Hey all
Our 4 year old lop, Hamish, is currently suffering from stasis. It seemed to come on quite early yesterday morning. We gave him some meds which we had leftover from his partners recent bouts and we were attempting to feed him regularly. He seemed to be making an improvement up until about 6 am this morning when he stopped taking the food, so we took him in and they injected him with some more painkillers and gut meds. We brought him home with the intention of bringing him back around midday, however the vets called at around 9 and asked if we could bring him in at 10, which we did. He came home again after this with some honey and a syringe to feed him fluids, however any attempt to do so he just wouldn't take it in - so back he went.
He's now been in since before noon, being syringe fed fluids in the hope he will poo. The vets called about 40 minutes ago and informed us that he has been urinating however still no poops. We believe he hasn't done any since around 3 this morning, the ones he did do being extremely small and hard anyway.
We're currently waiting to call back at around 5 o clock to see how he's doing, however it just does not feel as though he's ever going to poo properly and he's quite clearly been in a lot of pain. The vets said that they would be looking to discharge him at 6:15, and suggested we bring him home tonight in the hope he feels more able to poo. It feels totally different this time - our other rabbit seems to get the beginnings of stasis 3 or 4 times a year but she always responds to medication. It's been at least 30 hours since we began treating Hamish now. We have pretty much ruled out surgery due to the high mortality rate.
I was just wondering if anyone here has had a stasis episode last this long and how their rabbit recovered, and if you have any suggestions. Really couldn't bear to lose him, its just beginning to feel inevitable.
Our 4 year old lop, Hamish, is currently suffering from stasis. It seemed to come on quite early yesterday morning. We gave him some meds which we had leftover from his partners recent bouts and we were attempting to feed him regularly. He seemed to be making an improvement up until about 6 am this morning when he stopped taking the food, so we took him in and they injected him with some more painkillers and gut meds. We brought him home with the intention of bringing him back around midday, however the vets called at around 9 and asked if we could bring him in at 10, which we did. He came home again after this with some honey and a syringe to feed him fluids, however any attempt to do so he just wouldn't take it in - so back he went.
He's now been in since before noon, being syringe fed fluids in the hope he will poo. The vets called about 40 minutes ago and informed us that he has been urinating however still no poops. We believe he hasn't done any since around 3 this morning, the ones he did do being extremely small and hard anyway.
We're currently waiting to call back at around 5 o clock to see how he's doing, however it just does not feel as though he's ever going to poo properly and he's quite clearly been in a lot of pain. The vets said that they would be looking to discharge him at 6:15, and suggested we bring him home tonight in the hope he feels more able to poo. It feels totally different this time - our other rabbit seems to get the beginnings of stasis 3 or 4 times a year but she always responds to medication. It's been at least 30 hours since we began treating Hamish now. We have pretty much ruled out surgery due to the high mortality rate.
I was just wondering if anyone here has had a stasis episode last this long and how their rabbit recovered, and if you have any suggestions. Really couldn't bear to lose him, its just beginning to feel inevitable.