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Story so far
About a week ago my rabbit failed to finish her normal bowl full of pellets at night, and over the last 3 days has barely eaten or drank anything. Ive tried pellets, carrots, broccoli, apple, romaine lettuce, parsley. At most she takes a nibble of hay or lettuce thens stops. She also appears to be grinding her teeth when she tries to eat something. Her poo has went from tiny pellets, then one morning a big blob and today nothing. She is looking very down and sits still in a ball shape with her eyes half shut
I took her to the vet yesterday, and the vet listened to her belly, which i said looked like its been hanging lower then usual, he said he couldn't feel any blockages and her gut is moving ( albeit not as much as he would want).He said she looks slightly under weight but isnt dehydrated yet. He also said her teeth look like there growing inward and that may be the root problem, but didn't appear to worried about them and said her teeth look like there not that bad for the minute. He then gave her a pain killer and something to kick start her gut. He gave some anti biopics to take home ( baytril oral sups)
The wierd thing is when we got back home, we put her on the living room floor, she sat still and looked down then suddenly ran over purring when i went to the fridge, i gave her some lettuce then she eat it then went back to looking flat and lethargic?
She has eaten a strand of lettuce today, thats it.
Can anyone offer any advice, im thinking its not GI static as the vet said her gut ismoving but it looks to be like her teeth which the vet mentioned it might be worth trimming. However i always thought putting rabbits under anaesthesia was dangerous. If i do have to do this does anyone know how much it will cost. ( just want a heads up, if she needs it done then she needs it done). Im considering seeing how she does tonight and if theres still no improvement in the morning then ill ring the vert for a follow up appointment. The medicine and liquid feed he provided also have to be mixed with alot of water that my rabbit simply wont fully drink. SHE HASNT EATEN IN DAYS
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm not the crying type but im in tears writing this. Unfortunately daisy passed away in the night. Worst regret is that she slept next to me and during the night I heard her move, I looked in the dark, saw her and thought nothing of it then just went back to sleep. Maybe she's was trying to get my attention. In the end I just didn't no what the best thing to do was, my advice to any others would be to make sure to press the vets and find the problem as soon as possible. Daisy was 10 years old but she might have had some more time if I acted sooner.
Daisy know you will always be loved and remembered. Thank you for all the good memeries and times we had together.
I would just like to thank everyone who posted to help, it's nice that complete strangers read my problem and took time to offer advice and give there best wishes.
Story so far
About a week ago my rabbit failed to finish her normal bowl full of pellets at night, and over the last 3 days has barely eaten or drank anything. Ive tried pellets, carrots, broccoli, apple, romaine lettuce, parsley. At most she takes a nibble of hay or lettuce thens stops. She also appears to be grinding her teeth when she tries to eat something. Her poo has went from tiny pellets, then one morning a big blob and today nothing. She is looking very down and sits still in a ball shape with her eyes half shut
I took her to the vet yesterday, and the vet listened to her belly, which i said looked like its been hanging lower then usual, he said he couldn't feel any blockages and her gut is moving ( albeit not as much as he would want).He said she looks slightly under weight but isnt dehydrated yet. He also said her teeth look like there growing inward and that may be the root problem, but didn't appear to worried about them and said her teeth look like there not that bad for the minute. He then gave her a pain killer and something to kick start her gut. He gave some anti biopics to take home ( baytril oral sups)
The wierd thing is when we got back home, we put her on the living room floor, she sat still and looked down then suddenly ran over purring when i went to the fridge, i gave her some lettuce then she eat it then went back to looking flat and lethargic?
She has eaten a strand of lettuce today, thats it.
Can anyone offer any advice, im thinking its not GI static as the vet said her gut ismoving but it looks to be like her teeth which the vet mentioned it might be worth trimming. However i always thought putting rabbits under anaesthesia was dangerous. If i do have to do this does anyone know how much it will cost. ( just want a heads up, if she needs it done then she needs it done). Im considering seeing how she does tonight and if theres still no improvement in the morning then ill ring the vert for a follow up appointment. The medicine and liquid feed he provided also have to be mixed with alot of water that my rabbit simply wont fully drink. SHE HASNT EATEN IN DAYS
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm not the crying type but im in tears writing this. Unfortunately daisy passed away in the night. Worst regret is that she slept next to me and during the night I heard her move, I looked in the dark, saw her and thought nothing of it then just went back to sleep. Maybe she's was trying to get my attention. In the end I just didn't no what the best thing to do was, my advice to any others would be to make sure to press the vets and find the problem as soon as possible. Daisy was 10 years old but she might have had some more time if I acted sooner.
Daisy know you will always be loved and remembered. Thank you for all the good memeries and times we had together.
I would just like to thank everyone who posted to help, it's nice that complete strangers read my problem and took time to offer advice and give there best wishes.
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