Hi All,
I have a perplexing problem with our rabbit where a few weeks ago she just decided to not eat her nuggets and hard food like mix. She started to decline into stasis so after getting her to the vet's and having her teeth done, and with some Zantac and Simeticone treatment for gas, she started to get back to normal in terms of her stomach movements and noises and quality of her poops. We were syringe feeding her ground pellets. Her kidneys were at an elevated level but we've been to the vet's again today for an ultrasound scan and they've started to return to normal (her levels were 18 now down to 11 and 205 I think now back down to 165) and the scan showed nothing like a lump that might be obstructing her. The vet did admit though that she couldn't promise there was nothing there and she didn't have a really snazzy machine to show everything possible, but, there was nothing obvious. The vet gave her an anti-inflammatory and recommended we bring her back in another couple of days.
However, she's still eating sparingly. No nuggets, no mix, she'll eat some hay, dandelion leaves, grass, broccoli and celery but not in any amounts to maintain her body weight. We've been really syringe feeding her the past couple of days with some baby food and ground nuggets but there doesn't seem to be any real change. She even chewed at her willow ball yesterday and started eating bit of it, as well as chewing at the rubber underneath the kitchen cupboards! So, I can't see her teeth being a problem. She had a peak bodyweight of four kilos and she is now three. Annoyingly she'll go to her bowl but just nose around the nuggets and does nothing!
I'm very frustrated now and don't want her to waste away and have to be put to sleep, but we just can't keep syringe feeding her like we've been doing forever. Has anyone had anything like this before and can anyone give any recommendations such as alternative foods, preferably concentrated?
Thank you all in advance,
I have a perplexing problem with our rabbit where a few weeks ago she just decided to not eat her nuggets and hard food like mix. She started to decline into stasis so after getting her to the vet's and having her teeth done, and with some Zantac and Simeticone treatment for gas, she started to get back to normal in terms of her stomach movements and noises and quality of her poops. We were syringe feeding her ground pellets. Her kidneys were at an elevated level but we've been to the vet's again today for an ultrasound scan and they've started to return to normal (her levels were 18 now down to 11 and 205 I think now back down to 165) and the scan showed nothing like a lump that might be obstructing her. The vet did admit though that she couldn't promise there was nothing there and she didn't have a really snazzy machine to show everything possible, but, there was nothing obvious. The vet gave her an anti-inflammatory and recommended we bring her back in another couple of days.
However, she's still eating sparingly. No nuggets, no mix, she'll eat some hay, dandelion leaves, grass, broccoli and celery but not in any amounts to maintain her body weight. We've been really syringe feeding her the past couple of days with some baby food and ground nuggets but there doesn't seem to be any real change. She even chewed at her willow ball yesterday and started eating bit of it, as well as chewing at the rubber underneath the kitchen cupboards! So, I can't see her teeth being a problem. She had a peak bodyweight of four kilos and she is now three. Annoyingly she'll go to her bowl but just nose around the nuggets and does nothing!
I'm very frustrated now and don't want her to waste away and have to be put to sleep, but we just can't keep syringe feeding her like we've been doing forever. Has anyone had anything like this before and can anyone give any recommendations such as alternative foods, preferably concentrated?
Thank you all in advance,