Joanne Jenkinson
Mama Doe
Hi all
Need some advice re one of my mini lops. Over about 4/5 months ago he started to pass mucus in his poo. It was not much so I didn't worry too much about it. It got worse of over the months and I took him to vets who were not helpful. They put him on Fibreplex and it didn't help.
In early July he went into stasis, not eating or wanting to move but also when you looked at his tummy the sides were moving in like a rippling wave effect, almost like there was something inside him moving, I went to vets with him and they gave him shots and a week's worth of Zantac and Septrin. This worked and he was fine for about 3 weeks, then the same thing happened again on Monday this week. I took him again and the vet says he has something equivalent to humans having Crohns Disease. He is now on Zantac for a month and a week's worth of Septrin.
I have been looking into Megacolon when a friend suggested it to me.
He has large misshapen poos, along with mucus which is similar to the megacolon symptoms.
I have changed his diet to just hay and grass (no veggies as this seemed to make him worse) and a very small amount of pellets.
His bum is messy from the mucus, I try my best to clean him up.
Any ideas if it sounds like megacolon and if so what can I do to help him and stop him having stasis so often?
Thanks
Jo
Need some advice re one of my mini lops. Over about 4/5 months ago he started to pass mucus in his poo. It was not much so I didn't worry too much about it. It got worse of over the months and I took him to vets who were not helpful. They put him on Fibreplex and it didn't help.
In early July he went into stasis, not eating or wanting to move but also when you looked at his tummy the sides were moving in like a rippling wave effect, almost like there was something inside him moving, I went to vets with him and they gave him shots and a week's worth of Zantac and Septrin. This worked and he was fine for about 3 weeks, then the same thing happened again on Monday this week. I took him again and the vet says he has something equivalent to humans having Crohns Disease. He is now on Zantac for a month and a week's worth of Septrin.
I have been looking into Megacolon when a friend suggested it to me.
He has large misshapen poos, along with mucus which is similar to the megacolon symptoms.
I have changed his diet to just hay and grass (no veggies as this seemed to make him worse) and a very small amount of pellets.
His bum is messy from the mucus, I try my best to clean him up.
Any ideas if it sounds like megacolon and if so what can I do to help him and stop him having stasis so often?
Thanks
Jo