Mae again

Been back to the vets today
She lost 40grams in one day :shock: she is now down to 720g (should be 1kg)
She dribbles but only on one side, she eats like a pig, she runs about like a normal rabbit.
My vet is at a loss, he has told me to feed her 4 times a day, give her a bowl full of pellets and leave her for 30 mins or until she stops eating.
If she keeps loosing weight she needs to go back in a week (maybe 2 depending on rate of loss) if she doesnt put on weight he will call a specalist for me

If she gets to 650grams she will be straight back to the vets, I don't think she could last being much smaller than that

Does anyone have ANY ideas what could be wrong with her?
I'm so desperate to make her better
I think she'll probably have to come inside over winter which means I'll have to stop fostering aswell.

I just hope we can afford the specalist bills if it comes to that


ETA: just remembered her poos are small, but golden and crumbly, is that because of how small she is now?

no idea at all

i really hope your vet can figure this out.. poor Mae.

even if you never get a reason, is she happy?

I don't remember her thread sorry. Does she eat properly or normal amounts? The dribbling would suggest dental issues. How old is she and is she spayed? Sudden or prolonged weight loss can be indicative of several things.

Perhaps your vet could contact an exotics specialist before the situation becomes too urgent just for some ideas of what to look for. I take it she has had liver and kidney function tests done by bloods?

prettylupin said:

I don't remember her thread sorry. Does she eat properly or normal amounts? The dribbling would suggest dental issues. How old is she and is she spayed? Sudden or prolonged weight loss can be indicative of several things.

Perhaps your vet could contact an exotics specialist before the situation becomes too urgent just for some ideas of what to look for. I take it she has had liver and kidney function tests done by bloods?

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She eats lots, nothing stops her, like Sebastian :roll:
She had a dental on the 2nd of sept for tiny spurs, Vet looked in her mouth y'day and couldnt see any problems, everything looked fine.
She is just over a year and speyed, with no incisors either.
She had a full blood screen with showed nothing but a slightly raised protien level.

Donna - ive already said on FB but she seems happy most of the time, but i do see her in the run and she looks fed up I know when she stops running over to me, she will be giving up

Georgeypudding said:

She eats lots, nothing stops her, like Sebastian :roll:
She had a dental on the 2nd of sept for tiny spurs, Vet looked in her mouth y'day and couldnt see any problems, everything looked fine.
She is just over a year and speyed, with no incisors either.
She had a full blood screen with showed nothing but a slightly raised protien level.

Donna - ive already said on FB but she seems happy most of the time, but i do see her in the run and she looks fed up I know when she stops running over to me, she will be giving up

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Perhaps the next step would be a set of Xrays under GA - head/jaw, abdomen and chest? I suppose I would be wondering about masses with such weight loss, although would have expected a raised WBC/platelet count if this was the case.

prettylupin said:

Perhaps the next step would be a set of Xrays under GA - head/jaw, abdomen and chest? I suppose I would be wondering about masses with such weight loss, although would have expected a raised WBC/platelet count if this was the case.

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I suppose when he calls the specalist, they'll either ask for them or do them themselves?
If no one does I'll ask for them to be done, thanks

My vet thought it would be unlikely she had some sort of cancer, if this is what you mean by masses?
I assume because of the blood test results