She starts nibbling then goes back to not eating at all. Syringe feedings are sheer torture during the times that she isn't nibbling on food at all. Yesterday she seem to be coming around and nibbling quite a bit but now she hasn't pooped at all since Wednesday morning at 4 am which were teeny tiny. She was doing a lot of tooth grinding, after the pain meds she became active and wanted tons and tons of love and acted like she was starving and even grabs hay and tries to eat it but then just can't seem to. She acts most interested in hay like really really excited. The only thing that she seems to be able to eat is a tiny raisin.
Today I called her vet and talked to her and 2 other vets and talked to them. Effie, Julie's regular vet couldn't see her until tomorrow evening and Julie really stressed on the last long trip over there. She does not travel well anyways and has been to vets 4 times in two weeks.
One vet was recommended to me by the women who runs the cat rescue that I volunteer at. He claims to be rabbit savvy. The idea with him was to use him as an emergency vet for Julie. He is 13 minutes away. He is the only vet in a private practice. After hours the calls go to his house and he returns the call in 5 minutes. I decided to take Julie there and have him consult with Effie. Effie had a meeting that she couldn't get out of during that time but sent over all her records. This vet is older and acts like he knows rabbits but has a very different approach than Effie.
He told us to stop the Tramadol,ear drops and the gut stimulus. He says to just give one .5 ml dose of the metacan in the morning instead the two doses of .5 ml and the oral abx and the abx injection. He said that they can all cause the gut to slow down. Effie had said that too but thought at this point that we should try as she was to weak and would not survive a GA to even have her tooth looked at. He agreed about the GA but did an oral exam.
She is hydrated so doesn't need fluids .
He could find no other reason as to why she is not eating or why Julie is acting like she is starving and wants to eat but then can't seem to.
He is battled as to why she is acting like this. He did look in her mouth without sedating her and put his fingers in her mouth and felt around around her jaw and said that he doesn't feel any swelling or anything that indicates that she still has the abscess. She didn't flinch when he felt. He tummy felt fine.
He thinks that Effie took care of the abscess t when she drained it. He said that her mouth should smell bad too if it was still abscessed/infected. He checked her ears. She had more wax again. He looked at it under the microscope and found no infections. He thinks the ear drops and abx already took care of it. He checked her throat and felt it and it seems fine.
He said to try giving her soften alpha hay and coastal clover. I couldn't find coastal clover but bought alpha and she acts excited about it and chins it. She is chinning all the food instead of really eating it. In fact she is chinning other things in the house.
The vet that another member on this forum found for me through a US based forum returned my call after we returned home from the close vet. She said that oral exams miss 50 % of all problems. She knows of Effie even though Effie doesn't know of her. She doesn't seem interested in consulting with Effie as she says that Effie is the best rabbit vet around our area and advises that we stick with her. She did mention another vet further away that we could consult with Effie if she really wanted another vet involved. Effie is willing to work with another vet.
I am waiting for her to call back so I can ask if she thinks that we should stop all those meds. She will call tonight after her appointments.
We are so confused as what to do. Don't know if we should risk the GA so Effie can look at the tooth and in her ear or stop meds or carry on as we are. It seems like we are torturing Julie with all the force feedings and meds.
Sorry for rambling. Hope any of this makes some sense. I have been sleeping with her and giving round the clock nursing. I am so sleep deprived and at a lost as to what to do now. Julie licks and licks me and wants love. This is heart breaking. Why won't/can't she eat? She is drinking and peeing.
Today I called her vet and talked to her and 2 other vets and talked to them. Effie, Julie's regular vet couldn't see her until tomorrow evening and Julie really stressed on the last long trip over there. She does not travel well anyways and has been to vets 4 times in two weeks.
One vet was recommended to me by the women who runs the cat rescue that I volunteer at. He claims to be rabbit savvy. The idea with him was to use him as an emergency vet for Julie. He is 13 minutes away. He is the only vet in a private practice. After hours the calls go to his house and he returns the call in 5 minutes. I decided to take Julie there and have him consult with Effie. Effie had a meeting that she couldn't get out of during that time but sent over all her records. This vet is older and acts like he knows rabbits but has a very different approach than Effie.
He told us to stop the Tramadol,ear drops and the gut stimulus. He says to just give one .5 ml dose of the metacan in the morning instead the two doses of .5 ml and the oral abx and the abx injection. He said that they can all cause the gut to slow down. Effie had said that too but thought at this point that we should try as she was to weak and would not survive a GA to even have her tooth looked at. He agreed about the GA but did an oral exam.
She is hydrated so doesn't need fluids .
He could find no other reason as to why she is not eating or why Julie is acting like she is starving and wants to eat but then can't seem to.
He is battled as to why she is acting like this. He did look in her mouth without sedating her and put his fingers in her mouth and felt around around her jaw and said that he doesn't feel any swelling or anything that indicates that she still has the abscess. She didn't flinch when he felt. He tummy felt fine.
He thinks that Effie took care of the abscess t when she drained it. He said that her mouth should smell bad too if it was still abscessed/infected. He checked her ears. She had more wax again. He looked at it under the microscope and found no infections. He thinks the ear drops and abx already took care of it. He checked her throat and felt it and it seems fine.
He said to try giving her soften alpha hay and coastal clover. I couldn't find coastal clover but bought alpha and she acts excited about it and chins it. She is chinning all the food instead of really eating it. In fact she is chinning other things in the house.
The vet that another member on this forum found for me through a US based forum returned my call after we returned home from the close vet. She said that oral exams miss 50 % of all problems. She knows of Effie even though Effie doesn't know of her. She doesn't seem interested in consulting with Effie as she says that Effie is the best rabbit vet around our area and advises that we stick with her. She did mention another vet further away that we could consult with Effie if she really wanted another vet involved. Effie is willing to work with another vet.
I am waiting for her to call back so I can ask if she thinks that we should stop all those meds. She will call tonight after her appointments.
We are so confused as what to do. Don't know if we should risk the GA so Effie can look at the tooth and in her ear or stop meds or carry on as we are. It seems like we are torturing Julie with all the force feedings and meds.
Sorry for rambling. Hope any of this makes some sense. I have been sleeping with her and giving round the clock nursing. I am so sleep deprived and at a lost as to what to do now. Julie licks and licks me and wants love. This is heart breaking. Why won't/can't she eat? She is drinking and peeing.
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Bless the poor baby.
