Jenova
Wise Old Thumper
I know I can read my bunnies body language really well because I picked up that something wasn't right with Grim. Everyone else said they hadn't noticed anything but as I was certain we went to the vets anyway on Friday. It was a combined visit because Smoo had a damp bum I wanted checking too.
It turns out one of his few remaining molars is rotten.
Now it would be probably normal practice to just take it out, but the last time Grim had an op he stopped breathing under the anesthetic for five minutes. Understandably my vet doesn't want to take the risk if she doesn't have to and at the moment he is just on painkillers for a week and we're kind of hoping it's going to fall out. So he's not the best he can be and to make things easier for him I'm giving him soggy pellets. I call them 'soggies'. Although this is a two edged sword. On one side it's easier and less painful to eat them, but as he has spurs anyway not eating solid food will worsen that and mean he'll need a dental op sooner.
Now the other problem is that Smoo loves 'soggies' too so Grim has to be fed separately. I give them both a normal portion of dry pellets in the morning and then my plan was to feed Grim separately in small amounts during the day. He can't eat hay so all he does eat are pellets and I give him his painkillers on bread once a day. Firstly how many pellets should he be having as it's his only food all day? I used to leave unlimited in the hutch for him but I'm concerned Smoo might be over eating so I have to stop that. She's having a problem cleaning her rear end which is due to severe molting but if she's putting on weight that won't make it any easier and I won't take risks with her health.
Since Friday I have been bringing a bowl of soggies up to Grim every now and then but he takes so long to eat. I feel bad for Smoo because she wants them and I have to distract her with cuddles but she knows Grim is eating and she's not. I also have to hold the bowl sideways for Grim because he finds it hard to eat out of it properly and would just tip it over and eat off the floor. But like I said they're molting so much I'm worried he'll eat too much fur. Plus it's harder to stop Smoo eating them.
So I thought I'd take him inside to eat, but he gets distracted and won't eat. So I took Smoo out of the hutch and closed it up for him to eat but he just went and looked at her through the doors and wouldn't eat.
(But on top of that I am also hand feeding my chinchilla who broke her arm and making her pureed food and a million other things I need to sort out with various animals and I also have my sister's rabbits here bonding. *pulls hair out* I seriously don't know how rescues do it. I have so much respect for you all!)
So what do I do? How much should I feed Grim? I want to give him extras like porridge but I don't want to upset Smoo. He's going too have to have an operation sooner or later and I'm just dreading it.
It turns out one of his few remaining molars is rotten.
Now it would be probably normal practice to just take it out, but the last time Grim had an op he stopped breathing under the anesthetic for five minutes. Understandably my vet doesn't want to take the risk if she doesn't have to and at the moment he is just on painkillers for a week and we're kind of hoping it's going to fall out. So he's not the best he can be and to make things easier for him I'm giving him soggy pellets. I call them 'soggies'. Although this is a two edged sword. On one side it's easier and less painful to eat them, but as he has spurs anyway not eating solid food will worsen that and mean he'll need a dental op sooner.
Now the other problem is that Smoo loves 'soggies' too so Grim has to be fed separately. I give them both a normal portion of dry pellets in the morning and then my plan was to feed Grim separately in small amounts during the day. He can't eat hay so all he does eat are pellets and I give him his painkillers on bread once a day. Firstly how many pellets should he be having as it's his only food all day? I used to leave unlimited in the hutch for him but I'm concerned Smoo might be over eating so I have to stop that. She's having a problem cleaning her rear end which is due to severe molting but if she's putting on weight that won't make it any easier and I won't take risks with her health.
Since Friday I have been bringing a bowl of soggies up to Grim every now and then but he takes so long to eat. I feel bad for Smoo because she wants them and I have to distract her with cuddles but she knows Grim is eating and she's not. I also have to hold the bowl sideways for Grim because he finds it hard to eat out of it properly and would just tip it over and eat off the floor. But like I said they're molting so much I'm worried he'll eat too much fur. Plus it's harder to stop Smoo eating them.
So I thought I'd take him inside to eat, but he gets distracted and won't eat. So I took Smoo out of the hutch and closed it up for him to eat but he just went and looked at her through the doors and wouldn't eat.
(But on top of that I am also hand feeding my chinchilla who broke her arm and making her pureed food and a million other things I need to sort out with various animals and I also have my sister's rabbits here bonding. *pulls hair out* I seriously don't know how rescues do it. I have so much respect for you all!)
So what do I do? How much should I feed Grim? I want to give him extras like porridge but I don't want to upset Smoo. He's going too have to have an operation sooner or later and I'm just dreading it.
