AliBenMummy
Mama Doe
Hi there,
Betty my lionhead lop was fine yesterday morning, eating well and bouncing around like normal. Most of the day we were in the garage with the bunnies and all was ok. I went to feed them again in the evening and Betty was sprawled out and not interested in food. I brought her inside and felt her tummy, it was really hard and I couldn't hear any gurgles at all.
I took her to the emergency vet and he said her gut had completely stopped. They injected metaclopromide, metacam and I'm giving her some Fibrepex once a day. I've also been given Panacur for all three buns as they said EC could cause stasis for seemingly no reason.
Anyway, I'm wondering what could have caued it (apart from EC)? Betty has a good steady diet of veg and plenty of hay with a few pellets. The only stress that I can think she had was that I trimmed her hair the day before and shes not too keen on that.
I'm worried now in case this might happen again so what can I do to reduce the chances apart from what I'm doing already?
Thanks,
Gemma
Betty my lionhead lop was fine yesterday morning, eating well and bouncing around like normal. Most of the day we were in the garage with the bunnies and all was ok. I went to feed them again in the evening and Betty was sprawled out and not interested in food. I brought her inside and felt her tummy, it was really hard and I couldn't hear any gurgles at all.
I took her to the emergency vet and he said her gut had completely stopped. They injected metaclopromide, metacam and I'm giving her some Fibrepex once a day. I've also been given Panacur for all three buns as they said EC could cause stasis for seemingly no reason.
Anyway, I'm wondering what could have caued it (apart from EC)? Betty has a good steady diet of veg and plenty of hay with a few pellets. The only stress that I can think she had was that I trimmed her hair the day before and shes not too keen on that.
I'm worried now in case this might happen again so what can I do to reduce the chances apart from what I'm doing already?
Thanks,
Gemma