Hi everyone,
I took my minilop to the vet last night after she lost her appetite and was lying down a lot. Turns out she had a big spur on her molar which was causing an ulcer.
Vets kept her overnight and tried to syringe feed her but they said that she wouldn't feed. They rang this morn and said she's doing OK but still not eating and asked me to decide whether to have her pts or go ahead with the dental.
I decided to go ahead with the dental but they discovered that her teeth are growing in a wave shape and that they couldn't remove everything they wanted to.
I decided to bring her home as she never likes being hand fed as it is and was given meds and liquid food to syringe.
I tried to syringe feed and she was having none of it, then i put a floret of broccoli and a carrot in and she suddenly started eating the leafy bits off the brocolli and about 1/5 of the carrot.
She's now gone back to sitting and feeling sorry for herself, she wont drink any water when offered. She does hop about when you sit in the run with her.
I'm not sure what else I can do - I feel so sorry for her.
One of her eyes is a bit runny too - could this be linked to the dental?
Sorry for all of the questions!
I took my minilop to the vet last night after she lost her appetite and was lying down a lot. Turns out she had a big spur on her molar which was causing an ulcer.
Vets kept her overnight and tried to syringe feed her but they said that she wouldn't feed. They rang this morn and said she's doing OK but still not eating and asked me to decide whether to have her pts or go ahead with the dental.
I decided to go ahead with the dental but they discovered that her teeth are growing in a wave shape and that they couldn't remove everything they wanted to.
I decided to bring her home as she never likes being hand fed as it is and was given meds and liquid food to syringe.
I tried to syringe feed and she was having none of it, then i put a floret of broccoli and a carrot in and she suddenly started eating the leafy bits off the brocolli and about 1/5 of the carrot.
She's now gone back to sitting and feeling sorry for herself, she wont drink any water when offered. She does hop about when you sit in the run with her.
I'm not sure what else I can do - I feel so sorry for her.
One of her eyes is a bit runny too - could this be linked to the dental?
Sorry for all of the questions!