larndridge
Young Bun
Spice is gas prone, so she gets no "wet" food at all - I dry all their forage and they have a constant supply of apple twigs and branches from the garden instead of fresh veg. But sometimes she flares up anyway - possibly from stress of all the strange smells when we have visitors on the house, but I'm not sure on that yet because it happens so infrequently that she has a problem. So the standard routine yesterday: notice she's not eating (not hard, since she loves food more than anything), see if she lets herself be picked up (by Spice's rules I am allowed to touch, but not pick up, and nobody else is allowed to touch at all, ever), find that she's even letting my OH pick her up and sitting with him on the sofa, call vets, immediately go to vets, stimulant, metacam, and watch her like a hawk for poo and eating whilst trying to get her mobile.
Usually this would result in a normal bun within a few hours. Now it's the next morning and my lounge floor is covered in a buffet of rabbit foods that I'm trying to convince her to eat. None of the normal offerings have worked, but she has condescended to nibble a couple of things. She also managed to produce a grand total of 3 poos and has been drinking water. Neither the vet or I think there's a blockage, and she's just had her teeth checked recently. But I've been up all night with her, and she's still not eating properly, plus she really hates the syringe with a passion not encountered in my other buns. And all this despite her having a really tightly controlled diet and environment. Anyway, she's picking up now, and as I type this she has just jumped up on the sofa next to me, but it's so frustrating that no matter how well you take care of them buns are so fragile!
Just as a matter of curiosity, at what point would you have used critical care, if at all? I would have if she hadn't started moving around and nibbling, and I still may have to if I can't get her food intake up, but my vet doesn't go to it as a matter of course with stasis, and she seems fairly rabbit savvy?
Usually this would result in a normal bun within a few hours. Now it's the next morning and my lounge floor is covered in a buffet of rabbit foods that I'm trying to convince her to eat. None of the normal offerings have worked, but she has condescended to nibble a couple of things. She also managed to produce a grand total of 3 poos and has been drinking water. Neither the vet or I think there's a blockage, and she's just had her teeth checked recently. But I've been up all night with her, and she's still not eating properly, plus she really hates the syringe with a passion not encountered in my other buns. And all this despite her having a really tightly controlled diet and environment. Anyway, she's picking up now, and as I type this she has just jumped up on the sofa next to me, but it's so frustrating that no matter how well you take care of them buns are so fragile!
Just as a matter of curiosity, at what point would you have used critical care, if at all? I would have if she hadn't started moving around and nibbling, and I still may have to if I can't get her food intake up, but my vet doesn't go to it as a matter of course with stasis, and she seems fairly rabbit savvy?