This is just getting silly.
[BTW, this follows on from these threads.
Ada had not passed any droppings for about 4 hours after coming home from her injection of Baytril. I was concerned that the problem was connected with the Fly Strike Protector, but constipation isn't a side effect listed anywhere I could find. I called the emergency vet and was advised to bring her in. But. The problem was solved in the taxi; after quite some time I noticed the smell, and sure enough, when I looked in the light of the waiting room, there were 3 or 4 droppings, some stood-in. Decided not to see vet, took her home in the taxi.
So back at home, I put her back in the new cage, and an hour and a half later there are still no droppings in there.
The new cage has the same layout as the other one. I have now moved it so that she and the other rabbit can see each other in case some kind of pining was the problem - the cages are about 6in apart, which doesn't give much room to get past, but is ok at night.
So I'm not sure if it was the motion of the car that made her go - the journey is the best part of half an hour - or if there is something about the new cage that inhibits her. The carrier is hardly familar, as it was new yesterday.
Obviously it would be expensive and totally impractical to take her on long taxi-rides continually. Is there anything else I can do other than go to the vet yet again tomorrow?
I really hope there are droppings in the cage when I get up in the morning. Should I even be getting up in the night to check her?
[BTW, this follows on from these threads.
Ada had not passed any droppings for about 4 hours after coming home from her injection of Baytril. I was concerned that the problem was connected with the Fly Strike Protector, but constipation isn't a side effect listed anywhere I could find. I called the emergency vet and was advised to bring her in. But. The problem was solved in the taxi; after quite some time I noticed the smell, and sure enough, when I looked in the light of the waiting room, there were 3 or 4 droppings, some stood-in. Decided not to see vet, took her home in the taxi.
So back at home, I put her back in the new cage, and an hour and a half later there are still no droppings in there.
The new cage has the same layout as the other one. I have now moved it so that she and the other rabbit can see each other in case some kind of pining was the problem - the cages are about 6in apart, which doesn't give much room to get past, but is ok at night.
So I'm not sure if it was the motion of the car that made her go - the journey is the best part of half an hour - or if there is something about the new cage that inhibits her. The carrier is hardly familar, as it was new yesterday.
Obviously it would be expensive and totally impractical to take her on long taxi-rides continually. Is there anything else I can do other than go to the vet yet again tomorrow?
I really hope there are droppings in the cage when I get up in the morning. Should I even be getting up in the night to check her?