kirbyultra
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Toby: 9 month old neutered male dwarf/mini rex mix, approx 4 lbs.
Edit: He hasn't been outdoors. The areas he has been in recently have all been bunny proofed. He hasn't eaten anything odd except Kirby's fur, as you'll see below...
Let me give some background... Toby has been shedding his fur on and off for many weeks now and his poops are sometimes big, sometimes small. He eats like a monster and is a pretty good water drinker. I've never worried about him very much because his intake is so good that everything seems to work its way out of his system. I happened to give him some benebac 3 days ago because oftoo many days of consistent little round poops.On that same day, I swapped Kirby and Toby's litter boxes because I was preparing to try to bond them again. Tobydidn't like Kirby's box much but still pooped. However, the significance of this (in hindsight) is that he probably didn't eat as much hay starting then.
The next night, I gathered up my courage to do a bonding session for Kirby and Toby. Toby pulled his usual stunt of chasing Kirby around, and tearing out his fur whenever he made contact. I expected Kirby tobe the onewho'd be spooked for days after this event but it was Toby who took a behavior turn.Ever since that 15 minute bonding session was over, Toby hasn't been the same. Immediately that night, he was hiding in his box, refusing to come out. He ignored his greens that night, didn't eat much hay, but he ate some pumpkin (which had a bit of benebac)and still ate a little banana treat.
The next morning he pooped a little bit, but still hid in the box, refusing to come out to run. He didn't eat his pellets. With his own litter box back, he still hadn't eaten much hay.
I came home yesterday and found that he had not eaten any of his greens, touched only a few pellets, and didn't eat any hay, and he had pooped a few tiny, tiny poops that looked literally about this big: o He had also peed once. All of yesterday evening he nibbled on a couple of lettuce leaves, ate a few pieces of hay, a little bit of pellets and probably didn't drink any water. He took a few licks of the pumpkin with benebac in it. I figure since he wasn't eating the whole dose, I should continue to give him a little benebac in whatever pumpkin he was willing to eat. He finally pooped a 2 inch long cecal-looking poop that was strung together by fur, and another 1 inch poop that looked the same. That's when it hit me that Toby probably ATE a lot of the fur he bit off Kirby during the bonding. There were a lot of fur flying and clumps of Kirby's fur on the ground, but I didn't think Toby actually ate any until I saw his poop. After that, he got up and hopped around the house a little bit, but he didn't run and didn't play the way he usually does. Overnight he pooped more tiny ones and one really weird shaped mushy one that was bigger.
As of this morning still he hasn't eaten much hay, remainder of the pumpkin, or salad. I gave him a pineapple/water mixture yesterday and he didn't touch that or the plain water. Last night he was still responding to little treats (the oxbow freeze dried banana treats: I broke 1 chip into quarters, he had a total of about half a chip.). I'm not sure I should be giving him any more treats because of the sugar.
We're heading into Christmas and I just know that if I need to bring him to a vet, I need to do it today. I don't know if a vet would be able to help though with acase of stasis. I can't seem to get him to drink or intake anything with liquid in it besides a tiny bit of pumpkin. The only thing I can think of that might help is if a vet could give him fluids. I'm not sure what else to do. :tears2:
- Should I bring Toby tohis rabbit-savvyvet before I can't during Christmas and everything is closed?
- What else should I be doing to try to help him through this?
- Should I try to get him some pedialyte?
Please help me. I'm so scared for Toby.
Edit: He hasn't been outdoors. The areas he has been in recently have all been bunny proofed. He hasn't eaten anything odd except Kirby's fur, as you'll see below...
Let me give some background... Toby has been shedding his fur on and off for many weeks now and his poops are sometimes big, sometimes small. He eats like a monster and is a pretty good water drinker. I've never worried about him very much because his intake is so good that everything seems to work its way out of his system. I happened to give him some benebac 3 days ago because oftoo many days of consistent little round poops.On that same day, I swapped Kirby and Toby's litter boxes because I was preparing to try to bond them again. Tobydidn't like Kirby's box much but still pooped. However, the significance of this (in hindsight) is that he probably didn't eat as much hay starting then.
The next night, I gathered up my courage to do a bonding session for Kirby and Toby. Toby pulled his usual stunt of chasing Kirby around, and tearing out his fur whenever he made contact. I expected Kirby tobe the onewho'd be spooked for days after this event but it was Toby who took a behavior turn.Ever since that 15 minute bonding session was over, Toby hasn't been the same. Immediately that night, he was hiding in his box, refusing to come out. He ignored his greens that night, didn't eat much hay, but he ate some pumpkin (which had a bit of benebac)and still ate a little banana treat.
The next morning he pooped a little bit, but still hid in the box, refusing to come out to run. He didn't eat his pellets. With his own litter box back, he still hadn't eaten much hay.
I came home yesterday and found that he had not eaten any of his greens, touched only a few pellets, and didn't eat any hay, and he had pooped a few tiny, tiny poops that looked literally about this big: o He had also peed once. All of yesterday evening he nibbled on a couple of lettuce leaves, ate a few pieces of hay, a little bit of pellets and probably didn't drink any water. He took a few licks of the pumpkin with benebac in it. I figure since he wasn't eating the whole dose, I should continue to give him a little benebac in whatever pumpkin he was willing to eat. He finally pooped a 2 inch long cecal-looking poop that was strung together by fur, and another 1 inch poop that looked the same. That's when it hit me that Toby probably ATE a lot of the fur he bit off Kirby during the bonding. There were a lot of fur flying and clumps of Kirby's fur on the ground, but I didn't think Toby actually ate any until I saw his poop. After that, he got up and hopped around the house a little bit, but he didn't run and didn't play the way he usually does. Overnight he pooped more tiny ones and one really weird shaped mushy one that was bigger.
As of this morning still he hasn't eaten much hay, remainder of the pumpkin, or salad. I gave him a pineapple/water mixture yesterday and he didn't touch that or the plain water. Last night he was still responding to little treats (the oxbow freeze dried banana treats: I broke 1 chip into quarters, he had a total of about half a chip.). I'm not sure I should be giving him any more treats because of the sugar.
We're heading into Christmas and I just know that if I need to bring him to a vet, I need to do it today. I don't know if a vet would be able to help though with acase of stasis. I can't seem to get him to drink or intake anything with liquid in it besides a tiny bit of pumpkin. The only thing I can think of that might help is if a vet could give him fluids. I'm not sure what else to do. :tears2:
- Should I bring Toby tohis rabbit-savvyvet before I can't during Christmas and everything is closed?
- What else should I be doing to try to help him through this?
- Should I try to get him some pedialyte?
Please help me. I'm so scared for Toby.