rosaleen
Warren Scout
hi :wave:
I really hope you can help me. I'e just read some posts from 2009 and 2010 from members who took on medicating their rabbits which had sporadic gut stasis problems. One, without a consultation with their vet and 1 ringing the vet and being advised that he/she trusted the judgement of the owner.
This intermittent problem is the same as my two rabbits. It was a bit of a relief to read these posts and find this type of recurrence is not that unusual .
Mine have a good diet One eggcupful of pellets spread throughout the day between them, greens sprouts kale in moderation, apple leaves and branches and fresh grass(thought I've now just read on this forum that grass can cause gas) and of course lots and lots of hay.
One of my two (not yet 100% sure which -but see below- as they are free roaming house rabbits ) is now producing smaller and smaller pellets. Appetite in both looks good. I've kept house rabbits for 12 years and don't think I have any potential gut stasis booby traps in my home.
Have any other members 'taken on' this approach,diagnosing gut stasis themselves based on their experiences? And if so what has been the situation with their vet providing the necessary meds??
I think it is my rabbit BeBe who has the current problem. He is a rescued rabbit and has always been a very timid nervous little soul, though not nearly as bad as when she first came to me in Nov 2015. As a result, vet visits are very traumatic for her. She has had two previous episodes, in the last 9 months.
On neither occasion could the vet determine whether or not she had an actual blockage, but leant towards there not being one.
Harriet,his companion rabbit,rescued at the same time, has had 3 gut stasis episodes over the same period. Only one of my other long lived rabbits ever had one episode.
Any help would be appreciated. I have given BeBe one dose of Emeprid today,. It was left over from a previous occasion
I really hope you can help me. I'e just read some posts from 2009 and 2010 from members who took on medicating their rabbits which had sporadic gut stasis problems. One, without a consultation with their vet and 1 ringing the vet and being advised that he/she trusted the judgement of the owner.
This intermittent problem is the same as my two rabbits. It was a bit of a relief to read these posts and find this type of recurrence is not that unusual .
Mine have a good diet One eggcupful of pellets spread throughout the day between them, greens sprouts kale in moderation, apple leaves and branches and fresh grass(thought I've now just read on this forum that grass can cause gas) and of course lots and lots of hay.
One of my two (not yet 100% sure which -but see below- as they are free roaming house rabbits ) is now producing smaller and smaller pellets. Appetite in both looks good. I've kept house rabbits for 12 years and don't think I have any potential gut stasis booby traps in my home.
Have any other members 'taken on' this approach,diagnosing gut stasis themselves based on their experiences? And if so what has been the situation with their vet providing the necessary meds??
I think it is my rabbit BeBe who has the current problem. He is a rescued rabbit and has always been a very timid nervous little soul, though not nearly as bad as when she first came to me in Nov 2015. As a result, vet visits are very traumatic for her. She has had two previous episodes, in the last 9 months.
On neither occasion could the vet determine whether or not she had an actual blockage, but leant towards there not being one.
Harriet,his companion rabbit,rescued at the same time, has had 3 gut stasis episodes over the same period. Only one of my other long lived rabbits ever had one episode.
Any help would be appreciated. I have given BeBe one dose of Emeprid today,. It was left over from a previous occasion
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