rosietherabbit
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Hi everyone,
I've kept rabbits for a number of years and I've always had problems with rabbits getting gut statis from time to time. I can never pinpoint the cause - it is always a different rabbit and it happens completely out of the blue. I am so anxious about it because I've lost two rabbits to it in the past, that I tend to pick it up really quick now and get them to the vets in time for it to be treated but it causes so much stress and worry and I always feel like I am doing something wrong!
I have four rabbits, who live in pairs - a male and female and a male and female. They are fed an eggcup full of excel each once a day, and they have lots of fresh hay twice a day plus greens in the evening. Has any one got any feedback on diet etc, or any reasons as to why I seem to get this problem occuring from time to time?
I currently have a rabbit in the vets who is (fingers crossed) getting through this. She stopped eating her pellets Sunday night but would still eat some veg and dandelion leaves. Took her back and forth to the vets every day up until yesterday when they finally agreed to take her in and treat her there, rather than at home as nothing was improving even though she'd had jabs to get her guts going, antibiotics, recovery food fed to her at home etc - her pellets were still tiny and hard and she was looking really uncomfortable and had stopped drinking. The last time before this that I had a problem was about a year ago with a completely different rabbit. He made a full recovery and has had no problems since.
If anyone has any advice on why this might be happening, I'd be really grateful as I feel as though I am doing something wrong as I feel as if no one else seems to have the problems with it that I do! It seems to be that every rabbit I've ever owned has come down with this at some point in their life. Is this more common than I think or are there things I could change to prevent it happening?
Thankyou for your help!!
I've kept rabbits for a number of years and I've always had problems with rabbits getting gut statis from time to time. I can never pinpoint the cause - it is always a different rabbit and it happens completely out of the blue. I am so anxious about it because I've lost two rabbits to it in the past, that I tend to pick it up really quick now and get them to the vets in time for it to be treated but it causes so much stress and worry and I always feel like I am doing something wrong!
I have four rabbits, who live in pairs - a male and female and a male and female. They are fed an eggcup full of excel each once a day, and they have lots of fresh hay twice a day plus greens in the evening. Has any one got any feedback on diet etc, or any reasons as to why I seem to get this problem occuring from time to time?
I currently have a rabbit in the vets who is (fingers crossed) getting through this. She stopped eating her pellets Sunday night but would still eat some veg and dandelion leaves. Took her back and forth to the vets every day up until yesterday when they finally agreed to take her in and treat her there, rather than at home as nothing was improving even though she'd had jabs to get her guts going, antibiotics, recovery food fed to her at home etc - her pellets were still tiny and hard and she was looking really uncomfortable and had stopped drinking. The last time before this that I had a problem was about a year ago with a completely different rabbit. He made a full recovery and has had no problems since.
If anyone has any advice on why this might be happening, I'd be really grateful as I feel as though I am doing something wrong as I feel as if no one else seems to have the problems with it that I do! It seems to be that every rabbit I've ever owned has come down with this at some point in their life. Is this more common than I think or are there things I could change to prevent it happening?
Thankyou for your help!!