Crunchie
Warren Veteran
Jack and Honey have been out and about today and Jack was fine up until my mum tried to give him a brush (he's moulting heavily at the moment).
He had a massive sulk, went and sat in the hut then decided he was no longer interested in food. At that point my mum phoned me and asked me to come over and check him so I drove over. By the time I got there he was showing signs of pain and was not his usual self at all. He refused the pellets he normally goes mad for, was stretching oddly, flattening himself to the floor or sitting hunched up. I decided to phone the vet school and we took him there as we weren't comfortable leaving him in the state he was in.
When we got there he looked considerably brighter and all his vital signs were OK. His teeth looked good and there were gut sounds and fully formed poops awaiting "evacuation". His stomach felt fine along with his cecum and his temperature was apparently spot on.
The only thing the vet could see was a scratch inside his ear so he's now in the vet being monitored and is receiving anti-inflammitory ear drops and metacam. As he's suffered them before the vet also checked his ear wax for signs of ear mites but there was none.
Was just wondering if anyone could shed any light on the situation, is it at all possible that my mum brushing him has freaked him out to the point where he went into stasis and this has resolved itself very quickly? He was eating hay and herbs when we left the vet but all his little behaviours are exactly the same as what Honey does when she has gut problems.
He had a massive sulk, went and sat in the hut then decided he was no longer interested in food. At that point my mum phoned me and asked me to come over and check him so I drove over. By the time I got there he was showing signs of pain and was not his usual self at all. He refused the pellets he normally goes mad for, was stretching oddly, flattening himself to the floor or sitting hunched up. I decided to phone the vet school and we took him there as we weren't comfortable leaving him in the state he was in.
When we got there he looked considerably brighter and all his vital signs were OK. His teeth looked good and there were gut sounds and fully formed poops awaiting "evacuation". His stomach felt fine along with his cecum and his temperature was apparently spot on.
The only thing the vet could see was a scratch inside his ear so he's now in the vet being monitored and is receiving anti-inflammitory ear drops and metacam. As he's suffered them before the vet also checked his ear wax for signs of ear mites but there was none.
Was just wondering if anyone could shed any light on the situation, is it at all possible that my mum brushing him has freaked him out to the point where he went into stasis and this has resolved itself very quickly? He was eating hay and herbs when we left the vet but all his little behaviours are exactly the same as what Honey does when she has gut problems.
