GI stasis

Hi all - please can you let me know what you think on this one as I really don't want another week of worry like I have had this week...

I went away to Italy last weekend and so the buns went to stay with a lady who operates a boarding facility via our local vets. They have stayed with her before a couple of times without any problems.

When they got back this time, Molly was a little funny initially in that she was more interested in wandering round her hutch and run than eating, but she was eating bits and bobs so I just put it down to a change of scenery (she has acted like this before and been fine). The next morning she seemed fine, but then when I got in from work she was just lying in the corner of the run and refused to eat anything. Piper was fine, which made it rather difficult as he kept stealing the food that I was trying to tempt Molly with.:roll:

After a couple of hours of trying different foods without success I took Molly to the emergency vets where they gave her a gut motility injection (£106 - ouch). Next morning she was a lot better and is now fine again.

Then this morning, Piper was off his food! He would nibble on bits and bobs but normally he wolfs down anything I put in front of him and climbs all over me for more! He also just wanted to lie in the corner of his run and be left alone, but as he was nibbling on some of the food I offered him I decided to wait and see if he would improve.

By lunchtime he was right as rain!

So my question is what brought this on? I am convinced it was the fact they went to a boarders at the weekend that did it and think it must be due to a change of hay - I provided the boarding place with their pellet food but was told I did not need to provide hay!

So what do you all think? Next time I leave my buns with anyone else I will be ensuring their hay goes with them as a safety precaution, but am I missing something? It does seem odd that Piper seemed unwell 2 days later than Molly was ill!!

Well stress is enough to upset a Buns guts. Moving from one environment to another could cause stress. I suspect Molly got a stress related reduced GI motility problem and Piper ATE TOO MUCH of the food you tried to tempt Molly with!!

I very much doubt a change of hay caused the problem, unless it was mouldy hay in which case both Buns would have become poorly whilst still at the boarders.

I am glad both Buns are now well

£106 for a shot of Metoclop.......... :shock: :shock: :shock:

Janex

I agree with Jane - and can't believe you were charged over £100 for some metaclopromide - should be about £20 shouldn't it? :shock: :shock: :shock:

Not if it's out of hours!

X3.. that seems hellishly expensive.. :shock:

Glad to hear the buns are back to normal ish again. Stress and travelling and changing their surroundings can indeed mess them up inside. :roll:

Out of hours charge is often £100 so I guess that adds up (unfortunately!)

Thanks Jane - Molly is more susceptible to getting stressed out than Piper is, so perhaps stress was the reason.

Although Piper tried to eat Molly's food I did not let him (he is already chubby enough), I ended up putting a partition between them so they knew the other one was there but so that Piper could not eat her grub. So I don't know why Piper would have shown similar symptoms 2 days after Molly did.:?

The metoclop injection was actually £46, but I had to pay £60 just to see a vet. I do think this part is a rip off as it was at the Royal Veterinary College and they used Molly as a training aid for a trainee vet - which is a bit like paying £60 for a bad haircut from a trainee hairdresser. Oh well, at least another would-be vet now knows the signs of GI stasis.:roll: