BunnieRosanna
Well-Known Member
This is going to sound very strange to a lot of bunny owners, as it is strange to me, but there has recently been a repetitive pattern of feeding my bunsa spoonful each of cannedpumpkin as a treat (100% pure organic pumkinFarmers Market...NOT for pie recepie)...and painful gas episodes beginning almost immediately as a result.
This has happened 3 times in the past few weeks, twice for our rex Lara and once on our boy Harrell,and this is too weird for it to be anything else. Lara was very ill last night for 3 hours, she had to have lots of tummy massage, pedialite and some oval. She finally started to sit up, groom and begin to eat 3 hours after she had flopped eyes slit and panting. She was vibrating as she was in so much pain.
The pumpkin is within it's best before date, it has good consistency, smells good...but I am wondering if there is something else in it not making my buns unwell, like a bad batch. It's not given as a treat every day, perhaps twice a week an hour or so after pellets and some hay snacking.
As someone who has sworn on pumpkin's ability to reduce hair blockages and keep the tract full offibre (in addition to hay) this is very concerning. I am now going to stop this altogether. Once could be termed a 'one off' but three times in a row is more than just a cooincodence when they are otherwise healthy and bouncing around beforehand eating hay etc..
If anyone can relate to this specific observation -- her tummy had 'dropped' down, it was hanging down a bit baggy making her pelvis outline noticeable.... I have seen this before on her and it's a sign she has painful gas. After she has recovered, her abdomen is back to normal again. Is this common?? has anyone else observed this before on their bunny in statis or gas? So strange about the pumpkin though.....
This has happened 3 times in the past few weeks, twice for our rex Lara and once on our boy Harrell,and this is too weird for it to be anything else. Lara was very ill last night for 3 hours, she had to have lots of tummy massage, pedialite and some oval. She finally started to sit up, groom and begin to eat 3 hours after she had flopped eyes slit and panting. She was vibrating as she was in so much pain.
The pumpkin is within it's best before date, it has good consistency, smells good...but I am wondering if there is something else in it not making my buns unwell, like a bad batch. It's not given as a treat every day, perhaps twice a week an hour or so after pellets and some hay snacking.
As someone who has sworn on pumpkin's ability to reduce hair blockages and keep the tract full offibre (in addition to hay) this is very concerning. I am now going to stop this altogether. Once could be termed a 'one off' but three times in a row is more than just a cooincodence when they are otherwise healthy and bouncing around beforehand eating hay etc..
If anyone can relate to this specific observation -- her tummy had 'dropped' down, it was hanging down a bit baggy making her pelvis outline noticeable.... I have seen this before on her and it's a sign she has painful gas. After she has recovered, her abdomen is back to normal again. Is this common?? has anyone else observed this before on their bunny in statis or gas? So strange about the pumpkin though.....
