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Hazel was taken to the vets on Friday morning because she was not eating and was looking uncomfortable. She came home that evening having been given meds and fluids, and we were told she had been eating some hay. On her return home she still did not seem at all 'right' to me, but we had been given metacam, gut stimulant type things and told to keep an eye out for poo. At this point she was reluctant to move and wanted to sit in corners - in her hutch she was hiding away in the bed compartment.
Yesterday I spent much of the day collecting bramble leaves and chivvying her around the hall. She seemed to want to eat brambles, basil leaves and the occasional piece of corriander only. She produced perhaps 30+ pieces of poo when hopping around the hall throughout the day -- initially these were dark, but they became golden coloured but few were 'normal' looking. She would only eat when she was being made to move around. Most the time she'll pick up food and just hold it. She'll sit for as long as she is allowed to with a piece of food clamped in her jaws. She chews it slowly but seems reluctant to swallow.
Today she's much more lively -- she's running and moving around a lot more and not pressing her tummy to the floor much anymore. In her hutch she's running off and hiding if I go out there (I am now mean medicine lady) but coming back out to sit at the front the rest of the time. She's become quite stroppy again and can fight her way out of my arms with no sign of weakness. But she still will not eat by herself - she still picks things up and just 'holds' them.
The vet - who is a rabbit savvy one, recommended on here! - took a look at her teeth and said they looked perfectly fine. She's never shown any sign of dental problems before but I am by no means using that to rule the possibility out... I don't understand why she won't eat. The vets openes at 11 today, and she will be going back...! I'm just looking for other opinions I guess.
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Just returned from an emergency trip to the vets. Hazel was put to sleep. Thank you very much to the one person that replied.
Yesterday I spent much of the day collecting bramble leaves and chivvying her around the hall. She seemed to want to eat brambles, basil leaves and the occasional piece of corriander only. She produced perhaps 30+ pieces of poo when hopping around the hall throughout the day -- initially these were dark, but they became golden coloured but few were 'normal' looking. She would only eat when she was being made to move around. Most the time she'll pick up food and just hold it. She'll sit for as long as she is allowed to with a piece of food clamped in her jaws. She chews it slowly but seems reluctant to swallow.
Today she's much more lively -- she's running and moving around a lot more and not pressing her tummy to the floor much anymore. In her hutch she's running off and hiding if I go out there (I am now mean medicine lady) but coming back out to sit at the front the rest of the time. She's become quite stroppy again and can fight her way out of my arms with no sign of weakness. But she still will not eat by herself - she still picks things up and just 'holds' them.
The vet - who is a rabbit savvy one, recommended on here! - took a look at her teeth and said they looked perfectly fine. She's never shown any sign of dental problems before but I am by no means using that to rule the possibility out... I don't understand why she won't eat. The vets openes at 11 today, and she will be going back...! I'm just looking for other opinions I guess.
eta.
Just returned from an emergency trip to the vets. Hazel was put to sleep. Thank you very much to the one person that replied.
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