Crystal has chest issues, but these seemed to have stabilised and she wasn't labouring to breathe anymore.
She had an overdose of Xeno a couple of weeks ago, but recovered fine from that.
Friday night she went from being bouncy, at 4pm, to sad but eating at 6pm (so dosed up as per vets instructions), to shivering and shaking by 7pm. I took her in and her temp was 35.5 :shock: she was admitted, warmed up, dripped and medicated and came home yesterday.
They couldn't find the cause (not within her, nor looking at external things that may have caused a shock/toxic reaction). They tell me she's brighter (I was like, well yes, she's not an icicle anymore she's going to be), but they don't know if she's eating or pooing (she had her friend there too). she's not cyanotic. Her breathing was and is, very shallow. It doesn't seem like an effort, but it's definitely not right. They said to dose her up, syringe feed and keep an eye.
I've brought her home, brought them both inside, given a heat pad. She's eating and she's comfortable (haven't syringe fed, haven't given the gut stimulants either because that doesn't seem necessary). She's definitely livelier. She's not in pain. She just seems so very tired and keeps going to sleep. It's like everything is an effort. Her eyes are tired. She's sort of here but not. She's got the sad loppy ear she gets when she's not ok. That said, she feels peaceful and 'ok', so I'm comfortable that she's not suffering.
She presents, to me, as some of the other terminal chest bunnies have done when they were ready. I don't feel she's ready. The vets thought I was bonkers for saying that but I know my bunnies. But she's tired. She's lost her spark.
My feeling is something dire is going on, or has gone on inside her. This feels big.
But I may be wrong. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I'm thinking tomorrow my favoured vet is back, and I will try and take her to see him, unless she needs to see someone in the mean time. (and it's hard trusting vets you don't know, with such precious beings).
She had an overdose of Xeno a couple of weeks ago, but recovered fine from that.
Friday night she went from being bouncy, at 4pm, to sad but eating at 6pm (so dosed up as per vets instructions), to shivering and shaking by 7pm. I took her in and her temp was 35.5 :shock: she was admitted, warmed up, dripped and medicated and came home yesterday.
They couldn't find the cause (not within her, nor looking at external things that may have caused a shock/toxic reaction). They tell me she's brighter (I was like, well yes, she's not an icicle anymore she's going to be), but they don't know if she's eating or pooing (she had her friend there too). she's not cyanotic. Her breathing was and is, very shallow. It doesn't seem like an effort, but it's definitely not right. They said to dose her up, syringe feed and keep an eye.
I've brought her home, brought them both inside, given a heat pad. She's eating and she's comfortable (haven't syringe fed, haven't given the gut stimulants either because that doesn't seem necessary). She's definitely livelier. She's not in pain. She just seems so very tired and keeps going to sleep. It's like everything is an effort. Her eyes are tired. She's sort of here but not. She's got the sad loppy ear she gets when she's not ok. That said, she feels peaceful and 'ok', so I'm comfortable that she's not suffering.
She presents, to me, as some of the other terminal chest bunnies have done when they were ready. I don't feel she's ready. The vets thought I was bonkers for saying that but I know my bunnies. But she's tired. She's lost her spark.
My feeling is something dire is going on, or has gone on inside her. This feels big.
But I may be wrong. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I'm thinking tomorrow my favoured vet is back, and I will try and take her to see him, unless she needs to see someone in the mean time. (and it's hard trusting vets you don't know, with such precious beings).