Sorry I haven’t been on here in ages, been so busy with work & everything else. grrrr....But really need to pick everybody’s brains here!
Pip went into Gut Statis about 6 weeks ago, I took her to my vet who kept her in overnight, and syringe fed her & discharged her the following day (£160.00).
Sunday morning she was not eating again, and we went to the emergency vets where she was quite bad and there were initially no gut noises at all. She came home on the Wednesday, was very bright and had recovered really well (£350.00 total).
Just 6 weeks later, Thursday evening I noticed she was off her food so once again called the vets & went straight in Thurs eve (out of ours cost again £110.00 to walk through doors!) and is coming home today. She is on some medication still, Metacam + 2 others I believe (will post names up later).
This time its cost £350.00 again.
I love Pip to bits, but I just cant afford to keep paying out so much money every time. Likewise due to work commitments its very difficult to be able to try syringe feeding her at home when she begins to go off her food & try the home meds/treatment.
She is just 2 years old, very healthy otherwise according to the vets, and even when very ill previously has remained really bright.
We are trying to establish what is causing the statis, as unfortunately my funds are now extremely low to a point of near non existence and I don’t want to be faced with a difficult decision if I am due to be faced with another bill for a few hundred again which I don’t really have.
I have been told it could be stress related, maybe a fox sniffing about etc, however Rusty my other rabbit has been fine. So I am considering bringing their hutch into the garage if I can so that foxes etc cant sniff and scare them, and the temperature is more regular.
Other than that, they have suggested possibly an Ultrascound Scan of the Stomach/Kidneys etc & blood testing which would cost approx £250.00 or maybe putting her out to fully investigate her teeth, but they said the teeth look fine and she eats lots of grass hay etc when she isnt in statis which would indicate it is not dental related. This just to ensure there is no underlying illness.
Therefore just thought I would pick some bunny lovers brains to see if anyone else has experienced this and would have any idea about things I can try to eliminate etc and see if they are contributing to the regular statis Pip is suffering (she had never had it before until 6 weeks ago!).
Thanks in advance X
Pip went into Gut Statis about 6 weeks ago, I took her to my vet who kept her in overnight, and syringe fed her & discharged her the following day (£160.00).
Sunday morning she was not eating again, and we went to the emergency vets where she was quite bad and there were initially no gut noises at all. She came home on the Wednesday, was very bright and had recovered really well (£350.00 total).
Just 6 weeks later, Thursday evening I noticed she was off her food so once again called the vets & went straight in Thurs eve (out of ours cost again £110.00 to walk through doors!) and is coming home today. She is on some medication still, Metacam + 2 others I believe (will post names up later).
This time its cost £350.00 again.
I love Pip to bits, but I just cant afford to keep paying out so much money every time. Likewise due to work commitments its very difficult to be able to try syringe feeding her at home when she begins to go off her food & try the home meds/treatment.
She is just 2 years old, very healthy otherwise according to the vets, and even when very ill previously has remained really bright.
We are trying to establish what is causing the statis, as unfortunately my funds are now extremely low to a point of near non existence and I don’t want to be faced with a difficult decision if I am due to be faced with another bill for a few hundred again which I don’t really have.
I have been told it could be stress related, maybe a fox sniffing about etc, however Rusty my other rabbit has been fine. So I am considering bringing their hutch into the garage if I can so that foxes etc cant sniff and scare them, and the temperature is more regular.
Other than that, they have suggested possibly an Ultrascound Scan of the Stomach/Kidneys etc & blood testing which would cost approx £250.00 or maybe putting her out to fully investigate her teeth, but they said the teeth look fine and she eats lots of grass hay etc when she isnt in statis which would indicate it is not dental related. This just to ensure there is no underlying illness.
Therefore just thought I would pick some bunny lovers brains to see if anyone else has experienced this and would have any idea about things I can try to eliminate etc and see if they are contributing to the regular statis Pip is suffering (she had never had it before until 6 weeks ago!).
Thanks in advance X