Are you using a different needle to inject from drawing up?
Yes thats what I meant. I always change needles as drawing up can blunt the needle and it also helps prevent baytri burn as the second needle will be clean
It would be extremely unusual for Baytril to cause a gut dysbiosis :? Obviously not impossible but in 11 years I have never had a Rabbit react badly to Baytril as far a gut dysbiosis goes.
The probiotics are a good idea. I'd also try to maximise his long fibre intake- ie get him to eat as much hay as possible even if this means less concentrated feed for 24-48 hours.
Will do. What do you think caused it though? Was it the Metacam? Or maybe me feeding too much lettuce. :? Can gut dysbiosis be caused by stress?
What sort of Lettuce ?
I'd not feed ANY for now.
Yes, stress can cause gut dysbiosis/GI hypomotility.
I think Lettuce is the prime suspect here though
It's romaine, which is his favorite. I had stopped feeding it for awhile, then reintroduced it a couple days ago.
(ETA: Romaine is his favorite veggie, not his favorite kind of lettuce. I only feed him romaine.)
OK, then I think you might have found the cause of the problem.
He's finished his Baytril now hasn't he ?
I would keep him on a hay/pellet diet and give probiotics for at least a week.
Hopefully his gut flora should re-establish a 'healthy' balance in that time and then you can slowly and in VERY small amounts, re-introduce fresh foods
Do you still have any of the fibreplex I got for you? A little bit of that would probably help :wave:
Yep, that's what I'm using! Eddison doesn't like the taste, but I'll win him over. :wave:
I sometimes put it on top of a treat if they don't like, I get a bit carried away and pretend I am icing fancy cakes :lol:
If you need any more posting out just ask :wave:
Thanks so much!
And I want pictures of Liz's FibreArt! :lol: