Dylan has the Vet baffled as he hasn't stopped eating altogether but is not eating normally either! All started over a week ago with a suspected bloat/stasis attack-for a few days before this he'd not eaten much hay (not normal for him). After Vet treatment he seemed better but...still was only picking at his food (pellets, various hays, various herbs etc) & was having periods of lethargy.
After going back for several more days of daily meds (painkiller, tum med, antibiotic) but still not improving he had a dental (as they could see a few sharp edges on molars). We hoped that would sort it...but it didn't :?
He has been at the Vets every day now (not helping his stress level) and Vet can't work it out-he is eating but only picking/nibbling things (his normal portion of pellets is being eaten in stages so it takes about 4 hours to be eaten). We are giving him Critical Care Formula alongside some Baby Food & everything that is going in is coming out the other end ok. Vet tried to take bloods but he got in a state so we decided to leave it for a while.
He has now been on daily antibiotics for over a week and yday had another painkiller given. Although he had been having metaclopromide (and Zantac previous to that) Vet decided to leave it off yday as his stomach feels fine & sounds fine it's just not full enough with food! He can't feel anything untoward in his tum, has looked in his mouth again and can't see anything untoward.
I just don't know what to do... I mentioned xrays/scans yday and Vet said at this stage as his tum is working fine (what goes in is coming out fine) he didn't feel it would be necessary.
I just keep thinking he must be sore or in pain or discomfort somewhere as he has little bursts of eating and seemingly an appetite but then stops and won't go back to it until later on. He's also getting really stressed now being syringe fed
Any advice hugely appreciated... I am shattered after nursing him for nearly 2 weeks and am so stressed as I don't know what the problem is.
Anybody any ideas as to what may be going on?
Has anyone had anything similiar happen with their rabbits?
If so, how did you proceed & did you discover what was as the core of the problem?
Please help
After going back for several more days of daily meds (painkiller, tum med, antibiotic) but still not improving he had a dental (as they could see a few sharp edges on molars). We hoped that would sort it...but it didn't :?
He has been at the Vets every day now (not helping his stress level) and Vet can't work it out-he is eating but only picking/nibbling things (his normal portion of pellets is being eaten in stages so it takes about 4 hours to be eaten). We are giving him Critical Care Formula alongside some Baby Food & everything that is going in is coming out the other end ok. Vet tried to take bloods but he got in a state so we decided to leave it for a while.
He has now been on daily antibiotics for over a week and yday had another painkiller given. Although he had been having metaclopromide (and Zantac previous to that) Vet decided to leave it off yday as his stomach feels fine & sounds fine it's just not full enough with food! He can't feel anything untoward in his tum, has looked in his mouth again and can't see anything untoward.
I just don't know what to do... I mentioned xrays/scans yday and Vet said at this stage as his tum is working fine (what goes in is coming out fine) he didn't feel it would be necessary.
I just keep thinking he must be sore or in pain or discomfort somewhere as he has little bursts of eating and seemingly an appetite but then stops and won't go back to it until later on. He's also getting really stressed now being syringe fed
Any advice hugely appreciated... I am shattered after nursing him for nearly 2 weeks and am so stressed as I don't know what the problem is.
Anybody any ideas as to what may be going on?
Has anyone had anything similiar happen with their rabbits?
If so, how did you proceed & did you discover what was as the core of the problem?
Please help