I really don't think it's something as serious as cecal impaction. :shock: :shock: I hope not anyway!
She has not been exhibiting any pain symptoms since her last ivermec jab; she's constantly eating her hay and goes mad for her pellets. I have also been feeling her tum on a regular basis, and it feels lovely with no lumps or bumps. She also had a full MOT at the vets when she first started showing signs that something was "not right" when she got vaccinated (before her ears started bothering her).
Can they get a "mild" case of this? I do think she has something wrong with her guts, but nothing that is going to be treatable tbh. She was starved and was just skin and bone when she was found, and she's always had a dicky tum since I got her. I do think that maybe her cecum is not working as it should, but just when I start to worry, things seem to go back to normal. This is the longest she's exhibited these symptoms for, and I do think stress plays a part (recently bonded, carted to the vets frequently, noises from the living room being decorated, disruption of her routine).
I really, really don't want to go back to the vets. I've been there with with my buns nearly every week for about 6 months now, and it's just disrupting their lives and they get quite stressed about it. I'm not getting her put under a GA at this stage, that would be a last resort. I will take her but I want to go knowing what tests I should expect. A new vet started at the surgery and she is REALLY good with the buns and will listen to what I have to say. Another of the vets is good, but she tends to fob me off and not listen to me...she kind of makes me feel that I'm just over reacting with everything.
Jane, do you think it worth getting bloods done? I have debated getting this done for a while. I figured that if her bloods came back and showed something was going on, I'd pop her to see FHB and see what their thoughts would be. My vets are good, but they aren't specialists.
Why are things never bloody simple?