Chellewootty
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Hello
I have a very poorly rabbit called Chestnut. Last week she was out of sorts and very soiled with diarrhoea and urine. She also wasn't eating much if at all. We cleaned her up and brought her in. When I gently leaned her back to check her bottom, she screamed at me. I've never heard a rabbit do this. (I have done this to her a number of times and she has never reacted like this). So I took her to the vet who gave her fluids and gave me Fibrelex and critical care. This stopped the diarrhoea and she stayed clean. But then we had no poos whatsoever. I then took her back to the vets because she just wasn't eating. Whilst vet was examining her, she started screaming again. Vet gave her a painkiller and gave me Ranitidine to get her gut moving. The vet couldn't feel any blockages but the screaming made her feel that something else was going on. Chestnut really picked up during the day, but yesterday she went downhill again...maybe because the painkiller had worn off. She was eating last night - but only when we poke it into her mouth, but she won't eat voluntarily. I am also syringe feeding her. Whenever I massage her tummy - she relaxes and enjoys it - no sign of pain at all. Sh is very inactive and lying very flat. We are now getting poos - small surrounded by creamy mucus - I'm guessing this could be the critical care coming out?
I will do everything possible for her, but the problem is I don't have a bottomless pit to spend on her. Could this just be GI stasis? I know it can be painful for them. I feel she needs to go back to the vets, but I know they will suggest euthanising her. She screamed this morning again - I am wondering whether it is her tummy causing her the pain.
Please advise. I hate to think of her suffering, but don't want to give up on her either.
Thank you
I have a very poorly rabbit called Chestnut. Last week she was out of sorts and very soiled with diarrhoea and urine. She also wasn't eating much if at all. We cleaned her up and brought her in. When I gently leaned her back to check her bottom, she screamed at me. I've never heard a rabbit do this. (I have done this to her a number of times and she has never reacted like this). So I took her to the vet who gave her fluids and gave me Fibrelex and critical care. This stopped the diarrhoea and she stayed clean. But then we had no poos whatsoever. I then took her back to the vets because she just wasn't eating. Whilst vet was examining her, she started screaming again. Vet gave her a painkiller and gave me Ranitidine to get her gut moving. The vet couldn't feel any blockages but the screaming made her feel that something else was going on. Chestnut really picked up during the day, but yesterday she went downhill again...maybe because the painkiller had worn off. She was eating last night - but only when we poke it into her mouth, but she won't eat voluntarily. I am also syringe feeding her. Whenever I massage her tummy - she relaxes and enjoys it - no sign of pain at all. Sh is very inactive and lying very flat. We are now getting poos - small surrounded by creamy mucus - I'm guessing this could be the critical care coming out?
I will do everything possible for her, but the problem is I don't have a bottomless pit to spend on her. Could this just be GI stasis? I know it can be painful for them. I feel she needs to go back to the vets, but I know they will suggest euthanising her. She screamed this morning again - I am wondering whether it is her tummy causing her the pain.
Please advise. I hate to think of her suffering, but don't want to give up on her either.
Thank you