unexplained weight loss - the next step

Okay so earlier this year Mae suddenly lost alot of weight, she went from over a kg (not sure exactly how much) to 690g at her lowest. She had a dental which didnt really need doing as the spur was tiny, she also had a blood test which didnt show anything.
I managed to get her weight up to 1030g but after her stasis episodeshe is down to 910g (ish)
She isnt an old rabbit, shes just over a year old.
What should be my next step with her?

Have you pancured her recently?

Amy104 said:

Have you pancured her recently?

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was done when she came to me in may (weight loss was august i think) vet said I would of noticed worms in her poo if they were bad enough to cause serious weight loss :wave:

vet said I would of noticed worms in her poo if they were bad enough to cause serious weight loss

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I did wonder, but thought it might be worth mentioning on the off chance.

Amy104 said:

I did wonder, but thought it might be worth mentioning on the off chance.

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thankyou anyway :wave:

The only reason I have experienced is chest infection/damage. How is her breathing?

How rabbit savvy is your vet? If they have just written her off as a skinny rabbit I would head for a second opinion.

Has she had x-rays to check heart, chest etc?

Does she live with any other Rabbits ?

What is her EXACT daily diet ?

hancy 14 said:

The only reason I have experienced is chest infection/damage. How is her breathing?

How rabbit savvy is your vet? If they have just written her off as a skinny rabbit I would head for a second opinion.

Has she had x-rays to check heart, chest etc?

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Her breathing is fine, we had a tiny bit of sneezing recently but it stopped after a few sneezes.
My vet is fairly savvy, he wanted me to feed her up and if she kept loosing or didnt gain he was going to refer us to a specalist.
She hasnt had any xrays :wave:

Jack's-Jane said:

Does she live with any other Rabbits ?

What is her EXACT daily diet ?

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She lives with Sebastian.

Before the stasis - 2 handfulls of junior and dwarf pellets (just let her eat until she had her fill) handfull of greens, hay and grass everyday and porridge made with water once or twice a week.

Now - 1 or 2 handfulls of pellets (slowly bringing this up) a handfull of greens between them and hay everyday. She is still on critical care, this can be anywhere between 2 pippets to 10 a day (split into 2 "meals") with porridge once so far but she wasnt really interested in it this time.
She's also on Metacloprimide and Zantac until the bottles are finished :wave:

I think next step would be x-rays :wave: ETA when I was getting tests done on Jasmine the vet said it could be an infection and x-rays would tell him where it was. Also people mentioned blockages on my thread which would be picked up by an x-ray. Good luck hun I'm going through the same at the minute and it's awful I know

Nicola1 said:

I think next step would be x-rays :wave: ETA when I was getting tests done on Jasmine the vet said it could be an infection and x-rays would tell him where it was. Also people mentioned blockages on my thread which would be picked up by an x-ray. Good luck hun I'm going through the same at the minute and it's awful I know

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Will infection not of shown up on a blood test? How heavy does a rabbit need to be to have an xray :? suppose I better get saving :roll:
Thankyou and good luck to you and Jasmine

Georgeypudding said:

Will infection not of shown up on a blood test? How heavy does a rabbit need to be to have an xray :? suppose I better get saving :roll:
Thankyou and good luck to you and Jasmine

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It might have. I don't know but Jas was 1.2kg when she had hers done and she's a medium-sized rabbit mine were surprisingly reasonable, I got bloods and x-rays for £180 which I know is expensive but it's still not a ridiculous amount.
Thanks :wave: I'll let you know if we ever get to the bottom of it! We thought it was her teeth but she is still losing weight, which could be her belly emptying because of her dental but also could mean the dental didn't work.

Nicola1 said:

It might have. I don't know but Jas was 1.2kg when she had hers done and she's a medium-sized rabbit mine were surprisingly reasonable, I got bloods and x-rays for £180 which I know is expensive but it's still not a ridiculous amount.
Thanks :wave: I'll let you know if we ever get to the bottom of it! We thought it was her teeth but she is still losing weight, which could be her belly emptying because of her dental but also could mean the dental didn't work.

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hmm! Will have to check, its £60 for a blood test or dental at my vets so shouldnt be tooo much :? yeah I thought Mae's problem was her teeth! My old vets told me it was :roll:

Jane you sounded like you might of had an idea?