ams1786
Well-Known Member
Hi all
We just moved to a new city and relocated with our rabbits last night (something I've been dreading for this very reason). While one of them is a foster-to-adopt who's perpetually chill, our girl has a lot of anxiety and is easily stressed. She's 5yo and spayed (and a rex, which I've heard can be more sensitive than other breeds), and has lived in the same house since she was a baby so this is a HUGE life change. It was a 3 hour car ride last night and now we're in a city apt instead of a suburban house. She was doing ok-ish last night (spooked, but eating and bathrooming a bit and spent the night under our bed) but today I definitely feel she's verging on stasis.
She is nibbling on food (hay, oxbow digestive tablets, a few pellets this morning) and ate some greens about half an hour ago, but not as voraciously as usual. She hasn't had any pellet droppings in several hours, but had some cecal pellets she left behind. She just seems a big off, if you know what I mean. Her tummy also feels a bit hard and she let me massage it (she normally would NEVER let me touch her for so long, but she even started grooming me while I was doing it).
We followed the normal precautionary steps we got the boy solely to keep her company for the move, we brought up her blankets and litter box and toys, and I'm working from home for a few days to watch them. But I feel like it was inevitable this was bound to head towards stasis and now I just feel so, so awful for making her do this. Like I'm the worst owner in the world. We have a vet we picked out in advance but they close at 6 (there's a 24 hr hospital but they can only stabilize as they're not catered towards exotics), but we're not quite at tummy shutdown yet and the last thing I want to do is throw her in the car again for another 40 minute ride.
Any advice/tips/reassurances would be very helpful. I have some simethicone and I'm wondering if it's worth giving that to her semi-preventatively she gets super stressed by force-feeding/any types of meds, so i need to weigh the benefits against the downside of making her more unhappy.
Ty in advance!
We just moved to a new city and relocated with our rabbits last night (something I've been dreading for this very reason). While one of them is a foster-to-adopt who's perpetually chill, our girl has a lot of anxiety and is easily stressed. She's 5yo and spayed (and a rex, which I've heard can be more sensitive than other breeds), and has lived in the same house since she was a baby so this is a HUGE life change. It was a 3 hour car ride last night and now we're in a city apt instead of a suburban house. She was doing ok-ish last night (spooked, but eating and bathrooming a bit and spent the night under our bed) but today I definitely feel she's verging on stasis.
She is nibbling on food (hay, oxbow digestive tablets, a few pellets this morning) and ate some greens about half an hour ago, but not as voraciously as usual. She hasn't had any pellet droppings in several hours, but had some cecal pellets she left behind. She just seems a big off, if you know what I mean. Her tummy also feels a bit hard and she let me massage it (she normally would NEVER let me touch her for so long, but she even started grooming me while I was doing it).
We followed the normal precautionary steps we got the boy solely to keep her company for the move, we brought up her blankets and litter box and toys, and I'm working from home for a few days to watch them. But I feel like it was inevitable this was bound to head towards stasis and now I just feel so, so awful for making her do this. Like I'm the worst owner in the world. We have a vet we picked out in advance but they close at 6 (there's a 24 hr hospital but they can only stabilize as they're not catered towards exotics), but we're not quite at tummy shutdown yet and the last thing I want to do is throw her in the car again for another 40 minute ride.
Any advice/tips/reassurances would be very helpful. I have some simethicone and I'm wondering if it's worth giving that to her semi-preventatively she gets super stressed by force-feeding/any types of meds, so i need to weigh the benefits against the downside of making her more unhappy.
Ty in advance!