sorry this is going to be a long answer lol
Alvin is a stasis bunny, the vets describe him as prone. one vet even compared it to the human equivalent of IBS some bunnies are just born with more delicate stomachs he said.
Alvin in his 3 years has had 4 cases of real stasis where its taken days/weeks to recover with one time being put onto a drip. non have ever lead to bloat
he has also had atleast 5 mini episodes where recovery is the same day, sometimes with the aide of metacam and sometimes not.
my Alvin theory.. he has been blood tested for EC, his teeth and major organs are fine. but one abnormality from his blood test was his stress hormone levels were far too high for a rabbit (he may need treatment for this in the future).
so Stressy bun being given too much treats, pellets, possibly treated human veg was a disater waiting to happen.
After the last really awful two week episode i overhauled his diet completely.
Pellets are kept in a different part of the house so im not tempted to give a small handful to check hes still eating, they are stictly rationed to a shared measure of 10ml twice a day and also the higher fibre pellets Allen and Page are used.
bunny treats have been thrown away apart from the fenugreek crunchies which is given once per day after i get home from work to check eating.
Veg has also been overhauled, i no longer give ANY fruit or carrots and for the summer Alvin is getting rose leaves, bramble leaves, hawthorn leaves, dandelion, basil, kale and romaine lettuce daily.
his drinking has increased loads and even during this awful moult his tummy is ticking along nicely.
3 months, 3 weeks and 4 days since Alvins last stasis episode
