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Daisy not right again :( U/D Gained half a kg!!!

MightyMax said:
Oh I've done that sort of thing so many times ..

Try some tasty food - at least she's drinking. Not drooling though, is she?

Sometimes the appetite needs a kick start. That's so long as there's nothing else going on that's making her feel poorly, little lamb x
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I went to tescos for some baby food and an apple, and she ate a bit of Apple :) haven't tried the baby food yet, that's next... No, no drooling...
 
I do suspect that the vets aren't giving her maximum metacam, I'm going to ask tomorrow... And she's only getting a once daily injection, instead of twice daily oral, so maybe that's not helping either..?
 
It may have something to do with it as rabbits metabolise it faster than other animals, don't they? What dose do they inject?
 
ripminnie said:
I went to tescos for some baby food and an apple, and she ate a bit of Apple :) haven't tried the baby food yet, that's next... No, no drooling...
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Glad to hear she's not drooling :)

Hope she's taken to a bit of food since I've been out and come back in again :wave:
 
Jack's-Jane said:
You could print this off and take it with you :

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16521861


How is Daisy doing this morning ? xx
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Thanks Jane, that's great, I haven't got a printer but I can still show him if needs be.
At 11.15pm last night Daisy suddenly came to life and decided she was hungry :) she had quite a few bramble leaves, some apple, mint and porridge oats :) she ate enough for me to consider it safe to go to bed, as I was physically wrecked yesterday and struggling.
This morning she is better than yesterday morning, but not as good as last night... She has been in the garden and eaten some grass, also some carroty treats and a few oats. She doesn't want anything else at the moment, but we are back at the vets in an hour anyway. I'm so glad they open on Sunday's now, only started recently, for a couple of hours. I've been every day this week!! Luckily I have booked tomorrow off work, was supposed to be having a day out, but now I'll be looking after Daisy. As long as she gets better, that's all that matters...
 
Back again... It's a real physical workout taking Daisy to the vets, she's heavy, her carry box is huge so difficult to carry, and it's hard to get in the back of my 3 door car!! I'm knackered now. Same as yesterday; the vet expressed her bladder, now she's stuffing her face with hay in her litter tray!! It's very bizarre. I asked him to check the metacam doses.. Yesterday he just repeated what the new vet had given the day before, which was nearly half of what the vet before that gave her!! No wonder she's been struggling :( so he's increased it back to what it should be, thank goodness. Hopefully she'll improve more now!!
 
ripminnie said:
Back again... It's a real physical workout taking Daisy to the vets, she's heavy, her carry box is huge so difficult to carry, and it's hard to get in the back of my 3 door car!! I'm knackered now. Same as yesterday; the vet expressed her bladder, now she's stuffing her face with hay in her litter tray!! It's very bizarre. I asked him to check the metacam doses.. Yesterday he just repeated what the new vet had given the day before, which was nearly half of what the vet before that gave her!! No wonder she's been struggling :( so he's increased it back to what it should be, thank goodness. Hopefully she'll improve more now!!
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I'm glad the Vet has adjusted the dose of Metacam. Did she suggest giving Daisy some fluid therapy ? If her wee were more dilute it may not sting so much when she wees meaning she wont hold her wee in ??
 
Jack's-Jane said:
I'm glad the Vet has adjusted the dose of Metacam. Did she suggest giving Daisy some fluid therapy ? If her wee were more dilute it may not sting so much when she wees meaning she wont hold her wee in ??
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If she has not improved more by tomorrow I'll leave her there again for IV fluids; my vets don't like doing S/C for some reason. She is still weeing lots though, her litter tray is always soaked!
 
ripminnie said:
Back again... It's a real physical workout taking Daisy to the vets, she's heavy, her carry box is huge so difficult to carry, and it's hard to get in the back of my 3 door car!! I'm knackered now. Same as yesterday; the vet expressed her bladder, now she's stuffing her face with hay in her litter tray!! It's very bizarre. I asked him to check the metacam doses.. Yesterday he just repeated what the new vet had given the day before, which was nearly half of what the vet before that gave her!! No wonder she's been struggling :( so he's increased it back to what it should be, thank goodness. Hopefully she'll improve more now!!
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I'm glad to hear she has a better Metacam dose now. Also stuffing her face in the litter tray sounds good :D

Best vibes for her recovery x
 
ripminnie said:
If she has not improved more by tomorrow I'll leave her there again for IV fluids; my vets don't like doing S/C for some reason. She is still weeing lots though, her litter tray is always soaked!
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Has the Vet suggested a full blood profile to check on her kidney function, amongst other things ? I hope Daisy will start to feel a lot better soon xx
 
Daisy is already feeling a lot better, I'm sure because of her increased metacam dose :) that idiot vet, who would even think of reducing it when she's clearly suffering?? :evil:
Daisy has just had a big sprig of mint and a bunch of coriander :) phew!! :) thanks for all the vibes everyone, please keep them coming!! X
 
ripminnie said:
Daisy is already feeling a lot better, I'm sure because of her increased metacam dose :) that idiot vet, who would even think of reducing it when she's clearly suffering?? :evil:
Daisy has just had a big sprig of mint and a bunch of coriander :) phew!! :) thanks for all the vibes everyone, please keep them coming!! X
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Glad that hear blood test results were all OK. Hopefully the improvement that she now seems to be showing will continue xx
 
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