Stasis last night but looking slightly odd today?

Right for once it wasn't Honey that had the stasis it was Roly who has never suffered from it before. Last night he was refusing to take treats at 10pm and so after giving him some fibreplex and metacam myself he hadn't really changed much 2 hours later. Although he was doing a few poos and drinking Roly has never suffered this problem before and so we took him to the emergency vets in case there was something serious going on at around 1am.

While he was there he got a pain killer (not metacam unsure what it was), anti-inflamatory, metaclopromide and fluids into the area behind his shoulder. He came back home, brightened up and immediately started eating and pooing again and so he got put back in his shed with Honey along with 2 snugglesafe's in their hide box. The vet did say to keep him inside but we thought it'd be better if he was with Honey on familiar ground and our vet wasn't aware he was kept in a shed.

Anyway today I noticed he has what looks like a great big flap of loose skin hanging down over one front leg. It looks similar on the other side but it's not obvious. Is this the fluids he was given last night? Although Honey is prone to bouts of stasis my old vet never gave her fluids this way before.

Big thumbs up to "Pet Friends" in Stenhousemuir, my bill came to £102 and that was with all the above treatment plus some critical care to take home. The vet I seen was obviously very good with bunbuns.

Poor Roly I've no idea what the flap is, but i'd give the vets a quick ring and ask their advice, they may want to see him again or maybe it is a common side effect and they can then put your mind at rest straight away? Is it a swelling do you think or a completely loose flap? Let us know how you get on

paulinejoe said:

Poor Roly I've no idea what the flap is, but i'd give the vets a quick ring and ask their advice, they may want to see him again or maybe it is a common side effect and they can then put your mind at rest straight away? Is it a swelling do you think or a completely loose flap? Let us know how you get on

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It's not a swelling and it feels liquidy if that makes sense. I'm at work at the moment but my mum has taken him back to the vet this morning. I've not had a break yet so unsure how she got on.

A side effect of sub cute fluids can be local oedema (large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells). I think it can sometimes be resolved by gentle massage. I'd definately seek a vets advise though.

The vet confirmed it was the fluids that was causing the flappyness and assured us they'd be absorbed. Sure wnough when I went over tonight he was back to normal.

It was odd having a bunny with bingo wings.:shock:

How is Roly now? Hope he is back to normal x

prettylupin said:

How is Roly now? Hope he is back to normal x

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Seems to be better again now, running about the garden and thankfully is eating and pooing as normal. It was just very scary having him suffer it for the first time.