Nummy
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Hello everyone :wave:My Rabbit's name is Nummy, He is a rescued dutch/fancy rabbit. His age is unknown but we guess him around 6-8 years old. He is unneutered (he came to me like this) He lives without a mate so I left him unneutered. He was never fed timothy hay as a baby, so now he does not eat it at all. I do give it to him though. He has bad teeth, and he has had dental surgery already which was done on Jan 5th. Nummy also is prone to bouts of stasis. It can last from 1 week to 1 month.
Now for our current state. After his dental surgery, Nummy wasn't eating his usual amount of food, but he did nibble on some fresh greens. He seemed to be making some progress for a few days but then I noticed he wasn't really peeing...onder:so we went to his emergency vet to check him out. They found nothing and sent him home with me. Later that same night Nummy was getting worse, he still hadn't peed. He had a complete blockage and I knew it. Unfortunatly he had to wait several hours like this to see the vet. He had a bladder stone right at the end of his wee wee and just couldn't pass it. Nonetheless, he didn't need surgery, but had to stay a while at the vets.:tears2:He stayed a whole 5 days, where they could feed him and get him back on his feet. They said he could come home and I was still told to syringe feed him and give him metacam for 5 days. It was now the 19th and Nummy hadn't been eating his regular diet since the 5th. He did again make some progress over the next week, even eating some pellets and then as of Thursday night, he stopped eating again.I am curious as to if it is normal for a rabbit to go through ups and downs during recovery. Is it normal that he is like this for so long? Tonight I gave him some metacam because he is still not really eating. After the pain med kicked in he ate a little bit. How can I get him to come around?? Any advice is welcome
Now for our current state. After his dental surgery, Nummy wasn't eating his usual amount of food, but he did nibble on some fresh greens. He seemed to be making some progress for a few days but then I noticed he wasn't really peeing...onder:so we went to his emergency vet to check him out. They found nothing and sent him home with me. Later that same night Nummy was getting worse, he still hadn't peed. He had a complete blockage and I knew it. Unfortunatly he had to wait several hours like this to see the vet. He had a bladder stone right at the end of his wee wee and just couldn't pass it. Nonetheless, he didn't need surgery, but had to stay a while at the vets.:tears2:He stayed a whole 5 days, where they could feed him and get him back on his feet. They said he could come home and I was still told to syringe feed him and give him metacam for 5 days. It was now the 19th and Nummy hadn't been eating his regular diet since the 5th. He did again make some progress over the next week, even eating some pellets and then as of Thursday night, he stopped eating again.I am curious as to if it is normal for a rabbit to go through ups and downs during recovery. Is it normal that he is like this for so long? Tonight I gave him some metacam because he is still not really eating. After the pain med kicked in he ate a little bit. How can I get him to come around?? Any advice is welcome