:wave: Hi All, apologies for the long post but I'd appreciate your advice. In May Kane had a really bad stasis and was hospitalised (with Sparkle) for 4 days. He has made a full recovery and been fine ever since (touch wood etc etc).
However, in the past 3 weeks Sparkle has now had 4 evening episodes where she goes and lies down, stretched out, looking miserable and refuses to eat. On each occasion I have given her some of the remaining Zantac I had for Kane, tried my best to do tummy rubs (she is NOT a snuggle bun! :roll and encouraged her to move about a bit.
She did flinch a bit when I was trying to rub her tummy but that may have been just because she hates being handled. Last night, which was the latest episode, I heard a gurgle as I massaged her tum and she gave a tiny squeak. Fortunately she has recovered overnight each time but I am concerned as to why this is starting to happen. :?
Nothing at all changes in their routine or food - they have ad lib hay and a good variety of wild stuff and are in their grass run every day for about 10 hours with morning and evening free ranging for about 5 hours in total.
They have been doing alot of grooming since they came back from hospital and I wonder if the hair (they are rexes and are currently moulting) is causing some gas for her? kanes x-rays showed a build up of hair in his gut and some big areas of gas but he showed different sypmtoms and was very hunched up.
Any suggestions please? Is Zantac ok to use for this, or should I be stocking up on something else for such emergencies? they are due their vaccs this month so I will probably take them sooner rather than later and they will get full health/teeth checks while they are there.
thanks everyone
However, in the past 3 weeks Sparkle has now had 4 evening episodes where she goes and lies down, stretched out, looking miserable and refuses to eat. On each occasion I have given her some of the remaining Zantac I had for Kane, tried my best to do tummy rubs (she is NOT a snuggle bun! :roll and encouraged her to move about a bit.
She did flinch a bit when I was trying to rub her tummy but that may have been just because she hates being handled. Last night, which was the latest episode, I heard a gurgle as I massaged her tum and she gave a tiny squeak. Fortunately she has recovered overnight each time but I am concerned as to why this is starting to happen. :?
Nothing at all changes in their routine or food - they have ad lib hay and a good variety of wild stuff and are in their grass run every day for about 10 hours with morning and evening free ranging for about 5 hours in total.
They have been doing alot of grooming since they came back from hospital and I wonder if the hair (they are rexes and are currently moulting) is causing some gas for her? kanes x-rays showed a build up of hair in his gut and some big areas of gas but he showed different sypmtoms and was very hunched up.
Any suggestions please? Is Zantac ok to use for this, or should I be stocking up on something else for such emergencies? they are due their vaccs this month so I will probably take them sooner rather than later and they will get full health/teeth checks while they are there.
thanks everyone