martlou
Warren Veteran
Ted has been in stasis again this week, a really bad bout this time and it's only 5 weeks since the last time. We took him to the out of hours vet on Monday night, usual drugs, obviously really uncomfortable on Tuesday morning so I took him back to the vet. They said he had an impacted mass and admitted him, straight onto a drip. He was then up and down for the next 48 hours. On Thursday dinner time we brought him home to see if he would pick up in his own surroundings and he did eat a few things so we kept him at home overnight and he's much better now (actually I think he's a little bit quiet at the moment but that might be because he's on so many drugs and fed up of us keeping picking him up). We went back for a check up yesterday and they were really pleased with his progress, and don't want to see him again until next Friday unless we have any other concerns. At the moment he's on Zantac, Emiprid and Buprecare 3 times a day and Loxicom once a day. The Buprecare finishes tonight.
We're supposed to be going to Florida next Saturday but we're putting off deciding whether to go - if he's not completely well then we'll stay at home.
What I'm wondering is, is there anything we can do to prevent this? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. He's 8 in August, is a house rabbit with plenty of space to run round and a good, varied diet. He's a really good hay eater. I spend so much time worrying about him and if anyone could give us any tips at all to try and help with this I'd be really grateful.
We're supposed to be going to Florida next Saturday but we're putting off deciding whether to go - if he's not completely well then we'll stay at home.
What I'm wondering is, is there anything we can do to prevent this? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. He's 8 in August, is a house rabbit with plenty of space to run round and a good, varied diet. He's a really good hay eater. I spend so much time worrying about him and if anyone could give us any tips at all to try and help with this I'd be really grateful.