night we examined him and his tail and paws were wet because we moved their litterbox last time, but he likes his original corner more we didn't see it because it's a little hidden, but now he's all dry and nice only we have to wash his paws and bum a little cause he smells like urine
wonder how that's gonna go
Any tips how to keep him still?

oh by the way he didn't have to go to the vet anymore he's fine we just overreacted instead of looking for clues first

just now Garrus started acting very weird and he couldn't hop right he kept wobbling and every time he flops down but when he tries to get up he just can't. He won't eat his favourite pellets and he rests his head a lot, while usually he keeps his head straight up. He also started pooping a lot when he was laying down, but his poops were just normal round same size and healthy. He always lets us pet him but never pick him up or grab him or anything, but this time he seemed to be limp when we tried to carry him to put him in the basket to take him to the vet. They took forever to get here and are charging us a ridiculous amount of money because it's sunday evening and only one person could go with them we decided JC better go with him cause he knows everything Garrus did this weekend, cause I wasn't home. I feel so useless now just sitting here waiting for JC to call...

Oh no I hope he is ok, I wonder if he has a kidney infection. Oh poor boy I do hope he is ok

Sending him lots of healing Vibes

Please let us know what it is, Thinking of you and Garrus

Last time urinary infection was mentioned, but the symptoms I described stopped and since I wasn't home for the weekend I didn't notice anything different.. just today he seemed quiet when I got home since he usually runs to me so I would pet him, but today he just seemed indifferent. He just looked sooo tired when they took him I sure do hope he's okay.. he's so young

Nagila wrote:Last time urinary infection was mentioned, but the symptoms I described stopped and since I wasn't home for the weekend I didn't notice anything different.. just today he seemed quiet when I got home since he usually runs to me so I would pet him, but today he just seemed indifferent. He just looked sooo tired when they took him I sure do hope he's okay.. he's so young

They will probably give him some fluids and put him on some antibiotics if it's a urinary infection. I will stay on the forum as I would like to know how he got on at the vet

it's comforting just to talk to someone.. B never answers and JC isn't answering at the moment and it's obvious why but I still want to know what's going on. I would go there myself but it would take me an hour since I'm by bike B doesn't even seem to notice G isn't here. I do wonder how JC and Garrus are gonna come back.

Nagila wrote:it's comforting just to talk to someone.. B never answers and JC isn't answering at the moment and it's obvious why but I still want to know what's going on. I would go there myself but it would take me an hour since I'm by bike B doesn't even seem to notice G isn't here. I do wonder how JC and Garrus are gonna come back.

I'm sure as soon as he knows anything and comes out of the vet's he will contact you he will know you will be waiting and worrying I'm sure.
I always think this is the worse bit waiting to hear what's wrong I usually pace the floor, watch the clock and check the telephone and my mobile just in case I have missed something

I tried playing with Benezia to keep myself busy, but she does get bored of me easily if I don't have food..
OH the results are in.. they said he has very bad anemia? Because his blood is a very light colour and maybe he has a parasite or a sickness

Nagila wrote:I tried playing with Benezia to keep myself busy, but she does get bored of me easily if I don't have food..
OH the results are in.. they said he has very bad anemia? Because his blood is a very light colour and maybe he has a parasite or a sickness

Anemia oh that will explain why he looked so tired to you there could be a number of reasons he has anemia. What medication have they put him on do you know.

they just said he has anemia and maybe he has VHD or a parasite, but we had them both vaccinated for VHD and myxomatose or something and they're both very clean we haven't seen any kind of parasites and their bums are clean too, so I don't get it. The vet on duty just gave us some antibiotics and told us to take him to our vet tomorrow morning

Nagila wrote:they just said he has anemia and maybe he has VHD or a parasite, but we had them both vaccinated for VHD and myxomatose or something and they're both very clean we haven't seen any kind of parasites and their bums are clean too, so I don't get it. The vet on duty just gave us some antibiotics and told us to take him to our vet tomorrow morning

I would take him to your vet tomorrow as they will have to do tests on his blood count and you hopefully will know more then.

I have sent you this website so you know a little more about Anemia in rabbits http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Hematology/Differentials/anemia.htm

Give Garrus a gentle noserub from me and I will be watching this thread to see how he goes on.

Thinking about you both xxx

thanks we'll let you know tomorrow, we're feeding him a pellet porridge now, but he's not very interested.