Wuezybun
Warren Scout
I have a rabbit who seems prone to stasis so I am trying to come up with a plan for managing this.
A typical example this week; she was active and ate a treat biscuit at 6pm, but by dinner time at 7pm she wouldn't eat and was huddled in the corner. I massaged her stomach at 11pm and she didn't seem to mind this although she did feel bloated. When I came down to check her at 2am she was really active and begging for food again (as our other rabbit had probably eaten her dinner as well as his own by then!)
My questions to others with stasis prone rabbits:
- How long do you leave a rabbit with signs of stasis before calling the vets? My thought the other night was 12 hours.
- Is there anything I could try before calling the vets? I do have Zantac because my dad takes it but am unsure if giving her this on it's own would help or whether there could be any negative effects (I'll discuss this with my vet also but any experience from others on this would help)
- I've changed their food from Excel to Science Selective because she also produces excess cacaetrophs sometimes. Should that help?
- Does probiotic powder in their water help?
- Does the massaging help? Any tips for this?
- Any other tips?
Thanks!
A typical example this week; she was active and ate a treat biscuit at 6pm, but by dinner time at 7pm she wouldn't eat and was huddled in the corner. I massaged her stomach at 11pm and she didn't seem to mind this although she did feel bloated. When I came down to check her at 2am she was really active and begging for food again (as our other rabbit had probably eaten her dinner as well as his own by then!)
My questions to others with stasis prone rabbits:
- How long do you leave a rabbit with signs of stasis before calling the vets? My thought the other night was 12 hours.
- Is there anything I could try before calling the vets? I do have Zantac because my dad takes it but am unsure if giving her this on it's own would help or whether there could be any negative effects (I'll discuss this with my vet also but any experience from others on this would help)
- I've changed their food from Excel to Science Selective because she also produces excess cacaetrophs sometimes. Should that help?
- Does probiotic powder in their water help?
- Does the massaging help? Any tips for this?
- Any other tips?
Thanks!