Hey!
Let me tell you about our bunny called Zajči ( Basically hes called bunny Bunny, my 8 year old sister really lacked imagination back then ). He's quite old at 9,5 years. Anyway, not long ago one evening he had mayor breathing problems ( gasping for air, lifting his head high, climbing on top of his cage, breathing trough his mouth, coughing etc ) and it looked like we were going to lose him but he survived the night and we took him to the vet first thing in the morning. They told us he's having heart problems ( lungs being filled with water squeezing his heart ) probably from age&illness and we can either try and keep him alive with heart medicine or have him put down. We couldn't say goodbye as long as there was a chance to keep him alive ( without him being in pain ) and we've been giving him his heart medicine for 20 days now ( The vets were kind of surprised when we came back for a refill of the medicine). We're feeding him his "portion of a pill" with a syringe and some "juice" ( Not really juice but I don't know the English word, basically it's baby food that tastes like apples and carrots, juice with pulp I guess ). And he has no problem eating that or solid food, but water for some reason is an issue for him the past day and a half. He drinks a bit but then starts coughing and sneezing and has a hard time breathing. We did just buy a new drinking bottle for him, so we thought it might be that, but he has same problems when drinking out of a cup or when I tried giving him water with an syringe. Any ideas how to help him drink? Or is it another sign that his time is fast approaching?
Thanks for any&all advice!
Let me tell you about our bunny called Zajči ( Basically hes called bunny Bunny, my 8 year old sister really lacked imagination back then ). He's quite old at 9,5 years. Anyway, not long ago one evening he had mayor breathing problems ( gasping for air, lifting his head high, climbing on top of his cage, breathing trough his mouth, coughing etc ) and it looked like we were going to lose him but he survived the night and we took him to the vet first thing in the morning. They told us he's having heart problems ( lungs being filled with water squeezing his heart ) probably from age&illness and we can either try and keep him alive with heart medicine or have him put down. We couldn't say goodbye as long as there was a chance to keep him alive ( without him being in pain ) and we've been giving him his heart medicine for 20 days now ( The vets were kind of surprised when we came back for a refill of the medicine). We're feeding him his "portion of a pill" with a syringe and some "juice" ( Not really juice but I don't know the English word, basically it's baby food that tastes like apples and carrots, juice with pulp I guess ). And he has no problem eating that or solid food, but water for some reason is an issue for him the past day and a half. He drinks a bit but then starts coughing and sneezing and has a hard time breathing. We did just buy a new drinking bottle for him, so we thought it might be that, but he has same problems when drinking out of a cup or when I tried giving him water with an syringe. Any ideas how to help him drink? Or is it another sign that his time is fast approaching?
Thanks for any&all advice!