Bucktooth has problems with gut stasis. It's happened 2 x and we've given her pain meds, syringe fed critical care and done chiropractic as well. Both times were fairly mild and she recovered in 1-2 days. This is over the course of her 3 years of life. I can't remember how long ago maybe last year?
Since those episodes she has had a few more incidences where her appetite went down, her behaviour off not finishing her pellets etc and when this happens I would immediately give her critical care in a syringe and one or two feedings of that and she's back to herself.
Bucktooth is 3.5 years old spayed female mini rex. She's indoor, she has a large 2 story hutch, and is out running around 12 hours a day at least. She eats free choice Timothy hay or mixed grass hay that is high quality horse hay, and gets two tables spoons of oxbow adult rabbit pellets twice a day and one oxbow digestive support biscuit twice a day. For greens she gets parsley, cilantro, mixed green lettuces and mint etc. She just gets a small amount of those twice a day. She drinks a lot of water out of a bowl. She's 5lbs and not overweight, her teeth are ok.
Last Saturday her appetite went down, I was away but my boyfriend told me right away, so Sunday we gave some critical care, she started eating, but was off and on all week, not eating as much as normal, poops smaller etc, on Friday we took her to the vet, she was eating at the vets of course and looked ok. We she was pooping and peeing there. We gave her metacam x 3 days, and did chiro. She came home and won't eat. Starting Friday night I've been doing the critical care around the clock. She is pooping small poops not nearly as often as she should and not peeing very much (she isn't drinking that I can tell)she will occasionally nibble food. She ate a lettuce leaf, a tiny bit of hay, a tablespoon of pellets from last evening til this morning and this morning all she ate was a digestive biscuit.
What the heck else can I be doing for this rabbit? What is good to do for gut stasis? I want to give her sq fluids I think, and I can do that at home, I don't really want to take her to the vets again because that will further stress her but I think I should so she can be fed the critical care during the day when everyone is at work. Should we do an x-ray? Gah! This bunny belongs to my 5 year old daughter and sleeps on her bed with her. It's like her dog, she has to get better.
What would you do? Any advice?
Jessica
Since those episodes she has had a few more incidences where her appetite went down, her behaviour off not finishing her pellets etc and when this happens I would immediately give her critical care in a syringe and one or two feedings of that and she's back to herself.
Bucktooth is 3.5 years old spayed female mini rex. She's indoor, she has a large 2 story hutch, and is out running around 12 hours a day at least. She eats free choice Timothy hay or mixed grass hay that is high quality horse hay, and gets two tables spoons of oxbow adult rabbit pellets twice a day and one oxbow digestive support biscuit twice a day. For greens she gets parsley, cilantro, mixed green lettuces and mint etc. She just gets a small amount of those twice a day. She drinks a lot of water out of a bowl. She's 5lbs and not overweight, her teeth are ok.
Last Saturday her appetite went down, I was away but my boyfriend told me right away, so Sunday we gave some critical care, she started eating, but was off and on all week, not eating as much as normal, poops smaller etc, on Friday we took her to the vet, she was eating at the vets of course and looked ok. We she was pooping and peeing there. We gave her metacam x 3 days, and did chiro. She came home and won't eat. Starting Friday night I've been doing the critical care around the clock. She is pooping small poops not nearly as often as she should and not peeing very much (she isn't drinking that I can tell)she will occasionally nibble food. She ate a lettuce leaf, a tiny bit of hay, a tablespoon of pellets from last evening til this morning and this morning all she ate was a digestive biscuit.
What the heck else can I be doing for this rabbit? What is good to do for gut stasis? I want to give her sq fluids I think, and I can do that at home, I don't really want to take her to the vets again because that will further stress her but I think I should so she can be fed the critical care during the day when everyone is at work. Should we do an x-ray? Gah! This bunny belongs to my 5 year old daughter and sleeps on her bed with her. It's like her dog, she has to get better.
What would you do? Any advice?
Jessica