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Charlotte :( Again? EVERY TIME??

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Gemmapookie

Wise Old Thumper
She's moulting and EVERY SINGLE time she ends up going into stasis at least once. It's auwful, I knew it was coming as soon as she started 2 days ago, woke up this morning to her not eating and tummy pressing :(

What can I do to prevent it???

Any vibes much appreciated x
 
Poor girl :cry:

Do you groom her 2-3 times a day during a moult ? Especially around the base of her tail/flanks.

Also, does she ingest a lot of paper/cardboard or nibble at fabric ? I have learned that stasis prone Rabbits are best kept well away from all 3 at all times. They tend to eat even more of the stuff when they feel their guts are sluggish. So then they just make everything worse.

Maximising her fluid and crude fibre intake would also be beneficial.

I hope she feels beeter soon xx
 
I groom her once or twice a day (which she HATES!) and they don't have access to any cardboard. Their bed is fabric and she does sometimes dig at it but I don't think she eats it. Wondering if to remove it anyway? They do love their soft bed though :roll:

Is there anything I can give her when she starts moulting as a preventative measure?

I gave her some Metacam an hour ago and she's been having tummy rubs and snuggles on a warm water bottle and she seems to be picking up, is tentatively nibbling some hay :) fingers crossed.
 
No advice on the moulting specifically, but I can definitely recommend peppermint tea for stasis prevention. It may or may not help - seems to help soothe the gut anyway, and maybe even keep it moving.
 
SarahP said:
No advice on the moulting specifically, but I can definitely recommend peppermint tea for stasis prevention. It may or may not help - seems to help soothe the gut anyway, and maybe even keep it moving.
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Thanks Sarah. I usually give her cooled peppermint tea when she goes into stasis to help prevent bloat (didn't have any this time round though) but never thought of using it as a preventative.
Problem with Charlotte is she HATES being handled and I don't think she'd drink it off her own back. I'll def put some out for her though :wave:
 
Well little miss "I'm at deaths door" seems to have rallied thank goodness. 90% of the time the Metacam, warm water/peppermint tea, tummy rubs and hot water bottle routine gets her out of it :)

I on the other hand have a coldsore trying to rear it's ugly head, and missed my important French class to look after her! :roll:
 
Gemmapookie said:
Thanks Sarah. I usually give her cooled peppermint tea when she goes into stasis to help prevent bloat (didn't have any this time round though) but never thought of using it as a preventative.
Problem with Charlotte is she HATES being handled and I don't think she'd drink it off her own back. I'll def put some out for her though :wave:
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My bunnies hated anything with a peppermint taste, including the tea, unfortunately!
 
Glad Charlotte is feeling better. I've bought some 'HealthyBites - hairball remedy' treats for Spenser's next moult, but these haven't been tried yet.
 
susie bun said:
Glad Charlotte is feeling better. I've bought some 'HealthyBites - hairball remedy' treats for Spenser's next moult, but these haven't been tried yet.
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Ooh please let me know how he does with them, I'm prepared to try anything to stop it from happening :(

She seems good this evening, eating loads of hay as I type :thumb:
 
I would also have recommended regular grooming but you already do this, does she lick at fabric or rugs like grooming them or your other bunnies, I often find going over our rug with a rubber brush pics up quite abit of mabels moulting hair each day im glad she has perked up :wave:

have you ever tried abit of pineapple juice water down to keep guts moving when sluggish
 
mini lop1 said:
I would also have recommended regular grooming but you already do this, does she lick at fabric or rugs like grooming them or your other bunnies, I often find going over our rug with a rubber brush pics up quite abit of mabels moulting hair each day im glad she has perked up :wave:

have you ever tried abit of pineapple juice water down to keep guts moving when sluggish
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Thankyou :wave:

She doesn't lick at anything fabric but she does groom Max. I'm pretty sure it's grooming herself when she's moulting that's the problem though.
Perhaps I should groom her even more than I already do, but it's already an ordeal because she just hates being handled. She's so sweet and loves a stroke but pick her up or put a brush near her and she turns into demon rabbit :roll:
She's not a fan of pineapple annoyingly so again I'd have to catch her and syringe it to her which she'd hate :(

Difficult little Madame :lol::love:
 
Same problem with my Bun Boris. Every moult, he gets a bout of stasis. Tried regular brushing, which he tolerated and then developed a habit of peeing on my lap when I did it :roll: Looks like I need to pick up some peppermint tea for when he next goes into moult after reading this thread!
 
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