Lizzy
Member
Hi!
I posted a while ago when my bunny Tundra was having chronic gut stasis which was on and off for weeks. It was one of the worst times of my life as we just didn't know if we could find the source of the problem and get Tundra well again. We knew it wasn't from lack of exercise as he got hours to run round a large garden and all the plants were bunny safe. This left us with his diet. After lots of trial and error, we found that under no circumstance must he be allowed any dried food - if anything the worst bout of all was when he had some of the burgess pellets. Before we discovered it was the food, the vets were talking about X-rays and so on and hadn't once suggested complete elimination of all pellets.
I know that the reason for gut stasis may vary in rabbits but just wanted to let others know how we sorted it and it could be worth a go. Tundra has lost weight as there are no pellets whatsoever but his weight did stabilise and he seems much happier and healthier now.
I posted a while ago when my bunny Tundra was having chronic gut stasis which was on and off for weeks. It was one of the worst times of my life as we just didn't know if we could find the source of the problem and get Tundra well again. We knew it wasn't from lack of exercise as he got hours to run round a large garden and all the plants were bunny safe. This left us with his diet. After lots of trial and error, we found that under no circumstance must he be allowed any dried food - if anything the worst bout of all was when he had some of the burgess pellets. Before we discovered it was the food, the vets were talking about X-rays and so on and hadn't once suggested complete elimination of all pellets.
I know that the reason for gut stasis may vary in rabbits but just wanted to let others know how we sorted it and it could be worth a go. Tundra has lost weight as there are no pellets whatsoever but his weight did stabilise and he seems much happier and healthier now.