Fionabun
Mama Doe
Hi there folks. I'm looking for some suggestions.
My 3 year old doe Nell (neutered) keeps getting bloat (or colic). I'm saying 'bloat' or colic as I'm never able to tell the difference. She has had it four times since September, twice in the last 10 days. She goes off her food, lies in the corner sprawled out panting, and her flanks/ribs look all drawn in. On the two most recent occasions this has happened suddenly with no warning.
When it happened last week she got back to normal the next day with Infacol and belly rubs. Well I found her unwell this evening, having been sparky two hours before. Again, she seems to be making progress by the hour. She has done poos, drank water and eaten a good lot of veg and a small number of pellets. She is getting her Infacol and belly rubs regularly.
Any ideas anyone, there have been no changes to her food (hay or veg) that are all that significant. She is not a particularly greedy rabbit though perhaps had more of an appetite last night than I have seen for a while. I try to go easy on cabbage. She did have a molar spur first time round and had a dental. Second time the vet did file her teeth down as they were a little overgrown though we thought perhaps not the full explanation. I'm wondering if something else is going on that would cause this. I don't know enough beyond this. She is having a 28 day course of Panacur (11 days to go).
I will definitely be seeing my vet about this but would appreciate your advice.
Fiona x
My 3 year old doe Nell (neutered) keeps getting bloat (or colic). I'm saying 'bloat' or colic as I'm never able to tell the difference. She has had it four times since September, twice in the last 10 days. She goes off her food, lies in the corner sprawled out panting, and her flanks/ribs look all drawn in. On the two most recent occasions this has happened suddenly with no warning.
When it happened last week she got back to normal the next day with Infacol and belly rubs. Well I found her unwell this evening, having been sparky two hours before. Again, she seems to be making progress by the hour. She has done poos, drank water and eaten a good lot of veg and a small number of pellets. She is getting her Infacol and belly rubs regularly.
Any ideas anyone, there have been no changes to her food (hay or veg) that are all that significant. She is not a particularly greedy rabbit though perhaps had more of an appetite last night than I have seen for a while. I try to go easy on cabbage. She did have a molar spur first time round and had a dental. Second time the vet did file her teeth down as they were a little overgrown though we thought perhaps not the full explanation. I'm wondering if something else is going on that would cause this. I don't know enough beyond this. She is having a 28 day course of Panacur (11 days to go).
I will definitely be seeing my vet about this but would appreciate your advice.
Fiona x