hi im going through it with Bif right now..shes had 4 jabs of metaclopromide now and no amazing change..
i too am miffed the vet didnt check her teeth whilst she was under..oh they said she only had a dental in september..and the spurs then were only tiny..um ok but when they put her under it turned out the spur at the back was hidden and ulcerated her tongue!
so next week im going in moaning!
Shes not eating hay well enough or small items which makes me think its def her teeth..let alone this cancer scare shes under right now!
I keep infacol in and rabbit recovery..lectade when im feeling flush and my fave remedy of all time...PROTEXIN BIO LAPIS...its 5 sachets to one course..one sachet daily..sprinkled on food or in water or in severe cases mixed with 50ml water and syringed..its like this that it rehydrates the bunny and floods the gut with beneficial flora.
Also if dehydration is suspected..keep some dioralyte or something similar in..its basically what lectade is!
The bio lapis says 5 days course but if you can use at least 10 days..and then invest in a tub of protexin pro fibre..basically a fubre packed prebiotic pellet to add ot food or to feed alone in times of tummy upsets.
You can even buy a carrot flavoured probiotic paste by protexin!! In the same vein..invest in a tub of AVI PRO powder. The good news is the protexin pro fibre and the paste is great for tummy disorders in piggies too!
It is of veterinary opinion that bunnies hairballs do not exist like in a cat..its the fact the gut is actually sluggish or in throes of early gi stasis and the fur gets stuck up with undigested food and grease. One of my old bunny savvy vets once told me that if yousee a few string of pearls poos give a smallamount of liquid paraffin to lubricate and pass the fur safely. I finally found somehwere that sells it..its really hard to come by!
Berties on baytril and septrin right now for 10 days for his bladder and the vet said as the antibiotics are so harsh he must have protexin along with Bif..
the mistake i made with oscar was thinking he played around and pooed a wee bit and ate a wee bit and he then seemd a little worse but the vet didnt seem panicked so i wasnt..oh how wrong i was.
Things that make gi stasis worse..antibiotics...its why Bif cant have any in case its an infection..
If theres any cnahce you can geta few syringefuls of fluid with infacol every hour for a few hours and then every couple of hours for at least 24 hrs along with protexin and even purreed baby food like organic fruit or vegetable ones..its more palatable for recovery slop to go in this and feed it off a tiny spoon which they grab and chew in anger and ingest the stuff wihtout your help! syringing recovery is awful and stressful for you both...so is spooning it in but you have more control instead of a stuck syringe!
Tonight ive fed them with science selective and a few tablespoons of pro fibre..handfuls of timmy hays and water with protexin fluid mix in it.
tomorrow im withdrawing the food and replacing it with the pro fibre pellets..ohbut no..ittl worsen the stasis..yup the slightest change of diet can produce gi stasis and so can stress but that also mean picking up on your stress with relationship problems..family and friends problems and work problems..they are such sensitive little animals..
Bonding is indeed a very stressful time for all involved..might be wise to get a tub of avi pro and a tub of protexin pro fibre and use it on all the bunnies..stress rars it ugly head when youleast expect it!
good luck..
oh i nearly forgot...
http://www.petvetcare.co.uk/acatalog/digestion.html
http://www.penstone-petstore.co.uk/acatalog/
http://www.hyperdrug.com/searchprods.asp
i used protexin last few times with bif and it def helps..
maybe the gi stasis meds could be a pinned topic...?