Worryingly we've just noticed Phoebe is off her food and not eating. Lots of experience with stasis, but typically its out of hours, and we are out of Metacam, which we would usually start her on immediately, along with Infacol. I do have Calpol and the Ibuprofen equivalent. I know there's conflicting advice, but does anyone know if it's safe to give her one or other until I can get some Metacam from the vet in the morning?
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Not eating!
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Personally I would not administer either Calpol Parecetamol or Calpol Ibuprofen to a Rabbit. Has Phoebe had a normal fecal output today ? What is coming out is as important as what is going in.
I do think you need to contact a Vet as 'not eating' can have a multitude of causes, some serious and needing very prompt Veterinary attention.
MightyMax
Banned
There's a good article here about alternative management of Gastric Stasis ..
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.html
I wouldn't give the two meds you mentioned. There may be something helpful in the article until you can get to see a vet either tonight or tomorrow.
Good luck xx
We tended to find if we were out of metacam a small dose of infacol and putting some probiotic in their water bowl helped as well as getting them to move about and very very gently rubbing their tummy. Though you have to be careful with the latter as some buns might get a bit stressed out by it. I always used to also wrap up a hot water bottle and put it near them. Not sure if it helped but it made me feel better.
