I am at my wits end as this morning, having been bouncing around for England yesterday, my bun is not eating, just lying down this morning. She has had no strange food or stress from anything. To make matters worse, I was supposed to be going on holiday tomorrow, which looks like will have to cancel though it is much needed by family. My bun had an episode of illeus/stasis out of the blue two months ago, can anyone shed any light on why this seems to have reoccurred??
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Stasis again??
- Thread starter janhm69
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fruitandnutcake
Mama Doe
Could it be her teeth? Have you tried tempting her with favourite foods/treats? How is her poo output? If she won't eat anything then she will need to see a vet for gut stimulant & pain relief.
Lots of vibes x
Lots of vibes x
She won't eat anything. She has been to her tray and produced some poos. I don't think its her teeth as she only had her injections two weeks ago and she was thoroughly checked out by the vet then. I am wondering why she has trouble with this.... if there is something else going on.
susie bun
Wise Old Thumper
First time my bun had stasis he perked up a lot when I put him in a different room. Nosiness encouraged him to move about and this seemed to help. I should add that he did also see the vet for gut stimulant and pain relief, but it might be worth trying to get your bun to hop about.
Sending vibes. xx
Sending vibes. xx
Thanks so much for the advice. Feeling a bit low as family was looking forward to holiday. Also worried that this bun might be prone to this. I only feed them herbs now since the last episode, just in case. Thanks for all the advice. I have some fibreplex handy so will do this later if she still hasn't eaten and of course vet, but my usual one is closed today.
Sorry to hear this and sending lots of vibes.
Sometimes problems with teeth can't be detected whilst the bun is awake so they may need a GA / X ray.
One of our buns would go into stasis if they had too much of gassy vegetables such as brocolli. However Harley kept going into statsis two years ago every few months. The vets took bloods and did a full body x ray. Unfortunately neither showed anything up, however we changed the hay to a better quality one from the hay experts and put him on a measured amount of excel pellets (approx 40g a day) and bought him an indoor puppy pen which wasmuch larger than his indoor hutch. The extra space / ability to exercise did seem to help.
sorry I can't be of any more use. xxx
Sometimes problems with teeth can't be detected whilst the bun is awake so they may need a GA / X ray.
One of our buns would go into stasis if they had too much of gassy vegetables such as brocolli. However Harley kept going into statsis two years ago every few months. The vets took bloods and did a full body x ray. Unfortunately neither showed anything up, however we changed the hay to a better quality one from the hay experts and put him on a measured amount of excel pellets (approx 40g a day) and bought him an indoor puppy pen which wasmuch larger than his indoor hutch. The extra space / ability to exercise did seem to help.
sorry I can't be of any more use. xxx
Thank you for the reply, it is good to hear other experiences of this. My bun is indoors, has a large area to hop around and I think, really good diet. Hays (variety) from hay experts, excel pellets and herbs. I stopped things like broccolli after the last episode, just in case. Maybe it is teeth, I'm going to ask the vet to really check her out as I feel need to get to the bottom of it. I know it is silly but I worried myself sick when she had it the last time.
Both my bunnies have just been through this,and are now doing well(touches wood!) I have put it down to moulting, both were checked out at vets and eating within 12hours
Thanks for the reply. I hope mine will recover as quickly. Last time she had several injections at the vets and pain relief. Then I was syringe feeding her for about a week also. Was really stressful as bun obviously really hated the syringe feeding but my vet had given me stuff to get down her (antibiotics, painkiller drops etc) 3x a day.
Hi Just read this thread and really really feel for you as its worrying enough to leave them to go on our holidays and then something like this happens. Whenever mine have had bouts of stasis I always find a homemade vegetable soup helps no end along with the usual meds like fibre plex and pro c probiotics. Boil up some vegetables like cabbage, carrot, celery and parsley. Liquidize and then allow to cool before syringe feeding. Really hope this helps you out. There are lots more tips on Gi Stasis on this website if it helps xx
http://best4bunny.com/bunny-care/health-and-mot/
http://best4bunny.com/bunny-care/health-and-mot/
Thanks for your help. I am pretty neurotic about going away as worry about them. Holiday on hold for now BUT, I gave my bun some fibreplex earlier and she has since eaten and pooed several times normally. So I am at least relieved that her guts have not stopped! I have really appreciated all the advice this afternoon.
