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Truffle - possibly stasis :(

esupi

esupi

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She wasn't eating when we got home last night about half 8. All the usual - sitting hunched, pressing her belly to the floor, tooth grinding. This happens to here every six months or so. She was drinking and weeing. Gave her a little while to try to come out of it on her own (which often happens) but ended up taking her to the emergency vet.

The vet checked her belly, vestibular function (she had EC last year), teeth.....gave her two painkillers, a gut stimulant and sub-cutaneous fluid. Her temperature was 36.4 degrees.

Left her to it when we got home as she was stressed from the trip, and expected to find her normal this morning. But she is still disinterested in food, and despite having had pain relief is still holding her stomach uncomfortably.

Think we are going back to the vets. :(

eta she did poop while we were at the vets last night - pretty normal poos! And the vet could hear gut movement too.
 
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Thanks Jane. I really don't know. I did think she was drinking a lot last night. But didn't strain to wee. I haven't seen her wee yet this morning though...
 
Hi
Could it be bloat/gas? I would try giving Infacol and massage her belly too.
I give mine 1ml of Infacol per hour for first 3 hours and then 1ml every 3 – 8 hours after.
For massaging you could even use something like a electric toothbrush or gentle hand held massager wrapped in a tea towel. Sit them on top of this and keep them reassured as they will naturally wonder what it is at first.
Encourage them to run about to keep their stomach moving.
 
Deevee said:
Hi
Could it be bloat/gas? I would try giving Infacol and massage her belly too.
I give mine 1ml of Infacol per hour for first 3 hours and then 1ml every 3 – 8 hours after.
For massaging you could even use something like a electric toothbrush or gentle hand held massager wrapped in a tea towel. Sit them on top of this and keep them reassured as they will naturally wonder what it is at first.
Encourage them to run about to keep their stomach moving.
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Hi Deevee - we normally try those things (except the infacol) and we did as usual last night before we went to the vets but they didn't seem to work this time. I will ask about the infacol. Thanks.
 
Emergency vets have advised to wait until the normal vets is open and take her there. Meanwhile to try to get food into her (they assured me there was definitely no impaction last night).

We have just managed to get her to take a little recovery food. She doesn't look impressed.
 
Well she did another poo at the vets and this vet also could hear gut movement. The vet gave her some vetergesic and a different gut stimulant, and said to bring her home and syringe feed her through the day if I can and review again tomorrow morning when they'll start thinking about X-rays, blood tests etc. I asked about cystitis and the vet said possibly and to watch for her straining or any abnormal wee.

I've asked to reveiw again later today however, as potentially she hasn't eaten anything significant since yesterday morning and I feel leaving it 'til tomorrow would be too long.

She did just eat the tiniest most pathetic strand of hay, but is not interested in pellets, herbs, fenugreek cruchies........
 
Hi again.
Try a homemade vegetable soup as i always find this does wonders for getting their appetite back.
Chop 2 to 3 different vegetables like carrot, cabbage, parsley & celery, into small pieces. Place in a saucepan and cover with water and boil for about 10 mins. Liquidize the vegetables with the water they cooked in and allow to cool and then syringe feed to your rabbit.
Also you could add some warm water (not boiling) to the pellets and add the science recovery to this also and syringe feed (you may need to add some more water as the pellets do turn to quite a thick mash when you add warm water.
Both these are much more palatable than just the medications on their own and will help them that little bit more to get their appetites back.
 
Oh dear poor Truffle hope she will be ok xxxx

Sharon ask the vet to take Truffles blood sugar levels we do it with our buns and our vet does it and it tell's you so much more.

Sending mega Vibes for tiny Truffle and we are here at all if you need us


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Truffle is eating hay! Going to keep a close eye on her still, but it's a definite improvement!
 
Not since I got back (had to nip into work for a couple of hours). So possibly while I was away. I'm keeping an eye on her now though.
 
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