This is a depressing topic, sorry. But I think you're possibly the only people that will understand how upsetting it is. (It's just a rabbit right?) <----ugh!!!!
This morning he was just sitting hunched. He didn't move too much when I added food and maybe ate one pellet. I took him out and he didn't run around or poo, so I syringe fed him. One little dry nugget came out and that's it. I have him some metacam. There aren't really any drugs at the vets I can use on him because he's so tiny we need to have them compounded and it's Thanksgiving here in canada. He has worsened since this morning. I know he is going to die. I keep massaging his stomach and syringe feeding him a pellet slurry the dr recommended and I also gave him some of his milk replacer. I'm a coward because I didn't euthanize him. I've had him for 7 weeks and got him when he was 2 days old. I would have to wake up in the middle of the night to feed him. I was always afraid I would get trapped at work with an emergency and he would starve if I left him home, so every day he would come to work with me on the 50 minute commute there and the 50 minute commute home in a cardboard box on the front seat. Every day I expected those bunnies to die. And every day there was Bucktooth and Storm. I can't believe he's going to die at 7 weeks old. WTH!!!! I thought I was in the clear. Obviously he must have been eating less (and yes I didn't notice that but I thought it was because I was trying to switch them off of alfalfa and onto grass hay) and obviously he must have been pooing less which I didn't notice because Storm obviously poops enough for 6 rabbits....) I'm sorry for my depressing post!
This morning he was just sitting hunched. He didn't move too much when I added food and maybe ate one pellet. I took him out and he didn't run around or poo, so I syringe fed him. One little dry nugget came out and that's it. I have him some metacam. There aren't really any drugs at the vets I can use on him because he's so tiny we need to have them compounded and it's Thanksgiving here in canada. He has worsened since this morning. I know he is going to die. I keep massaging his stomach and syringe feeding him a pellet slurry the dr recommended and I also gave him some of his milk replacer. I'm a coward because I didn't euthanize him. I've had him for 7 weeks and got him when he was 2 days old. I would have to wake up in the middle of the night to feed him. I was always afraid I would get trapped at work with an emergency and he would starve if I left him home, so every day he would come to work with me on the 50 minute commute there and the 50 minute commute home in a cardboard box on the front seat. Every day I expected those bunnies to die. And every day there was Bucktooth and Storm. I can't believe he's going to die at 7 weeks old. WTH!!!! I thought I was in the clear. Obviously he must have been eating less (and yes I didn't notice that but I thought it was because I was trying to switch them off of alfalfa and onto grass hay) and obviously he must have been pooing less which I didn't notice because Storm obviously poops enough for 6 rabbits....) I'm sorry for my depressing post!
