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Mama Doe
My Barney is a poorly bunny.
On Sunday he was refusing to eat and wanting to sprawl out -- it's happened before and he has seemed quite prone to these episodes ever since we adopted him several years ago. We thought we had caught it early, and after bringing him inside and letting him run about, he started eating again and peeing and poos appeared once more...
Then yesterday morning he again refused his breakfast. I had to go to work, so left him with my mum -- who took him to the vets when he showed no signs of interest in any food at all. He was given a gut stimulant and metacam. After arriving home from the vets he ate some apple, carrot, a handful of grass -- all with some enthusiasm. Then he lost all interest entirely and I honestly thought he was giving up. He went extremely floppy and wouldn't even hold his own head up. I've spent all night with him, scared to leave him alone in case he just 'gives up'.
This morning he seems to be a bit more 'alive'. He's not willing to be handled in quite so docile a manner, and he did NOT want to sit on my bed with me. He reacts to noise, but he seems to keep trying to sleep (I think he was too aggitated to sleep yesterday, his breathing was very quick). He's being offered water from a bowl at all times and we've been syringing it to him. He's going back to the vets today as soon as they open. I wouldn't take him to our emergency vets - they're not brilliant.
I'm going to ask for more metacam. Is there any point in asking for more gut stimulant when it didn't produce any poops last time? I'm not going into work today, so they'll just have to make snide comments behind my back about this... I'm past caring. I just want to stay with him.
On Sunday he was refusing to eat and wanting to sprawl out -- it's happened before and he has seemed quite prone to these episodes ever since we adopted him several years ago. We thought we had caught it early, and after bringing him inside and letting him run about, he started eating again and peeing and poos appeared once more...
Then yesterday morning he again refused his breakfast. I had to go to work, so left him with my mum -- who took him to the vets when he showed no signs of interest in any food at all. He was given a gut stimulant and metacam. After arriving home from the vets he ate some apple, carrot, a handful of grass -- all with some enthusiasm. Then he lost all interest entirely and I honestly thought he was giving up. He went extremely floppy and wouldn't even hold his own head up. I've spent all night with him, scared to leave him alone in case he just 'gives up'.
This morning he seems to be a bit more 'alive'. He's not willing to be handled in quite so docile a manner, and he did NOT want to sit on my bed with me. He reacts to noise, but he seems to keep trying to sleep (I think he was too aggitated to sleep yesterday, his breathing was very quick). He's being offered water from a bowl at all times and we've been syringing it to him. He's going back to the vets today as soon as they open. I wouldn't take him to our emergency vets - they're not brilliant.
I'm going to ask for more metacam. Is there any point in asking for more gut stimulant when it didn't produce any poops last time? I'm not going into work today, so they'll just have to make snide comments behind my back about this... I'm past caring. I just want to stay with him.