At Wits End......

[marley1982]

I strongly agree with Jane re pain relief & zantac.
Metaclop only stimulates the top 1/2 of the gut. Zantac simulates the bottom part of the gut, as well as reducing acidity, so you really need both if there is prolonged stasis.
Also you need to continue the drugs for at least a week after he comes out of stasis gradually reducing them.
My Thumper was very stasis prone, & needed frequent dentals. He always had metacam & gut motility drugs for a couple of days after a dental.

I well know the problem of a bun who can't eat hay or grass. He would eat certain safe tree/shrub leaves to give the fiber necessary to keep his gut moving well.
If you pm me I'll post you a box of the special "stasis" leaves you may not be able to find in Tyne & Wear. It's much further North than we are. You may just be able to find a few wild blackberry leaves in a sheltered spot. Those are well worth trying too. Be careful of the thorns when gathering them. I used to remove the thorns on the leaves with a thimble on my finger before feeding them.

Wow Thank you, I will PM you for a chat x

 

[marley1982]

That's lovely what you are doing we rescued Leo from the people up the road to my bf, he is a German lop and they kept him in a single 4 x 1 x 1 hutch which was rotten where his 4 years worth of wee had been seeping through.. he is now neutered and litter trained and to be bonded with Poppy at the end of the month Yeah a girl who was in the year below me had a baby and when he was 9 months old she got him a rabbit.. and he's in the smallest rabbit cage you can get from p@h I do hate that girl.. people don't realise how expensive they can get and what they need.

Pops has only had that one dental but has checkups in case she does need one, she grinds her teeth sometimes but its just habit for her now. Her absesses were really bad and quite big but the antibiotics really brought them down. She still has very small ones but we have random courses of antibiotics to keep them from getting so bad.

I think Pet Shops should be the first port of call to educate people... I bet if they mentioned that some rabbits may need regular dentals at the vets then it would at least give people some awareness of the matter.

Ive just taken a 4 month old baby rabbit in because the kids had got bored. Makes you mad!!!!!!

 

[marley1982]

@Farplace Rescue - how much of Metacam would you dose?

About the Zantac - is this the human medicine????