Hello, bun-buds.
I need some urgent advice from you guys, especially from those who have experience with this problem. So, after 2,5 years, the time has come to face our first healthcare-problem. First of all, let me summarize what sort of bun you need to imagine: He is a very cheeky, and sometimes picky little fellow. an average cross, not a mini, not a lionhead. The greatest concern for us has always been this one: He was never really into hay, although we tried different types, he always seems to nibble some, and that is that. He is a real banana-maniac, and a true fan of herbs - note: we always give him just a little bit of fruit, every now and then, we know more would not do him good. Throughout the years we learned what sort of fruit and vegs make his feces a bit too watery, for example: the slightest taste of apple makes his poo very wet. Anyway: He was always too much into pellets, and we had to cut back on the portion, and we even changed to a better-quality, excel-food, suggested by the vet (Sad thing: we never got him to even taste those, because he became sick the day we bought it
). So... here is what happened:
Thursday: General checkup at the Vet (Twickenham, suggested by some of you guys ), he was said to be more than healthy, happy as can be, only one little prob: a bit chubby, so he needs to lose some weight. The next time we went to the shop, we bought him the Excel Food (Saturday), but he never tasted it, because he became sick. We were utterly shocked, we never seen him like this. He noticed he did not eat his daily portion, did not drink at all, never even nibbled from the fresh basil. He was just lying there, just like when he is tired or having a nap, and before we went to bed, we wanted to take him downstairs for some jumping around, because he really likes that, and has a better sleep after that, too. But as we entered the room, he never stood up, he did not even move a muscle. This was really strange, because he is always jumping around when we go to him, shaking his cage for some petting, and always showering us with kisses. These things did not happen. And it was clear, something was wrong with him. We took him out of his cage to gently see what was wrong. He immediately went straight back in his cage, and lied down again. This was really shocking again, because he never wants to go back, and he always keeps on jumping around us and stuff. He was clearly sick. We tried to take him out again, to see this time what the problem was. He started shivering a bit, and when we touched his belly, he grounded his teeth. Ok, I knew it was time to hit the road and make a run for the emergency, I know bloating, clogging, stasis or anything like that might have happened, and it is never a joke for buns. The vet at the emergency (not at Twickenham, because they do not have 24-hour emergency), said that he is quite bloated his guts are filled with gas (not critically, but full enough to cause immeasurable problems). So he got around 4 injections (pain relief, and stuff...) And he also got LOTS of medication. We were told that sometimes we need to give gentle rubs or massages to his belly, and that the most important thing is now to make him eat on his own..but until that, we need to syringe-feed him... We need to put the medication in the herbivore-food-supplement thing, a powder than needs to be mixed with water (OXBOW - Critical Care - fine grind). It is really hard, because the vet said we need to give him around 10 spoons mixed with water every day (with the medications used twice a day), and it is a LOT..it must be frustrating for him, and it is hard for us, too to make him eat all that We got the supplement thingy Saturday, around 3 am, and we are running out of it. We also got a pain relief medicine (20 drops daily) which we had to start from Sunday. Eversince Saturday, he started pooing a bit...not too much, and not the normal-shaped poo drops. They are like small, very small raisins or raindrops... Yesterday and today he started pooing soft, grape/-like poo, too (I am sure you are familiar with that, he did that sometimes when he was healthy, too). We keep reminding ourselves to what the vet said: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS TO MAKE HIM EAT ON HIS OWN, to make the guts moving. properly again. From yesterday, he eats some carrots, the leaves of the carrots, as well as the fresh basil. He even had a small portion of banana. But he still does not eat He does not care about the the new Excel food, does not care about the old pellets he used to adore, and he only nibbled a pinch from the hay since yesterday. We are trying to be positive, at least he is moving around when we take him out of his cage, sniffing, being a bit curious..and eating the carrots, leaves and basil on his own. We need to be positive we just have to. We cannot lose our boy. He is young, and we cannot give up. Yesterday I ordered a sample pack of 3 different hays that should arrive today, I want to make sure I did everything in my might to help him out with this... He might want to eat some of the new tasty hays...
So...guys with the same experience as this one... what do you suggest? How can we encourage him to eat? any tricks? Any specifically useful things to nibble? I am not sure about the carrots, but I keep thinking, at least he is eating something... What about the basil and the leaves of the carrots? Do you think they are useful for him?
