bunny Urinary tract infections

Question
I have a sweet little 7 year old bunny, and I believe he has a urinary tract infection. I'm taking him to the vet in the morning, but he's definitely uncomfortable and I know it takes time for medicine to work. Do you know of anything I can do to make him more comfortable until then? Thanks for your help!

Answer
Hi Amy,

two things, but you need to go to the store.  First, cranberry juice mixed into the water.  Get the unsweetened cranberry juice, do not get the juice with sugar added.  Ask a clerk to show you the unsweetened if you can't tell.

Second, you need to go to a health food store or if your grocery store carries health items, is to look for Arnica Montana pills.  They are little sugar pills infused with Arnica Montana, which can help take the edge off pain safely.  If the pain is bad it may not get rid of it completely but it will make him feel less pain.  If the pain is minor to moderate it may help reduce it a lot.  I would give him 2-3 little pills, every 4-6 hours.

If you can't find it around you, take 1/2 of a BABY ASPIRIN (no substitutes, it must be baby aspirin), crush it up, and sprinkle over his food pellets.  Give him one tonite, and one in the morning - unless you are going to the vet in the morning - the vet may want to give him other painkillers (ie metacam) there and you don't want aspirin to interfere with it.

Don't do both aspirin AND Arnica pills.  Do one or the other.  I'd prefer Arnica over the aspirin because it is the safer of the two.

And make sure to tell the vet what you have given him.  Especially if it's aspirin, just so they know what treatment you've given him and when (record time and amounts).