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Lump on side after eating

weedug

weedug

Mama Doe
Bailey has had a recent spell of not eating. He is doing all right now, but he gets a large lump on his left side after he has been eating.

Anyone any idea what this could be? He is at the vet again tomorrow so it will be checked then.
 
Did he have any Xrays when he was admitted ? It sounds as though his stomach is very slow emptying and becoming very distended :?
 
He did have x rays. Showed his caecum was full but not impacted. They weren't sure if his system had slowed down or not. He is definitely bigger now.

He is still eating and pooping, but his poops are getting very big again.

Is there anything that can be done, if that's what it is? He is still on 2 gut stimulants, ranitidine and cisapride.
 
Oh Bailey!!

I've no advice but paws crossed here. :cry:


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Thanks. His tummy feels like a balloon filled with water. I'm not going to poke about with it to feel anything else, but I've checked 2 other tummies and they don't feel like that.

He is still bright so I am happy enough to wait for tomorrow since his appointment is in the morning.
 
Could it just be his stomach? If he's lost some body fat from being poorly and his stomach is getting used to food passing through again, it might just be that you can feel his full tummy through the thinner layer of fat. Hopefully it's nothing to worry about. x
 
It might be his tummy that I can see, but the feeling is all over the back end underneath him. I hope I'm just being paranoid.

When he was first ill and I managed to get him to eat something, I could see him swelling at the same area.
 
weedug said:
It might be his tummy that I can see, but the feeling is all over the back end underneath him. I hope I'm just being paranoid.

When he was first ill and I managed to get him to eat something, I could see him swelling at the same area.
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If his cecum is not functioning properly that can eventually cause things to slow down higher up in the GI tract too. I expect the Vet may suggest an ultrasound of his abdomen to try to see if his cecum is emptying normally

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/Caecal_Impaction.htm

If a problem with the motility of the cecum were to be an issue then maybe the Vet might suggest using a drug called Domperidone.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...AEwCA#v=onepage&q=domperidone rabbits&f=false

Sending lots more vibes xx
 
Thank you all for the vibes, and thanks Jane for the info. Bailey had a scan and x ray when he was at D1ck vet. They said it showed his cecum had a lot of dried material in it, but it wasn't fully impacted so they couldn't diagnose that yet. There were no lesions in it. I think they said there was dried material in his colon too, but there definitely was in his cecum.

They thought it might be a GI problem more common in English rabbits (Bailey has some English in him), and led me to believe if it was then there was nothing that could be done :?. He was sent home to see what happens within 4 days, which is when they reckoned the symptoms would probably start up again.

His tummy doesn't feel quite so big again this morning, although I think it feels a little bit puffy. I suppose they will have a good poke around and see what his insides feel like. Unless they are totally happy, I hope they will keep him in again.
 
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