sarahbarnsley
Mama Doe
Just had Gail ring me now Zeb has seen the vet.
This morning before she took Zeb to the vets she went to retrieve his blanket from the corner of the living room and found bits of the coating of a trivial pursuit board under the blanket.
Zeb is known for his love of chewing - he shreds newspaper and his cardboard house and Frida likes to have a dig about in that corner of the room too. Alarm bells are now ringing.
Rebecca thinks that they have both eaten some of the top of the board (its the black outer cover which is a kind of cardboardy-hessian type material). This would explain the emergency with Frida as it caused almost a complete blockage. Zeb isnt quite so bad but there is some blockage there - he's had some injections and has to return tomorrow.
Am kicking myself now - i knew that they were shredding the paper that i put in the corner for them but didnt realise they were eating the stuff from the top of the board. I always pride myself on being a good owner but something as obvious at that??? Am really angry with myself as we almost lost Frida.
Glad that i know whats caused it all though. Thankfully the others arent really chewers and their bowel movements and appetites remain the same.
If anyone out there has got large amounts of cardboard or stuff like this accesible to their bunnies - even if you think they are not being chewed - i urge you to move them.
Its been such a worrying weekend for me & gail and it could have been so easily avoided.
This morning before she took Zeb to the vets she went to retrieve his blanket from the corner of the living room and found bits of the coating of a trivial pursuit board under the blanket.
Zeb is known for his love of chewing - he shreds newspaper and his cardboard house and Frida likes to have a dig about in that corner of the room too. Alarm bells are now ringing.
Rebecca thinks that they have both eaten some of the top of the board (its the black outer cover which is a kind of cardboardy-hessian type material). This would explain the emergency with Frida as it caused almost a complete blockage. Zeb isnt quite so bad but there is some blockage there - he's had some injections and has to return tomorrow.
Am kicking myself now - i knew that they were shredding the paper that i put in the corner for them but didnt realise they were eating the stuff from the top of the board. I always pride myself on being a good owner but something as obvious at that??? Am really angry with myself as we almost lost Frida.
Glad that i know whats caused it all though. Thankfully the others arent really chewers and their bowel movements and appetites remain the same.
If anyone out there has got large amounts of cardboard or stuff like this accesible to their bunnies - even if you think they are not being chewed - i urge you to move them.
Its been such a worrying weekend for me & gail and it could have been so easily avoided.