CraigBunny
New Kit
Hi. So just about a week ago our 2 year old mini lop Tina was looking a bit depressed and lethargic, I was worried about her so I started feeding her separate to her partner, Craig. I then noticed she wasn't eating as much as normal. Over that week she was not eating anything other than porridge and mashed pellets, she wasn't even eating alot of that. We assumed (and the vet agreed) she probably had overgrown back/cheek teeth. We got her to the vets on Wednesday so the vet could check her teeth and file them down if needed. It was then the vet noticed she had a very wobbly back tooth, he pulled the tooth out and discovered a huge abscess underneath it which was causing her a lot of pain. He drained the abscess and put her on pain killers and antibiotics. He said that there was a chance that the abscess has spread under her other teeth, if it has the only option would be to have her pts sadly.
On Friday Tina still wasn't eating barely anything so we phoned the vet again, he said she probably had gut stasis from the anesthetic so we needed to give her critical care every hour (which we did) and if she wasn't even attempting to eat by the morning to bring her in.
Saturday morning we took Tina back to the vets. He had a feel of her and said her gut feels fine but gave her a fluid injection anyway. He looked in her mouth and said there was a small amount of puss on her gum and that was not a good sign. He said it might not have spread but tbh I think he knows it has He upped her pain killer dose to the highest possible amount and said to keep giving her critical care and phone on Tuesday morning if she's still not eating.
I am so stressed about it. Tina won't even attempt to eat anything (even less than before she had the abscess drained!) She takes her critical care and meds okay but I can't keep her on it forever.
I may be being pessimistic but I really can't see her suddenly starting to eat again.
She is still quite depressed looking most of the time but sometimes she'll just be hopping around the bunny avairy like a normal healthy bunny. I am so worried, how do I know when it's time? (to have her pts ) She seems ok in herself but only because she's on alot of pain killers, antibiotics, fluid stuff, and hourly critical care.
On Friday Tina still wasn't eating barely anything so we phoned the vet again, he said she probably had gut stasis from the anesthetic so we needed to give her critical care every hour (which we did) and if she wasn't even attempting to eat by the morning to bring her in.
Saturday morning we took Tina back to the vets. He had a feel of her and said her gut feels fine but gave her a fluid injection anyway. He looked in her mouth and said there was a small amount of puss on her gum and that was not a good sign. He said it might not have spread but tbh I think he knows it has He upped her pain killer dose to the highest possible amount and said to keep giving her critical care and phone on Tuesday morning if she's still not eating.
I am so stressed about it. Tina won't even attempt to eat anything (even less than before she had the abscess drained!) She takes her critical care and meds okay but I can't keep her on it forever.
I may be being pessimistic but I really can't see her suddenly starting to eat again.
She is still quite depressed looking most of the time but sometimes she'll just be hopping around the bunny avairy like a normal healthy bunny. I am so worried, how do I know when it's time? (to have her pts ) She seems ok in herself but only because she's on alot of pain killers, antibiotics, fluid stuff, and hourly critical care.