Thank you so much in advance for replying guys...I really need every possible solution right now
I need some urgent advice from you guys, especially from those who have experience with this problem. So, after 2,5 years, the time has come to face our first healthcare-problem. First of all, let me summarize what sort of bun you need to imagine: He is a very cheeky, and sometimes picky little fellow. an average cross, not a mini, not a lionhead. The greatest concern for us has always been this one: He was never really into hay, although we tried different types, he always seems to nibble some, and that is that. He is a real banana-maniac, and a true fan of herbs - note: we always give him just a little bit of fruit, every now and then, we know more would not do him good. Throughout the years we learned what sort of fruit and vegs make his feces a bit too watery, for example: the slightest taste of apple makes his poo very wet. Anyway: He was always too much into pellets, and we had to cut back on the portion, and we even changed to a better-quality, excel-food, suggested by the vet (Sad thing: we never got him to even taste those, because he became sick the day we bought it
). So... here is what happened:Thursday: General checkup at the Vet (Twickenham, suggested by some of you guys
), he was said to be more than healthy, happy as can be, only one little prob: a bit chubby, so he needs to lose some weight. The next time we went to the shop, we bought him the Excel Food (Saturday), but he never tasted it, because he became sick. We were utterly shocked, we never seen him like this. He noticed he did not eat his daily portion, did not drink at all, never even nibbled from the fresh basil. He was just lying there, just like when he is tired or having a nap, and before we went to bed, we wanted to take him downstairs for some jumping around, because he really likes that, and has a better sleep after that, too. But as we entered the room, he never stood up, he did not even move a muscle. This was really strange, because he is always jumping around when we go to him, shaking his cage for some petting, and always showering us with kisses. These things did not happen. And it was clear, something was wrong with him. We took him out of his cage to gently see what was wrong. He immediately went straight back in his cage, and lied down again. This was really shocking again, because he never wants to go back, and he always keeps on jumping around us and stuff. He was clearly sick. We tried to take him out again, to see this time what the problem was. He started shivering a bit, and when we touched his belly, he grounded his teeth. Ok, I knew it was time to hit the road and make a run for the emergency, I know bloating, clogging, stasis or anything like that might have happened, and it is never a joke for buns. The vet at the emergency (not at Twickenham, because they do not have 24-hour emergency), said that he is quite bloated his guts are filled with gas (not critically, but full enough to cause immeasurable problems). So he got around 4 injections (pain relief, and stuff...) And he also got LOTS of medication. We were told that sometimes we need to give gentle rubs or massages to his belly, and that the most important thing is now to make him eat on his own..but until that, we need to syringe-feed him... We need to put the medication in the herbivore-food-supplement thing, a powder than needs to be mixed with water (OXBOW - Critical Care - fine grind). It is really hard, because the vet said we need to give him around 10 spoons mixed with water every day (with the medications used twice a day), and it is a LOT..it must be frustrating for him, and it is hard for us, too to make him eat all that We got the supplement thingy Saturday, around 3 am, and we are running out of it. We also got a pain relief medicine (20 drops daily) which we had to start from Sunday. Eversince Saturday, he started pooing a bit...not too much, and not the normal-shaped poo drops. They are like small, very small raisins or raindrops... Yesterday and today he started pooing soft, grape/-like poo, too (I am sure you are familiar with that, he did that sometimes when he was healthy, too). We keep reminding ourselves to what the vet said: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS TO MAKE HIM EAT ON HIS OWN, to make the guts moving. properly again. From yesterday, he eats some carrots, the leaves of the carrots, as well as the fresh basil. He even had a small portion of banana. But he still does not eat He does not care about the the new Excel food, does not care about the old pellets he used to adore, and he only nibbled a pinch from the hay since yesterday. We are trying to be positive, at least he is moving around when we take him out of his cage, sniffing, being a bit curious..and eating the carrots, leaves and basil on his own. We need to be positive we just have to. We cannot lose our boy. He is young, and we cannot give up. Yesterday I ordered a sample pack of 3 different hays that should arrive today, I want to make sure I did everything in my might to help him out with this... He might want to eat some of the new tasty hays... So...guys with the same experience as this one... what do you suggest? How can we encourage him to eat? any tricks? Any specifically useful things to nibble? I am not sure about the carrots, but I keep thinking, at least he is eating something... What about the basil and the leaves of the carrots? Do you think they are useful for him?
Thank you so much in advance for replying guys...I really need every possible solution right now
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