anthony27
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
So about two months ago, our rabbit Apple a 5 yr old dwarf mini lop, went through a rather nasty bout with an upper respiratory infection and we almost lost her through a combiniation of that and a severe case of GI Stasis, we went against doctors orders and didnt put her down, she has been pretty good since, we have her on florfenicol once a week and two doses of 0.5ml of meloxicam per day, she has repsponded very well and her breathing has been great. However since mid last week we noticed she was eating much less again and her mood had gone to a depressed and lethargic state rapidly. We have taken her back to the vet, and they still don't hold much hope for her, they ran her bloods and there was a depletion of vitamins and proteins that suggests she has not been eating well for two weeks, we have her on 5ml of critical care every four hours, but its hard as my wife and I both work from 9-5.
She is still eating a bit, only mainly when we dangle some food in front of her, the rest of the time she stays kind of huched over and looks depressed, anyone have any thoughts on what we should do, we dont want to lose her!
cheers
Anthony
So about two months ago, our rabbit Apple a 5 yr old dwarf mini lop, went through a rather nasty bout with an upper respiratory infection and we almost lost her through a combiniation of that and a severe case of GI Stasis, we went against doctors orders and didnt put her down, she has been pretty good since, we have her on florfenicol once a week and two doses of 0.5ml of meloxicam per day, she has repsponded very well and her breathing has been great. However since mid last week we noticed she was eating much less again and her mood had gone to a depressed and lethargic state rapidly. We have taken her back to the vet, and they still don't hold much hope for her, they ran her bloods and there was a depletion of vitamins and proteins that suggests she has not been eating well for two weeks, we have her on 5ml of critical care every four hours, but its hard as my wife and I both work from 9-5.
She is still eating a bit, only mainly when we dangle some food in front of her, the rest of the time she stays kind of huched over and looks depressed, anyone have any thoughts on what we should do, we dont want to lose her!
cheers
Anthony