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Liver failure in young rabbit? Pm results

Crunchie

Crunchie

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Jack had a stasis episode around a month ago and had yet another over the weekend. We phoned the vet who advised us to treat at home due to the fact Jack gets very stressed at the vet and refuses to eat when held in the ward but he didn't improve and had to be admitted on Monday for supportive care. The vet wanted to do a blood test due to this being his second episode within a short space of time and we got the results back today. Apparently his liver is badly damaged and we've no idea how this could have happened. They've now got him on an IV drip having pain killer, antibiotics and gut stimulant but overall prognosis isn't good. :cry:

Has anyone had anything similar? Jack is only 2-3 years old.
 
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Changes in Liver enzymes can happen rapidly if a Rabbit stops eating. Without knowing the exact Biochemistry results it's hard to say whether the abnormality is the result of gut stasis or the cause. The former is more likely.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Changes in Liver enzymes can happen rapidly if a Rabbit stops eating. Without knowing the exact Biochemistry results it's hard to say whether the abnormality is the result of gut stasis or the cause. The former is more likely.
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as jane says, its seems along time ago now when mabel was only year old, she had gone into a state of fretting, I had gone on holiday for a week, she was still eating like a horse and doing her business as usual, but when I got back she was all bone, rushed her vets next morning, she had her bloods done, then was kept in on IV fluids, then bloods redone, as her liver results weren't good, she even had a heart murmur, but this just turned out to be the fact she had become very underweight and anaemic, after having fluids and then me feeding her recovery and her usual foods, including some to help her anaemia her liver results improved as well as the heart murmur had resolved, so hoping in your case its due to the GI statis episode, I would ask vets to do follow up of bloods when your rabbit is over the GI statis to see if the results are any better
 
We've to expect a phone call in the morning but apparently his plasma was actually yellow. :( He also had parasites but I'm not sure what kind.

Is there anything you'd advise us to ask the vet Jane? He's in the **** vet school and being seen to by a few different vets I think. He's always been such a cheeky confident little sod and apart from the times he's been off his food appeared to be happy and healthy. :cry:
 
Crunchie said:
We've to expect a phone call in the morning but apparently his plasma was actually yellow. :( He also had parasites but I'm not sure what kind.

Is there anything you'd advise us to ask the vet Jane? He's in the **** vet school and being seen to by a few different vets I think. He's always been such a cheeky confident little sod and apart from the times he's been off his food appeared to be happy and healthy. :cry:
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Sounds like they suspect Hepatic Coccidiosis

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Parasitic/Hepatic_coccidiosis_rabbits.htm
 
Hepatitis was mentioned. He had high BP and temp dropped too so he is on I.V. fluids and anti-bs. They are going to test Honey's poo too. Poor wee lad :(
 
:cry:.. Oh my goodness, what sad news...

Binky Free Jack. loads of love for you Crunchie. I am so sorry, he was so young
 
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