Gemmapookie
Wise Old Thumper
Mornin,
Yeh I know what you mean, when I nearly lost Timmy to stasis I drove myself nuts trying to figure out what caused it. The thing is nearly everyones buns have daily veg and most of them don't have problems. I think some might be abit more sensitive bellywise than others. Its hard because like you say the LOVE their veg and it does do them some good in the right quantities. I am abit more conservative with the veg now, and avoid things like carrot, cabbage and brocolli (except for the odd tiny bit as a rare treat) and dont give them any fruit except pineapple, but the truth is I have no idea what caused timmys stasis. He got it at the beginning of winter so I think the drop in temp might have instigated it for him. I'm being extra vigilant with him now the temps rising again. It can be caused by stress aswell, has there been any change in his circumstance recently? There is also a theory that some buns have some kind of a virus while they're young and the antibodies that fight this have some sort of adverse effect on their guts, making them abit stasis prone.
Hopefully you will find that this is a one off random event that he never has again, it does happen. I'm hoping thats the case wtih Timmy aswell (fingers, toes everything crossed!) Timmy did have a little flare-up the week after but I spotted the signs straight away, gave him some metacloperamide for a day and pain relief and he bounced back within an hour.
As he's been on those veg for a year and has been totally fine, I'd be inclined to reintroduce them again after his illness, but maybe in smaller quantities and maybe just one of the gassy kind every couple of days?? All buns are different, what seems to have worked for mine may be different to yours, so its a case of trying things out and seeing how he responds. Its great that he eats loads of hay and drinks lots.
Sorry I cant be much more help on this. I know how horrible it is having a million questions going through your mind. Try not to drive urself too mad! When he comes home he'll need a calm, collected, reassuring mum to look after him
I'll be waiting to hear the news xxx
Yeh I know what you mean, when I nearly lost Timmy to stasis I drove myself nuts trying to figure out what caused it. The thing is nearly everyones buns have daily veg and most of them don't have problems. I think some might be abit more sensitive bellywise than others. Its hard because like you say the LOVE their veg and it does do them some good in the right quantities. I am abit more conservative with the veg now, and avoid things like carrot, cabbage and brocolli (except for the odd tiny bit as a rare treat) and dont give them any fruit except pineapple, but the truth is I have no idea what caused timmys stasis. He got it at the beginning of winter so I think the drop in temp might have instigated it for him. I'm being extra vigilant with him now the temps rising again. It can be caused by stress aswell, has there been any change in his circumstance recently? There is also a theory that some buns have some kind of a virus while they're young and the antibodies that fight this have some sort of adverse effect on their guts, making them abit stasis prone.
Hopefully you will find that this is a one off random event that he never has again, it does happen. I'm hoping thats the case wtih Timmy aswell (fingers, toes everything crossed!) Timmy did have a little flare-up the week after but I spotted the signs straight away, gave him some metacloperamide for a day and pain relief and he bounced back within an hour.
As he's been on those veg for a year and has been totally fine, I'd be inclined to reintroduce them again after his illness, but maybe in smaller quantities and maybe just one of the gassy kind every couple of days?? All buns are different, what seems to have worked for mine may be different to yours, so its a case of trying things out and seeing how he responds. Its great that he eats loads of hay and drinks lots.
Sorry I cant be much more help on this. I know how horrible it is having a million questions going through your mind. Try not to drive urself too mad! When he comes home he'll need a calm, collected, reassuring mum to look after him
I'll be waiting to hear the news xxx