Shaggy's sick...

Hi!

Just a little message to tell you Shaggy's sick. He's got a bladder infection. According to the vet we were just in time to turn it around.
Friday Shaggy didn't really want to go out to play. When I got his collar he ran through the whole house, otherwise he just goes and sit in front of the back door to go out. Now he really didn't want to go out. I put his collar on anyway and he went out to play, but I didn't see him again that day. Normally he comes and goes a bit. Friday evening at around 5, I started calling him but he didn't show. Around 6 mum and Aaron came home and we started looking for him, because this isn't something he normally does. Finally at 7.30 he came home looking really stressed out. He was angry with us, with everything,... in short this wasn't our Shaggy! Than we noticed he had problems relieving himself. He just sat in his kitty litter for ages, but he couldn't go... Saturday morning that hadn't changed. We were in doubt wether to go to the vet or not. We did, because we thought well tomorrow's Sunday and than there's a school holiday, so our vet would be out of town.
When we arrived at the vet's yesterday he told us we were just in time. Shaggy's bladder felt like a huge tennis ball. The vet managed to get him to pee, so he could check his urine. If we had waited longer, Shaggy could've died... Apparently most cats with bladder problems, get these problems from certain meals they sell at the supermarket. 70-80% of the cats with these problems, are on those feeds. I cannot understand how this can still be sold! 70-80% is a lot! Certainly when most cats even die from it!
Luckily we had him checked in time. He got some antibiotic shots and a pain killer. Yesterday he was really sleepy form the medication, but today he's a lot more lively! We still have to check his litter to see if he can pee normally, because it could still turn out bad, but we're keeping a eye on him and if we see any irregularity we can call our vet on his cellphone! The vet gave us his cellphone number so that we could reach him if something's wrong. Isn't that the best vet ever??

Rabbits and winter time

A little tip to help your rabbits through an ice cold winter: add some pineapple juice to their water. It helps them build up a good resistance and the water will not freeze as fast.

Keep them warm with enough hay and straw!

Safe and sound through the winter!