Hello All,
I'm really hoping someone will be able to give me some further advice, one of our buns has been suffering with GI stasis and we are running out of ideas on how to help her. (Just to point out straight away, she has been to the emergency vet and then our local vet for follow up). Also, sorry for what is going to be a long post... i just want to give as much perspective as possible
Background
Doris is an 18month old Dutch house rabbit, typically eats lots of hay and drinks a lot of water, much more so than our other 2 buns and all very healthy. Her diet consists of mostly timothy hay, her standard greens are a mix of: Kale, Spring Greens, Romain Lettuce, Celery and Bell Peppers. She has been eating these for around 1 year, nothing has changed in that regard.
Monday night at 19:00 she was fine, running around as usual and all seemed well. However, when we went to see her before bed at 21:00 she refused to get up off the floor to greet us (very very odd) and refused to eat any of her night time greens. When she refused those we tried giving her some Banana/Apple/Strawberry and she also refused to eat those. We immediately called the emergency vet as we knew 100% that something was not right.
The vet nurse took her temp, heart rate and listen to her breathing which was all fine. The vet then became available and couldn't hear any gurgling in her stomach (bad), but was glad that we caught it so early. Ultimately, she gave her an injection of Metoclopromide and sent us on our way with some critical care. She refused to eat all through the night, at 1am we decided we really had to get some sleep so we reluctantly left her for the night and hoped she would get some rest. I woke up at 4am really not sure what to find, fortunately she seemed much more alert, no greens or hay yet... but she did eat a good chunk of banana, which was a good start.
During the day she slowly started to get an appetite back and finished a bowel of greens, she even started nit picking at some hay. Poops started coming again, although small in size and quantity. They were also very dark and hard. She appeared to be in some pain passing her poops, so i called our regular vet who gave us some Metacam for pain relief and some more Metaclop.
Present
Seeing her poop again plus eating the greens gave us a lot of hope, however since last night it seems her poops have slowed right down and possibly even stopped again. She is still eating, but again, its at a reduced rate. She also hasnt been drinking at all since this all started, i've been keeping her greens extra wet to try and keep her hydrated that way.
First thing this morning i cleared out all of her poops again from her litter tray so i can accurately measure how many she does today. However, this is all very concerning and im really not sure what else we can do to help her.
I gave her a belly massage again, given her fresh greens and hay. Is there anything else we can do? Perhaps some pineapple/pineapple juice? Although it seems this to be a bit of a grey area...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks!
I'm really hoping someone will be able to give me some further advice, one of our buns has been suffering with GI stasis and we are running out of ideas on how to help her. (Just to point out straight away, she has been to the emergency vet and then our local vet for follow up). Also, sorry for what is going to be a long post... i just want to give as much perspective as possible
Background
Doris is an 18month old Dutch house rabbit, typically eats lots of hay and drinks a lot of water, much more so than our other 2 buns and all very healthy. Her diet consists of mostly timothy hay, her standard greens are a mix of: Kale, Spring Greens, Romain Lettuce, Celery and Bell Peppers. She has been eating these for around 1 year, nothing has changed in that regard.
Monday night at 19:00 she was fine, running around as usual and all seemed well. However, when we went to see her before bed at 21:00 she refused to get up off the floor to greet us (very very odd) and refused to eat any of her night time greens. When she refused those we tried giving her some Banana/Apple/Strawberry and she also refused to eat those. We immediately called the emergency vet as we knew 100% that something was not right.
The vet nurse took her temp, heart rate and listen to her breathing which was all fine. The vet then became available and couldn't hear any gurgling in her stomach (bad), but was glad that we caught it so early. Ultimately, she gave her an injection of Metoclopromide and sent us on our way with some critical care. She refused to eat all through the night, at 1am we decided we really had to get some sleep so we reluctantly left her for the night and hoped she would get some rest. I woke up at 4am really not sure what to find, fortunately she seemed much more alert, no greens or hay yet... but she did eat a good chunk of banana, which was a good start.
During the day she slowly started to get an appetite back and finished a bowel of greens, she even started nit picking at some hay. Poops started coming again, although small in size and quantity. They were also very dark and hard. She appeared to be in some pain passing her poops, so i called our regular vet who gave us some Metacam for pain relief and some more Metaclop.
Present
Seeing her poop again plus eating the greens gave us a lot of hope, however since last night it seems her poops have slowed right down and possibly even stopped again. She is still eating, but again, its at a reduced rate. She also hasnt been drinking at all since this all started, i've been keeping her greens extra wet to try and keep her hydrated that way.
First thing this morning i cleared out all of her poops again from her litter tray so i can accurately measure how many she does today. However, this is all very concerning and im really not sure what else we can do to help her.
I gave her a belly massage again, given her fresh greens and hay. Is there anything else we can do? Perhaps some pineapple/pineapple juice? Although it seems this to be a bit of a grey area...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks!