Hi all,
We recently had two dwarf bunnies spayed (On Monday, it's now Wednesday evening). There have been a few problems here and there, many we read about and were expecting. Although it's a lot more scary when it's actually happening. Both bunnies had a successful spay, on the Monday afternoon when the bunnies returned home they were obviously in pain and wanted to rest. They did not eat or pass stools for the first evening. Tuesday morning the bunnies were still not liss for food. The one bunny, Soutie, managed to eat one carrot top. We contacted the Vet and we picked up some critical care. By the time we got home, Soutie was eating a lot more food, Dutchy on the other hand was not. We managed to syringe feed her about 3mls of Critical Care and a carrot top. They both were able to pass stools, quite a bit which was great. Tuesday afternoon was the last time Dutchy was able to pass stools. We were sent home with Clopamon to give 1 ml twice a day UNTIL THEY PASS STOOLS as instructed by the vet. We only gave two doses each before they passed stools. We stopped giving the medication. Dutchy did not pass the whole of today (Wednesday). We gave Dutchy 0.1 ml at 2 pm and gave her 1 ml at 20:00 this evening. Unsure of how long it might take before it works, I phoned a 24/7 vet who told me if she hasn't passed stools until the morning we should take her back to the vet. I was not comfortable with this because I have read it can be quite dangerous. Luckily she just managed to pass quite a few stools, about 10 minutes ago (21:20). This is great news.
I am still very unsure of what to do from here, Soutie is eating fine (No pellets yet, but she is eating well, hay, carrots, apples and a few other greens) Dutchy not so much, we are able to get her to eat carrot tops, grass and a little bit of apple. Do I continue to give Dutchy the Clopamon? I have read the it's a good idea to wean them off of it instead of stopping abruptly, although the vet did say to stop it as soon as they pass stools. Dutchy's stools are quite small, oval shaped and a bit darker than usual. Soutie's were like this as well but are now getting more normal.
I understand that this is a process, although I am quite the worry wart.
Can we continue to feed Dutchy carrot tops and grass until she is comfortable eating pellets and hay?
As much as I admire the vets for all that they have done, I have lost a bit of confidence in them.
any advice would be greatly appreicated
~M and D
We recently had two dwarf bunnies spayed (On Monday, it's now Wednesday evening). There have been a few problems here and there, many we read about and were expecting. Although it's a lot more scary when it's actually happening. Both bunnies had a successful spay, on the Monday afternoon when the bunnies returned home they were obviously in pain and wanted to rest. They did not eat or pass stools for the first evening. Tuesday morning the bunnies were still not liss for food. The one bunny, Soutie, managed to eat one carrot top. We contacted the Vet and we picked up some critical care. By the time we got home, Soutie was eating a lot more food, Dutchy on the other hand was not. We managed to syringe feed her about 3mls of Critical Care and a carrot top. They both were able to pass stools, quite a bit which was great. Tuesday afternoon was the last time Dutchy was able to pass stools. We were sent home with Clopamon to give 1 ml twice a day UNTIL THEY PASS STOOLS as instructed by the vet. We only gave two doses each before they passed stools. We stopped giving the medication. Dutchy did not pass the whole of today (Wednesday). We gave Dutchy 0.1 ml at 2 pm and gave her 1 ml at 20:00 this evening. Unsure of how long it might take before it works, I phoned a 24/7 vet who told me if she hasn't passed stools until the morning we should take her back to the vet. I was not comfortable with this because I have read it can be quite dangerous. Luckily she just managed to pass quite a few stools, about 10 minutes ago (21:20). This is great news.
I am still very unsure of what to do from here, Soutie is eating fine (No pellets yet, but she is eating well, hay, carrots, apples and a few other greens) Dutchy not so much, we are able to get her to eat carrot tops, grass and a little bit of apple. Do I continue to give Dutchy the Clopamon? I have read the it's a good idea to wean them off of it instead of stopping abruptly, although the vet did say to stop it as soon as they pass stools. Dutchy's stools are quite small, oval shaped and a bit darker than usual. Soutie's were like this as well but are now getting more normal.
I understand that this is a process, although I am quite the worry wart.
Can we continue to feed Dutchy carrot tops and grass until she is comfortable eating pellets and hay?
As much as I admire the vets for all that they have done, I have lost a bit of confidence in them.
any advice would be greatly appreicated
~M and D
