So these last two days have been some of the most stressful and hectic I've experienced in a long time.
In three days, we've had three vet trips for Riley, the poor girl, - although I think this is partly due to my paranoia - and I think we're finally on the road to recovery . Fortunately we didn't have to pay for one of them. Granted it was at 2:30 in the morning and an absolute chore to get there, only to be turned away because she wasn't an 'emergency' case. Gah.
Yesterday we went to an RSPCA vet who really seemed to know what he was talking about (thank God) and even gave me the name of an excellent rabbit vet closer to me, so that's good news.
Anyway, Riley isn't dehydrated or apparently in much pain. I've been making her eat lots of Parsley to keep her hydrated. She got another shot of metoclopramide and some metacam, and we brought her home.
She had some hay and some pellets, as well as some more parsley and a drink of water. We've also been seeing increasing frequency of poos from her. They look like this:
To me that looks a little better than before. What do you guys think? They aren't coming all the time, she seems to have bouts of doing this many, and then lying down again for a long while.
Anyway, I'm writing this because I was wondering how long it actually generally takes a rabbit to recover from G.I. stasis. None of the vets (we saw 2 and 2 nurses) seemed to think she was a particularly severe case, but she really just isn't herself. She just has a habit of looking a lot perkier when we go to the vet!
I'm still worried about her and feel like we're not out of danger yet. She still isn't her old self - not really running around nor is she really very interested in food.
Advice please?
In three days, we've had three vet trips for Riley, the poor girl, - although I think this is partly due to my paranoia - and I think we're finally on the road to recovery . Fortunately we didn't have to pay for one of them. Granted it was at 2:30 in the morning and an absolute chore to get there, only to be turned away because she wasn't an 'emergency' case. Gah.
Yesterday we went to an RSPCA vet who really seemed to know what he was talking about (thank God) and even gave me the name of an excellent rabbit vet closer to me, so that's good news.
Anyway, Riley isn't dehydrated or apparently in much pain. I've been making her eat lots of Parsley to keep her hydrated. She got another shot of metoclopramide and some metacam, and we brought her home.
She had some hay and some pellets, as well as some more parsley and a drink of water. We've also been seeing increasing frequency of poos from her. They look like this:
To me that looks a little better than before. What do you guys think? They aren't coming all the time, she seems to have bouts of doing this many, and then lying down again for a long while.
Anyway, I'm writing this because I was wondering how long it actually generally takes a rabbit to recover from G.I. stasis. None of the vets (we saw 2 and 2 nurses) seemed to think she was a particularly severe case, but she really just isn't herself. She just has a habit of looking a lot perkier when we go to the vet!
I'm still worried about her and feel like we're not out of danger yet. She still isn't her old self - not really running around nor is she really very interested in food.
Advice please?