Walli
Alpha Buck
Hi,
I´m new to the forum and I´m wondering if you could give me some advice
My rabbit has had digestive issues since 8 month old, he is 3 years now.
He very easily gets cecal dysbiosis. For the last 8 weeks he is on a diet with only hay, grass and sowthistles. This seems ok for him, only the odd skidmark/abnormal cecotrophe. I have tried to introduce kale again but with abnormal cecotrophes and skidmarks as a result. Would you try something else like brambles or accept that this is the only diet for him?
He is also very prone to stasis. Last spring stasis episodes several times a month, then fine from may last year to march this year, then stasis episodes once a month, now been fine for 6 weeks so I keep my fingers crossed. We have examined and x-rayed his teeth during anesthesia several times, done bloodsamples, urinalysis, fecal analysis, x-rays of abdomen and chest several times and an ultrasound of the abdomen. Everyting fine.
He gets stressed easily and I think this is a contributing factor for him. He had his worst episode ever last april when I was in hospital for a week. Strangely enough when I arrived home with a newborn child which I was sure would stress him to bits he was fine for almost a year :shock:
Several times he has had episodes 1-2 days after me picking him up for nail trimming, grooming etc so I keep this at a minimum, but every 10 days or so I have to do it. Any tips on how to pick him up best? He only comes for snuggles in the evenings and this is so precious for us both so I don´t want to pick him up when he wants a snuggle. I have tried this once or twice but then he hasn´t come for his evening snuggle for several months after I don´t want to pick him up in his "safe spaces" under the sofa and in the area where the litterbox is (freeranging) so I tend to do it when he is out in the garden or hopping about at home. I feel though that for him this could feel like being taken by a predator.
Any other ideas why he gets stasis episodes so often?
Sorry for the long post and bad grammar (english is not my first language) and thank your for reading
I´m new to the forum and I´m wondering if you could give me some advice
My rabbit has had digestive issues since 8 month old, he is 3 years now.He very easily gets cecal dysbiosis. For the last 8 weeks he is on a diet with only hay, grass and sowthistles. This seems ok for him, only the odd skidmark/abnormal cecotrophe. I have tried to introduce kale again but with abnormal cecotrophes and skidmarks as a result. Would you try something else like brambles or accept that this is the only diet for him?
He is also very prone to stasis. Last spring stasis episodes several times a month, then fine from may last year to march this year, then stasis episodes once a month, now been fine for 6 weeks so I keep my fingers crossed. We have examined and x-rayed his teeth during anesthesia several times, done bloodsamples, urinalysis, fecal analysis, x-rays of abdomen and chest several times and an ultrasound of the abdomen. Everyting fine.
He gets stressed easily and I think this is a contributing factor for him. He had his worst episode ever last april when I was in hospital for a week. Strangely enough when I arrived home with a newborn child which I was sure would stress him to bits he was fine for almost a year :shock:
Several times he has had episodes 1-2 days after me picking him up for nail trimming, grooming etc so I keep this at a minimum, but every 10 days or so I have to do it. Any tips on how to pick him up best? He only comes for snuggles in the evenings and this is so precious for us both so I don´t want to pick him up when he wants a snuggle. I have tried this once or twice but then he hasn´t come for his evening snuggle for several months after
I don´t want to pick him up in his "safe spaces" under the sofa and in the area where the litterbox is (freeranging) so I tend to do it when he is out in the garden or hopping about at home. I feel though that for him this could feel like being taken by a predator. Any other ideas why he gets stasis episodes so often?
Sorry for the long post and bad grammar (english is not my first language) and thank your for reading
Then maybe it is some form of megacolon unfortunately
It is very episodic in nature as mentioned in the links. 
