abbymarysmokey
Wise Old Thumper
Right...my new bun has been at the vets today for blood tests and x-rays.
The blood tests are normal, the x-rays are clear except for what is believed to be gas and impacted food in the stomach and intestines.
She is definitely not in proper stasis because her guts are making audiable sounds, she is eating some veg, and she does occasionally poop (normal poops apart from being a bit hard and dry) but the poops are a day or more apart.
My vets are stumped and have said the only options are:
1) surgery (which they and I are reluctant to do)
2) throw every possible treatment at the problem in the hope something works.
Obviously we've gone for option 2, so now she's on a list of drugs as long as my arm (metacam, metaclopramide, zantac, antibiotics, simethicone, probiotics, hartmanns fluid and even pineapple juice in our desperation ( :roll: ). As well as all this I'm syrine feeding her recovery food mixed with organic vegetable baby food and warm water.
She doesn't seem 'poorly' like my other stasis buns have done in the past...she moves around (although most time is spent with her belly on the floor...possibly indicating gas pain?), she's grooming normally, her eyes aren't closed or dull, and she is accepting recovery food quite readily.
I'm at a loss to know what else I can do? Any thoughts?
The blood tests are normal, the x-rays are clear except for what is believed to be gas and impacted food in the stomach and intestines.
She is definitely not in proper stasis because her guts are making audiable sounds, she is eating some veg, and she does occasionally poop (normal poops apart from being a bit hard and dry) but the poops are a day or more apart.
My vets are stumped and have said the only options are:
1) surgery (which they and I are reluctant to do)
2) throw every possible treatment at the problem in the hope something works.
Obviously we've gone for option 2, so now she's on a list of drugs as long as my arm (metacam, metaclopramide, zantac, antibiotics, simethicone, probiotics, hartmanns fluid and even pineapple juice in our desperation ( :roll: ). As well as all this I'm syrine feeding her recovery food mixed with organic vegetable baby food and warm water.
She doesn't seem 'poorly' like my other stasis buns have done in the past...she moves around (although most time is spent with her belly on the floor...possibly indicating gas pain?), she's grooming normally, her eyes aren't closed or dull, and she is accepting recovery food quite readily.
I'm at a loss to know what else I can do? Any thoughts?