Morning lovelies
Honestly, in my 8 years of having houserabbits I've never had such a hard year with them as this one. We lost Missy, Harry has had some major bouts of stasis that have seen him hospitalised, and we rescued Molly and took on all of her problems. I long for the days when we just used to let our bunnies binky freely round the house together and not have to give it much more thought!
So I posted a couple of weeks ago because Harry was a bit off his food. He's been prone to stasis all his life and we've never got to the bottom of it. Last time he was poorly a couple of weeks ago, he'd got to the point of refusing food so we medicated with metacam and cisipride under the direction of Richard at Trinity Vets in Maidstone. After all we went through with Missy, I was keen to get him checked so we took him in and I felt entirely daft when Richard commented on how it's lovely to see such a healthy bunny because they only ever see sick ones :lol: He got examined by Allie a few days later as we had to take Molly in for a check up and she was really happy with his condition too.
Anyway, we treated Harry for a few days after his symptoms subsided just to make sure he was totally ok. He was back to bunkying, playing and throwing himself around. You know how sometimes it's not until they're better that you realise they must have been feeling under the weather?
So Harry's generally fine. He's suddenly showing an almost manic interest in his hay - more than he ever has done in all his life - and he's pooping great. However he's developed a slightly weird habit of not quite clearing all of his food when given veggies and pellets (not normal for him, he'd normally barely leave a speck of food in his bowl). He'll eat all of his veggies and herbage, some of his pellets but then go back for the rest later. You certainly couldn't say that he's not eating, but he's just a bit off. He's also a bit quieter in himself. A bit more keen to go and lie down, a bit less interested in being playful. He can be coaxed into it if you badger him.
Am I being a hyperchondriac bunny mummy? I don't want to take him to the vets if there's nothing wrong, and after all he is eating and pooing. I'm nervous because we lost Missy after it turned out she had pneumonia - she'd had it for months and we dismissed the slight changes in her behaviour (it didn't help she was also on metacam for arthiritis which probably helped mask her symptoms).
If your bun was just a little quieter than normal but showing no real signs of ill health, what would you do?
Honestly, in my 8 years of having houserabbits I've never had such a hard year with them as this one. We lost Missy, Harry has had some major bouts of stasis that have seen him hospitalised, and we rescued Molly and took on all of her problems. I long for the days when we just used to let our bunnies binky freely round the house together and not have to give it much more thought!
So I posted a couple of weeks ago because Harry was a bit off his food. He's been prone to stasis all his life and we've never got to the bottom of it. Last time he was poorly a couple of weeks ago, he'd got to the point of refusing food so we medicated with metacam and cisipride under the direction of Richard at Trinity Vets in Maidstone. After all we went through with Missy, I was keen to get him checked so we took him in and I felt entirely daft when Richard commented on how it's lovely to see such a healthy bunny because they only ever see sick ones :lol: He got examined by Allie a few days later as we had to take Molly in for a check up and she was really happy with his condition too.
Anyway, we treated Harry for a few days after his symptoms subsided just to make sure he was totally ok. He was back to bunkying, playing and throwing himself around. You know how sometimes it's not until they're better that you realise they must have been feeling under the weather?
So Harry's generally fine. He's suddenly showing an almost manic interest in his hay - more than he ever has done in all his life - and he's pooping great. However he's developed a slightly weird habit of not quite clearing all of his food when given veggies and pellets (not normal for him, he'd normally barely leave a speck of food in his bowl). He'll eat all of his veggies and herbage, some of his pellets but then go back for the rest later. You certainly couldn't say that he's not eating, but he's just a bit off. He's also a bit quieter in himself. A bit more keen to go and lie down, a bit less interested in being playful. He can be coaxed into it if you badger him.
Am I being a hyperchondriac bunny mummy? I don't want to take him to the vets if there's nothing wrong, and after all he is eating and pooing. I'm nervous because we lost Missy after it turned out she had pneumonia - she'd had it for months and we dismissed the slight changes in her behaviour (it didn't help she was also on metacam for arthiritis which probably helped mask her symptoms).
If your bun was just a little quieter than normal but showing no real signs of ill health, what would you do?
