Jenk
Well-Known Member
What on earth can bring on such sudden pain/stasis symptoms?
We do all the "right" things by our crew: They get 30 minutes' of hard exercise, plentiful hay and water, pellets (not too much); and two of our three buns get greens. Plus, they've been groomed daily for many weeks' now.
Last night, our boy acted 100% fine when he came out of his room for exercise. A little more than an hour later, he was lethargic, shifted his gut repeatedly,had inappetance and rapid breathing.
I treated him with three Simethicone doses and one Metacam dose. I massaged his digestive tract but didn't feel any major gas. He showed no sign of improvement in those three hours'.
I finally fell asleep next to him (he was in his litter box) at 2:30 am. I dragged myself to my own bed at 3:30 am, at which time I heard him slowly starting to munch hay.
This morning, he has a few fecals in his box (some tiny, some normal-sized, some strung with fur). He's still not acting "right," so I made a vet appointment for him today. (Our megacolon girl is going in, as well. Oh, Dear Hubby's going to love the additional vet bills.)
Why must this happen to me/us, especially as our vacation looms even closer? This does not build up my confidence about leaving our crew so that we humans can have some fun.
Jenk
We do all the "right" things by our crew: They get 30 minutes' of hard exercise, plentiful hay and water, pellets (not too much); and two of our three buns get greens. Plus, they've been groomed daily for many weeks' now.
Last night, our boy acted 100% fine when he came out of his room for exercise. A little more than an hour later, he was lethargic, shifted his gut repeatedly,had inappetance and rapid breathing.
I treated him with three Simethicone doses and one Metacam dose. I massaged his digestive tract but didn't feel any major gas. He showed no sign of improvement in those three hours'.
I finally fell asleep next to him (he was in his litter box) at 2:30 am. I dragged myself to my own bed at 3:30 am, at which time I heard him slowly starting to munch hay.
This morning, he has a few fecals in his box (some tiny, some normal-sized, some strung with fur). He's still not acting "right," so I made a vet appointment for him today. (Our megacolon girl is going in, as well. Oh, Dear Hubby's going to love the additional vet bills.)
Why must this happen to me/us, especially as our vacation looms even closer? This does not build up my confidence about leaving our crew so that we humans can have some fun.
Jenk