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Stomach Ulcers

clarebear

clarebear

Mama Doe
Just wondered if anyone knew anything about Stomach Ulcers in bunnies?

They think this is what Bramble is suffering with. Wondered what causes them and the best diet and treatment for them.

Thank you :wave:
 
Sorry I have no experience in stomach ulcers in bunnies.

Hopefully someone with experience will be along very soon.:thumb:
 
I had a bunny with stomach ulcers but that was over ten years ago. It was a result of stasis over several days rather than the cause. we used zantac to treat it. That was the first time we ever used zantac but of course now this is a routine med for stasis so never had a problem with ulcers since
 
In Rabbits GI tract ulceration is usually a secondary condition as the result of another problem. They are a common finding in Rabbits with gut stasis or at the end stage of a terminal illness. They can be stress induced too.

Apparently they are more common in Does than Bucks and older Rabbits in general are more at risk. The use of a corticosteroid can also pose a significant risk of causing a fundic ulcer. The other common place for an ulcer to occur is at the pylorus

There is a diagram on here showing the anatomy of the alimentary tract

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Rees-Davies.pdf

A Rabbit in hypovolemic shock (when the volume of the circulatory system is too depleted to allow adequate circulation to the tissues of the body causing major organ damage) can develop a gastric ulcer in as little time as 3 hours.


Ranitidine (Zantac) and Sucralfate is the usual treatment as well as trying to establish the primary cause and addressing that too.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
In Rabbits GI tract ulceration is usually a secondary condition as the result of another problem. They are a common finding in Rabbits with gut stasis or at the end stage of a terminal illness. They can be stress induced too.

Apparently they are more common in Does than Bucks and older Rabbits in general are more at risk. The use of a corticosteroid can also pose a significant risk of causing a fundic ulcer. The other common place for an ulcer to occur is at the pylorus

There is a diagram on here showing the anatomy of the alimentary tract

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Rees-Davies.pdf

A Rabbit in hypovolemic shock (when the volume of the circulatory system is too depleted to allow adequate circulation to the tissues of the body causing major organ damage) can develop a gastric ulcer in as little time as 3 hours.


Ranitidine (Zantac) and Sucralfate is the usual treatment as well as trying to establish the primary cause and addressing that too.
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Bramble's inhaler that he uses has corticosteroid in it, so maybe this is the cause. He is currently using Zantac, which the vet said will heal the ulcer. Is this right?
 
clarebear said:
Bramble's inhaler that he uses has corticosteroid in it, so maybe this is the cause. He is currently using Zantac, which the vet said will heal the ulcer. Is this right?
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Zantac is used to treat gastric ulcers :)

Steroids given via inhaler are less likely to have adverse side-effects but I guess it is not impossible for it to happen. I would discuss it with your Vet xx
 
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