martlou
Warren Veteran
Hi all
Ted's had gut stasis before, but not for a while. Three years ago he was hospitalised for 3 days but eventually recovered.
On Friday he refused his breakfast after being fine when we went to bed. Took him straight to the vet, examined all the bits I would have expected, nice bloke but wasn't very savvy and I had to ask for the usual drugs to be administered (he had zantac syrup, loxicom syrup and emeprid injection). Didn't eat or drink anything all day, got meds inside him ok but spat out what looked like nearly all the syringe food. Took him back to vet 7.30 that evening, savvy vet this time who hospitalised him. They couldn't find a vein in either ear for a drip so they gave him subcut fluids, more gut motility drugs and opiate based pain relief along with syringe feeding him.
Went to visit him next morning, we had an hours visiting appointment and in that time he had a few tiny nibbles of mint and carrot tops and passed a few droppings. They said we could take him home if we were happy with the meds and stuff, so we did, as we were happier with him in our own environment. All day he ate a few bits of herbs and a couple of strands of hay, plus a green bean and some dried mix of plantain etc. Still no drinking or much success with the syringe feeding, so we took him back this morning for more fluids. Different vet this time, small animal specialist (he was actually on a course with FHB on Friday). He told us to up the dosage of zantac (from 0.25ml 3 times daily to 0.7ml twice daily) and the loxicom from 0.5ml once daily to 0.5ml twice daily. We've also got the emiprid still (1.4ml twice daily) and a tablet that I can't remember the name of but it's something like donemiprine (1 x 10th tablet twice a day). We've done better with the syringe feeding today (still only 5ml twice in the day) and 2 x 1ml of watered down pineapple juice. He's eaten some dandelion leaves soaked in water plus some more sprigs of herbs, a small amount of soaked curly kale, an almond and some more bits of hay. Still no drinking of his own accord.
It's now Sunday night and though he has improved a bit, there's no drinking, not much in the way of poos, he seems to be weeing ok, but he's just not really interested in eating. He will run around if we usher him about and he doesn't look uncomfortable. Vet has asked to see him again tomorrow morning at 9.
We're really worried about him. Apart from keeping on with the drugs, syringe feeding, chasing him about and trying to tempt him with nice fresh foods I'm not sure what else we can do. I don't even really know why I'm writing this. Be nice if people could send vibes for him though, or give any reassurance that this might not be as bad as it looks and that they've got bunnies that have come through this after this length of time. Ted's now 7 so he's not a young bun any more
Ted's had gut stasis before, but not for a while. Three years ago he was hospitalised for 3 days but eventually recovered.
On Friday he refused his breakfast after being fine when we went to bed. Took him straight to the vet, examined all the bits I would have expected, nice bloke but wasn't very savvy and I had to ask for the usual drugs to be administered (he had zantac syrup, loxicom syrup and emeprid injection). Didn't eat or drink anything all day, got meds inside him ok but spat out what looked like nearly all the syringe food. Took him back to vet 7.30 that evening, savvy vet this time who hospitalised him. They couldn't find a vein in either ear for a drip so they gave him subcut fluids, more gut motility drugs and opiate based pain relief along with syringe feeding him.
Went to visit him next morning, we had an hours visiting appointment and in that time he had a few tiny nibbles of mint and carrot tops and passed a few droppings. They said we could take him home if we were happy with the meds and stuff, so we did, as we were happier with him in our own environment. All day he ate a few bits of herbs and a couple of strands of hay, plus a green bean and some dried mix of plantain etc. Still no drinking or much success with the syringe feeding, so we took him back this morning for more fluids. Different vet this time, small animal specialist (he was actually on a course with FHB on Friday). He told us to up the dosage of zantac (from 0.25ml 3 times daily to 0.7ml twice daily) and the loxicom from 0.5ml once daily to 0.5ml twice daily. We've also got the emiprid still (1.4ml twice daily) and a tablet that I can't remember the name of but it's something like donemiprine (1 x 10th tablet twice a day). We've done better with the syringe feeding today (still only 5ml twice in the day) and 2 x 1ml of watered down pineapple juice. He's eaten some dandelion leaves soaked in water plus some more sprigs of herbs, a small amount of soaked curly kale, an almond and some more bits of hay. Still no drinking of his own accord.
It's now Sunday night and though he has improved a bit, there's no drinking, not much in the way of poos, he seems to be weeing ok, but he's just not really interested in eating. He will run around if we usher him about and he doesn't look uncomfortable. Vet has asked to see him again tomorrow morning at 9.
We're really worried about him. Apart from keeping on with the drugs, syringe feeding, chasing him about and trying to tempt him with nice fresh foods I'm not sure what else we can do. I don't even really know why I'm writing this. Be nice if people could send vibes for him though, or give any reassurance that this might not be as bad as it looks and that they've got bunnies that have come through this after this length of time. Ted's now 7 so he's not a young bun any more