So here is the story of Jellybeans bladder problems that I need help with.
So it started with him squeaking every so often for months and I thought it was his buddy annoying him as he always squeaks a similar squeak when his buddy tries to get next to him in the hay, his house, his tunnel etc. Then I saw him squeak when he was peeing and pooping. We took him to the vet and they did x-rays and could find only extremely tiny dots that could have been stones or something else and if they were stones could easily be passed. Just in case it was anything else like a UTI he was given some medicine to help with that. So we brought him home and radically changed his diet so no more parsley, Kale, Dill or Spinach. He seems to do really well for a while on this new diet and then he starts squeaking again maybe once a week and leaves white spots and calcium sludge when he pees and then he is fine again for a little while. I am in Australia so can only get oxbow for his pellets which I have read on this forum can sometimes be a problem. The vet also said he should drink more water and this is a problem as he doesn't drink water (and hasn't for 4 years) we tried again after what the vet said, we put in a dish of water and he stuck his head out of his house stretched forward sniffed and then ran for his little life. For the rest of the night he would make sure to skirt and go all the way around the water bowl and not come out one side of the tunnel as it was too close to the water bowl (he is terrified of anything new) which I am pretty sure would help him dilute his pee a bit. As for his vegetables he currently gets romaine lettuce (which I also read can cause problems but he only gets that in the morning and I use it as a water source for them as well), Radicchio, Celery, Silverbeet, swiss chard, carrot, red and green capsicum, cucumber, chickory, endive, fennel, Pak-Choi, red and green coral lettuce I think (I get them a leaf mix so can't remember what the name is), Corn Husk. Not all of this is in the one day but spread throughout the week except for a few that are staples.
So any ideas about what I should do next? Is it strange that his squeaking when he pees only happens like once a week and then stops until around the following week? Is there anything I can do to get him to drink water?
Any help would be great thanks.
So it started with him squeaking every so often for months and I thought it was his buddy annoying him as he always squeaks a similar squeak when his buddy tries to get next to him in the hay, his house, his tunnel etc. Then I saw him squeak when he was peeing and pooping. We took him to the vet and they did x-rays and could find only extremely tiny dots that could have been stones or something else and if they were stones could easily be passed. Just in case it was anything else like a UTI he was given some medicine to help with that. So we brought him home and radically changed his diet so no more parsley, Kale, Dill or Spinach. He seems to do really well for a while on this new diet and then he starts squeaking again maybe once a week and leaves white spots and calcium sludge when he pees and then he is fine again for a little while. I am in Australia so can only get oxbow for his pellets which I have read on this forum can sometimes be a problem. The vet also said he should drink more water and this is a problem as he doesn't drink water (and hasn't for 4 years) we tried again after what the vet said, we put in a dish of water and he stuck his head out of his house stretched forward sniffed and then ran for his little life. For the rest of the night he would make sure to skirt and go all the way around the water bowl and not come out one side of the tunnel as it was too close to the water bowl (he is terrified of anything new) which I am pretty sure would help him dilute his pee a bit. As for his vegetables he currently gets romaine lettuce (which I also read can cause problems but he only gets that in the morning and I use it as a water source for them as well), Radicchio, Celery, Silverbeet, swiss chard, carrot, red and green capsicum, cucumber, chickory, endive, fennel, Pak-Choi, red and green coral lettuce I think (I get them a leaf mix so can't remember what the name is), Corn Husk. Not all of this is in the one day but spread throughout the week except for a few that are staples.
So any ideas about what I should do next? Is it strange that his squeaking when he pees only happens like once a week and then stops until around the following week? Is there anything I can do to get him to drink water?
Any help would be great thanks.