MyBoyHarper
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I decided to take Haley to the vet this morning after I woke up and her cage only had 3 tiny poopies, and that was it. My vet is really good with exotics, and has did surgery on two hamsters and my rat. He also neutered Harper and my guinea pig. He will be the one spaying Haley when she gets older as well.
Anyways he examined her really good, tested some things, and was absolutely appalled when I told him that she was weaned at only 3 1/2 to 4 weeks old, and that she was only currently 5 weeks old. He said at 3 and 1/2 to 4 weeks, she should've still been on straight mother's milk, and been introduced to pellets. At 5 weeks, she should still be on mother's milk AND pellets, and just be being introduced to hay.
However, Haley doesn't want to eat any of her pellets, she only wants the hay. But she does drink a LOT of water. He said that at her age, she is not getting any of her vital nutrients from straight hay. So, he told me to supplement her pellets and hay with Just Born kitten milk, which contains colostrum, for 2 weeks. I am also supposed to give her this stuff called Bene-Bac. Which is a very tiny little tube of good bacteria (like found it yogurt) made for kittens and rabbits which were weaned too early, or are in high stress situations. I'm supposed to give her 1 tube now, and 1 in 3 days.
He also wants her on laxatone for 10 days, 1cc 3x a day. He said her stomach doesn't feel like it has any blockages or problems, but food doesn't seem to be moving through there properly. He said this is most likely due to lack of nutrients, and the shock to her system from being taken off mother's milk and put straight onto pellets and hay much too early. Her system didn't adjust to the change.
Anyways, he said in 2 weeks when all this is over, she should be one big, happy, healthy bun bun. YAY for healthy bun buns!
Just for a cuteness factor, Haley did her first bunny flop this morning! Here's a picture of it:
Anyways he examined her really good, tested some things, and was absolutely appalled when I told him that she was weaned at only 3 1/2 to 4 weeks old, and that she was only currently 5 weeks old. He said at 3 and 1/2 to 4 weeks, she should've still been on straight mother's milk, and been introduced to pellets. At 5 weeks, she should still be on mother's milk AND pellets, and just be being introduced to hay.
However, Haley doesn't want to eat any of her pellets, she only wants the hay. But she does drink a LOT of water. He said that at her age, she is not getting any of her vital nutrients from straight hay. So, he told me to supplement her pellets and hay with Just Born kitten milk, which contains colostrum, for 2 weeks. I am also supposed to give her this stuff called Bene-Bac. Which is a very tiny little tube of good bacteria (like found it yogurt) made for kittens and rabbits which were weaned too early, or are in high stress situations. I'm supposed to give her 1 tube now, and 1 in 3 days.
He also wants her on laxatone for 10 days, 1cc 3x a day. He said her stomach doesn't feel like it has any blockages or problems, but food doesn't seem to be moving through there properly. He said this is most likely due to lack of nutrients, and the shock to her system from being taken off mother's milk and put straight onto pellets and hay much too early. Her system didn't adjust to the change.
Anyways, he said in 2 weeks when all this is over, she should be one big, happy, healthy bun bun. YAY for healthy bun buns!
Just for a cuteness factor, Haley did her first bunny flop this morning! Here's a picture of it: