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Fluff has bloat

weedug

Mama Doe
Fluff was really quiet when I went out to see to him this morning and he was only eating a little but not drinking.

Took him to the vet and she said he had bloat, but doesn't know if it is a one off thing or if there is something else going on to cause it.

He did get caught by the neck in his cage on Saturday, but has been alright since then.

He was given some Zantac home, and something called BIRP solution, as well as the same things at the vet and some fluid under the skin.

He has been eating a little since we got back, but is really quiet. We are to go back tomorrow if he isn't back to normal.
 
Yeah, he's had painkillers. I think the BIRP solution is a painkiller of some sort? If not it was in some injection she gave him.
 
Thanks so much for asking about him :wave:.

He's scoffed his breakfast this morning and seems almost back to normal :D. He's much brighter than he was.

I am annoyed that I didn't get a painkiller home for him, but he did get a painkiller injection at the vet.

He was to go back if there wasn't a big improvement, but so far I am happy with how he is :D.
 
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