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Some sort of food intoxication

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TeodoraP

Young Bun
Long story short: my female bunny suddenly didn't poop for 3 days, then, after a visit to the vet, she started doing it again, in the normal shape, for like 12 hours, then it all became very soft, but not like diarrhoea. Until now she didn't show any behavior simptoms, but after that she became very apathetic and stopped eating (it's her 4th day of not eating). She is currently undergoing a complex treatment of various shots (antibiotics, vitamins, glucose, aminoacids and god knows what others). 4 days ago her temperature dropped to 36,3 C, then it raised to the normal 38-38,5, only to drop again yesterday to 36 something.:cry:
I don't know what to think anymore. Has anyone gone through something similar?
Please don't ask about the teeth, they are fine and she also doesn't have gas.
:cry:
 
Is she at home? she should be hospitalised really, she is extremely ill and needs to be put on a drip and syringe fed. She also needs strong painkillers.

It's hard to tell without diagnostic tests, the vets need to determine why she is not eating as stasis can be fatal. It's also hard to tell what happened without knowing what medication she has been given - I'm guessing she was probably given gut stimulants and fluid therapy at first which caused the poo to come through at first, but without knowing the medication she was given that's just a guess.

The best thing would be to the ask the vet - if they don't know they need to do tests, and if they don't feel experienced enough to get to the bottom of this then she needs to be transferred to a specialist before she gets worse - stasis can become fatal very quickly, this is an emergency.
 
She's at home, my mom goes twice a day with her for the treatment (I'm not in the city).
Right this morning the vet said that it's very dangerous and difficult to put rabbits on IV, it's not usually done on them because their veins are very thin.:|:cry:
 
TeodoraP said:
She's at home, my mom goes twice a day with her for the treatment (I'm not in the city).
Right this morning the vet said that it's very dangerous and difficult to put rabbits on IV, it's not usually done on them because their veins are very thin.:|:cry:
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It can sometimes be difficult to get an IV line in as when a Rabbit is very ill their veins can be 'collapsed'. Also, I dont know how Rabbit Savvy the Vets are in your part of the world ?

Perhaps there are no hospitalisation facilities ? If there are, then ideally it would be better to have her admitted. At the very least this would avoid all the stress that several journeys will cause. Stress always adds to a poorly Rabbit's problems.

I would advise that you try to find out if the Vet can run some blood tests which may provide him/her with some useful information. But in the meantime keeping your Rabbit hydrated and warm is essential. This is almost always best achieved in a hospital setting if the Rabbit is gravely ill. But we are not all fortunate enough to have access to this option, I do understand that.

I really hope that your Rabbit can recover.
 
Ideally it would be best if she was hospitalised so she can have 24 hour care. If they can't put her on a drip, they can inject fluids under the skin to keep her hydrated. My vet does this to my rabbit as he has a tendency to bite his drip line.

If they can't hospitalise her, you will have to syringe-feed her at home inbetween vet visits. It is essential to get her gut moving again so keeping regular food going in is the way to go. If you are having trouble with it, your vet or a vet nurse should be able to demonstrate for you. But do bear in mind I am assuming here that the vet has checked her thoroughly for a blockage and found that there is not one, as syringe feeding with a blockage would be a bad idea. Plenty of fluids are also key in preventing a blockage when dealing with stasis.

I know stasis can be really upsetting and stressful to deal with, so I hope you're okay and I hope she is feeling better soon.
 
Stasis - when food stops moving through the gut can have lots of different causes. It's like when we feel unwell, sometimes we don't feel like eating much, but for a rabbit not eating much causes digestive problems on top of what made them feel bad in the first place.

Try her with lots of different foods to tempt her may help. Things like blackberry leaves or dandelion leaves can be a good one to tempt them when they don't feel like eating.
 
She finally accepted some dill and also water with probiotics, but all given by hand with lots of patience and very slowly.
One of the vets at the clinic gave us this, by syringe and in smaller quantities than for the species originally created: http://www.viyorecuperation.com/en/content/what-recuperation It sounds really good and interesting and I hope it's the miracle key. :| Fortunately, she accepted it without trouble.
That's pretty much all I can tell you now...
Thank you all for your support!
 
TeodoraP said:
She finally accepted some dill and also water with probiotics, but all given by hand with lots of patience and very slowly.
One of the vets at the clinic gave us this, by syringe and in smaller quantities than for the species originally created: http://www.viyorecuperation.com/en/content/what-recuperation It sounds really good and interesting and I hope it's the miracle key. :| Fortunately, she accepted it without trouble.
That's pretty much all I can tell you now...
Thank you all for your support!
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Never heard of that but would be worried as it is designed for carnivores not for rabbits who do not eat meat or needs the same vitamins and minerals as dogs. :/ Obviously you are limited as to what she can get with being where you are.

Do you know if the vet checked for a blockage and if she had any gut stimulants and pain relief?
 
Not sure if the vet has mentioned it but as long as they've checked there is no blockage then you can syringe feed rabbit food. Take her normal pellets and soften with water and grind up until it's a slurry then use a syringe to feed her a little at a time. Generally a 1ml syringe with the end chopped off worked easiest. Sometimes they'll just eaten the softened pellets so that's worth offering first.
 
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