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  1. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Hi there. Thank you. I guess I should have updated this thread. Spike passed away not too soon after this. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure (which is what all this seemed to be a symptom of). And he had lost too much weight. Even on exhorbant amounts of hay only, the weight fell...
  2. Spikethebunny

    Goodbye, Dear Spike

    Spike was diagnosed with congestive heart failure a week ago. He fought the good fight and really tried, but this morning he fell over trying to come for breakfast and never got back up. :( He would've been ten this October, and until this month, rarely had a sick day (the vet couldn't...
  3. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you! Yes, the vet has asked me to add alfalfa hay. We are doing a tiny bit a day, till he gets used to it. And we are also giving him a few pellets as well. The vet has still told me no to greens, but I will ask again. Honestly, right now, I just need him to gain some weight. Poor guy...
  4. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    So an update on Spike. We went back to the vet yesterday as a follow up. The furosemide hadn't done much yet, other than make him pee a lot, so his dose was increased (and today he does seem to be breathing a bit easier). Since he is still getting soft poos at night, and he was getting too...
  5. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thanks, JBun. Yeah, it definitely wasn't what we expected to hear when we brought him in. But I'm so glad I didn't ignore it when I knew something wasn't right. Thank you for letting me know about other buns doing well with enlarged hearts. I was looking it up last night, and I've seen that...
  6. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    An update on Spike. We ran him to the vet yesterday because we had not changed a thing and his stools were worse that day. I'd also been noticing a violent rocking with his breathing over the last couple weeks I thought might be a side effect of the metacam. The first thing they did was weigh...
  7. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    I just had a look at the critical care ingredients and whoa, you are right about the sugar! And fruit, which I stopped giving Spike a few years ago because it was rough on his tummy. It's weird my vet kept saying it would fix the problem (my vet is pretty rabbit savvy - most of her patients are...
  8. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    No access to other buns, no. :(
  9. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you! Yeah, I'm suspicious of the critical care, but my vet keeps insisting it should correct the problem, not make it worse. But I agree with you about the sugars. I have read metacam can cause it, but this was happening prior to us starting the metacam. I did find the Oxbow Digestive...
  10. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    So it has been one month, and we are still finding soft stools. It always happens at one time of day, then the rest of the time, he is fine. He is eating SO much hay. We are refilling his hay basket like 6 times a day (he is only eating Timothy-the long strands. I even removed the hay stacks in...
  11. Spikethebunny

    Scared about dental

    Sigh... So it has been three weeks and we are still seeing some soft stools (about 1-5 a day. The rest of the time, his stool is normal, and we are seeing that some of them are a bit more formed than they used to me). His diet down to only hay and water, with small doses of critical care twice...
  12. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you! Those sheets are very helpful. I'm so perplexed though, because yesterday he had a much better day (we only found one runny stool and it was mixed in with regular ones). Today, I've already seen 4. And where this used to happen in the afternoon, now it's happening in the morning. I'm...
  13. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you. I've started operation: phase out pellets today. I'm going to slowly phase those out and then the critical care so it's not one big jump for him. It's been exactly two weeks since this all started. I see days where it is better and days where it isn't as great. My vet has said if it's...
  14. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Okay, so the last couple days, Spike's been doing better. Eating lots of hay, lots more energy. We've only seen maybe one or two runny stools. This morning, though, I woke up to a runny stool (which is not normal because he usually only gets them in the afternoon), and now he is hiding in a...
  15. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you! I hope so, too!
  16. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you! I will for sure ask them about splitting it. Spike is a Netherland Dwarf, so he weighs about 2 pounds. He's a tiny guy! :)
  17. Spikethebunny

    He hates Hardwood floors!!

    Spike is almost ten and has NEVER gotten over his aversion to hardwood. Poor guy just slips on it, so I don't blame him. I agree with the rug idea. We have also had success laying out towels for him, but being older he doesn't run or jump as much (mostly just hops along it), so they don't slide...
  18. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    Thank you SO much for this! I started him on the metacam on Monday night, and immediately have seen an increase in both his movement and hay intake. I am soooo glad you mentioned the smaller poops, cause I saw that, too. I have noticed that he is more energetic and seems to feel best at night...
  19. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    I got critical care from the vet, and she gave me a very through presentation (on the floor with a stuffed toy rabbit and everything!) on how to syringe feed Spike. She did say I don't need to force it if he is eating lots of hay. I tried the bowl thing and nope. He ate a bit from the syringe...
  20. Spikethebunny

    Will het starve on hay only? (soft stools)

    So I have been lucky so far and have never had to syringe feed Spike anything. Now I will have metacam and critical care. Spike does NOT like being held. As a result (I should've trained both of us in this), I'm not very confident in trying to hold him. Is it possible to give critical care...
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