Sparkle x
Wise Old Thumper
:wave: this has happened to bif but not so much weight loss..one vet mistook it for a mass ie cancer...a second opinion saved her life!
if i were you im afraid you are really going to have to seperate her so you can monitor eating drinking pooping and weeing. Its essential that you do this as sehs obviously very ill with it..and stress leads to a knock on effect and she could end up with other problems..bif always gets mites infestation when shes at her worst.
but wouldnt it stress her more been separated? as she does seem to enjoy there company and has really come out of her shell being with the others, i also risk the chance of her not bonding back into the group, i can tell her poo from the others, as hers has ALWAYS been soft, larger and sometimes longer
you must get some protexin fibreplex....its available from the vets or online at pet pahrmacies....no precription required.
you need t give her two tubes in a row..this is full of probiotics and fibre..essential. i also gave bif protexin bio lapis in some water or in a small amount of water and gave it to her as an isotonic solution..kept her going and bucked her up a wee bit.
im guessing i should go see another Vet before doing this? She already has the protexin bip lapis in her water
does she seem ravenous at the fod bowlbut only ate a little? is she eating a huge amount of hay tho....if shes eating..a bit.its not enough.
have you panacured her too?
when i feed them in a morning and evening, they all dive in, thats how i knew one morning she was not right. she has never really been a big hay eater, nibbles i would say, we did get her dif types to try, but its hard to tell if she eats it of the others do...She was panacured when i first got her around 5-6months ago, if not less than that.
stop all pelelts and feed bio lapis and hay for at least 48hrs but only under the supervision of the vet as shes lost so much weight. this is probably cos shes so full of poo her appetite isnt much good..is she drinking ok?
she does drink yes, as you can guess her been part of a group its hard...i would only stop pellets once i have spoken to Vets.
id ask the vet to use a gag and examine her teeth...its the only way to see the back ones..somebuns can only have it done under sedation tho.
okay thanks will remember this, i feel it must either be her teeth, or there must be a reason why she has this blockage...:?
the bacteria in her gut is obviously out of sync.
Explain...
give bio lpais on food or in drink everyday for at lteast three weeks,,thats what our old vet used to make me do for bif.
Have been for past 2-3weeks now
bifs always got tum probs but when shes very stressed etc her gut slows down and she becomes stuffed with poo and doesnt eat well is angry or very subdued.
there are many things that can cause this weight loss tho..it must be eradicated by the vet testing her blood etc. in case its kidney function probs for example.
he did mention doing bloods, if she didnt improve (from her off day)
inssist the vet see her again or another vet there see ehr asap as weight loss in buns is very dangerous that fast.
i know, i just hope the scales were wrong, but she appears to of lost alot of weight, she just feels so skinny, she looks it but always has due to her breed.
im no expert but thatys what ive been thru with mine in the past..others here are way moreexperineced and i hopethat they will be able to help you. xx
Thanks very much. Also the reason i took Bella on, was she was a bun from PAH adoption who was possibly pregnant, so maybe they thought she was pregnant due to feeling the build up of poo inside her?
