lovedbunny
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Hi everyone,
I am hoping for some help regarding my rabbit Harchie. He is over 9 years old (we dont know his exact age as he was adopted). He is a very funny guy with tons of attitude and likes to talk (grunt!) to show you he is boss. He has one eye because when they found him it was super infected and they had to remove it so the infection wouldn't go to his brain. He could care less though because he runs at top speed and loves to jump!
Well poor Harchie is going through an episode of GI stasis. He has had this before and it took him a week last time until he was 100% back to normal. Sunday he started the typical doesnt want to eat (not even treats!), isn't pooping, seems off. Also loud stomach gurgling noises (gas) and laying down. Started him right away on Simethicone and cisapride. Started him on force feeding. He wants to eat his greens (lettuce, cilantro, dill). Gave him some buprenorphine.
Monday went to vet, got more cisapride, buprenorphine, got sub-q fluid under the skin. They did a blood test (see photo below) which shows slightly elevated (and some low) levels. Vet said this could be caused by dehydraton or early kidney disease. He got x-rays done which shows gi stasis. They say concern is of the kidneys on xray due to shape and size. But they dont know anything more. Said they need to find a specialist who knows xrays to get opinion on the kidney.
I have tried to find as much info as I can about kidney disease in rabbits, and can hardly find anything about enlarged kidneys (aka hydronephrosis).
He is behaving more normal (less in pain, no teeth gritting, more attitude-y self in behaviour), wants to eat greens. Wants to drink when i syringe feed him water. Is taking syringe feeding well (sometimes spits it out a bit but generally going in well!). Ate a tiny bit of hay from my hand. But isn't back to normal where he will go up to his bowls to eat himself aside from coming to you for greens of course! He is pooping good. He was just pooping on his blanket where he was laying but now he is back to jumping into litter box and pooping there as normal. Good amount of pee too. Looks normal and no sludge or anything. We are continuing with the feedings. I am doing sub-q fluids now twice a day for 3 days as vet said (i do that at home myself, he gets super stressed at the vet so dont want to stress him more because then he shakes and wont eat).
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I dont know could be the underlying condition here. He seems pretty happy, not 100% normal but a big improvement since day 1.
And as mentioned, last time it was at least 7 days till he was back to 100% with the last GI episode. His normal diet is good though - eats his hay, eats a little pellets, loves greens and loves water. So I'm not sure what could have caused this current GI episode at all!!
Oh yes and we gave urine sample today and are getting results back tomorrow!
I am hoping for some help regarding my rabbit Harchie. He is over 9 years old (we dont know his exact age as he was adopted). He is a very funny guy with tons of attitude and likes to talk (grunt!) to show you he is boss. He has one eye because when they found him it was super infected and they had to remove it so the infection wouldn't go to his brain. He could care less though because he runs at top speed and loves to jump!
Well poor Harchie is going through an episode of GI stasis. He has had this before and it took him a week last time until he was 100% back to normal. Sunday he started the typical doesnt want to eat (not even treats!), isn't pooping, seems off. Also loud stomach gurgling noises (gas) and laying down. Started him right away on Simethicone and cisapride. Started him on force feeding. He wants to eat his greens (lettuce, cilantro, dill). Gave him some buprenorphine.
Monday went to vet, got more cisapride, buprenorphine, got sub-q fluid under the skin. They did a blood test (see photo below) which shows slightly elevated (and some low) levels. Vet said this could be caused by dehydraton or early kidney disease. He got x-rays done which shows gi stasis. They say concern is of the kidneys on xray due to shape and size. But they dont know anything more. Said they need to find a specialist who knows xrays to get opinion on the kidney.
I have tried to find as much info as I can about kidney disease in rabbits, and can hardly find anything about enlarged kidneys (aka hydronephrosis).
He is behaving more normal (less in pain, no teeth gritting, more attitude-y self in behaviour), wants to eat greens. Wants to drink when i syringe feed him water. Is taking syringe feeding well (sometimes spits it out a bit but generally going in well!). Ate a tiny bit of hay from my hand. But isn't back to normal where he will go up to his bowls to eat himself aside from coming to you for greens of course! He is pooping good. He was just pooping on his blanket where he was laying but now he is back to jumping into litter box and pooping there as normal. Good amount of pee too. Looks normal and no sludge or anything. We are continuing with the feedings. I am doing sub-q fluids now twice a day for 3 days as vet said (i do that at home myself, he gets super stressed at the vet so dont want to stress him more because then he shakes and wont eat).
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I dont know could be the underlying condition here. He seems pretty happy, not 100% normal but a big improvement since day 1.
And as mentioned, last time it was at least 7 days till he was back to 100% with the last GI episode. His normal diet is good though - eats his hay, eats a little pellets, loves greens and loves water. So I'm not sure what could have caused this current GI episode at all!!
Oh yes and we gave urine sample today and are getting results back tomorrow!
