Janine Moon
New Kit
Hi,
My 2 male bunnies who are 9 months old and have been poorly on and off for about 3 weeks now, we took Jess to the vets when it first happened and they diagnosed gas, give him a painkiller injection and sent us home with medication to get their bowels moving and 2 packets of recovery liquid feed. The next morning he was eating and drinking again and everything seemed fine, but the next night he was slumped in the corner of his hutch and totally disinterested in eating again (even carrot). We carried on with the liquid feed again and he perked up again. We visited forums to check for possible causes and realised they had been malting and read that rabbits get fur balls. A couple of days later our other rabbit Dusty came down with the same thing and it has been on and off for the past three weeks with them both taking it in turns to be ill. I just want to know if anybody else has had the same problems and if anybody has any advice or help they can offer. We have been massaging his stomach and also tried infacol, they always have plenty of hay to eat, have excel nuggets in the morning and fresh greens at tea time. Thanks.
My 2 male bunnies who are 9 months old and have been poorly on and off for about 3 weeks now, we took Jess to the vets when it first happened and they diagnosed gas, give him a painkiller injection and sent us home with medication to get their bowels moving and 2 packets of recovery liquid feed. The next morning he was eating and drinking again and everything seemed fine, but the next night he was slumped in the corner of his hutch and totally disinterested in eating again (even carrot). We carried on with the liquid feed again and he perked up again. We visited forums to check for possible causes and realised they had been malting and read that rabbits get fur balls. A couple of days later our other rabbit Dusty came down with the same thing and it has been on and off for the past three weeks with them both taking it in turns to be ill. I just want to know if anybody else has had the same problems and if anybody has any advice or help they can offer. We have been massaging his stomach and also tried infacol, they always have plenty of hay to eat, have excel nuggets in the morning and fresh greens at tea time. Thanks.