mpp
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Hi! My partner and I are having a bit of a scare today. It’s currently 1:29am. We woke up this morning around 9:00 and noticed that our bun hadn’t eaten his nightly hay. It’s hard to tell if he pooped overnight because his litter box wasn’t totally clean. We called the vet and took him in at 1:30 pm for an emergency examination. The vet examined him and her hunch is that his teeth are cutting his gums a bit since they’ve grown so big. We’ve gotten them filed down in the past a few times, they grow quickly so we’re aware of this problem.
The vet prescribed cisapride, meloxicam, and an antibiotic and told us to force feed critical care every 8 hours which we did around 9pm. We’ve been giving him water through a syringe as he’s uninterested in hay, basil, mint, or his water bowl. We’ve also been massaging his tummy frequently. We also gave him gas drops once per hour starting at 9:15, then 10:15, then 11:15.
He’s been pressing his stomach to the ground a bit in his litter box, and otherwise is just sitting for the most part.
Does anyone have any recommendations for what to do currently? I’m also kind of looking for some ears to listen since this has been so stressful, but we’ll do anything possible at this point.
Thanks so much!
The vet prescribed cisapride, meloxicam, and an antibiotic and told us to force feed critical care every 8 hours which we did around 9pm. We’ve been giving him water through a syringe as he’s uninterested in hay, basil, mint, or his water bowl. We’ve also been massaging his tummy frequently. We also gave him gas drops once per hour starting at 9:15, then 10:15, then 11:15.
He’s been pressing his stomach to the ground a bit in his litter box, and otherwise is just sitting for the most part.
Does anyone have any recommendations for what to do currently? I’m also kind of looking for some ears to listen since this has been so stressful, but we’ll do anything possible at this point.
Thanks so much!