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Unlucky Casper

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Late Saturday evening, as I was about to go to bed, Casper went from totally fine to really unfomcortable and refusing to eat in the span of a couple of minutes, so we took him to the emergency vet, who diagnosed him with an achy tummy, though he didn't have a blockage or any gas, thankfully. Sunday was still bad, and Monday got a bit better, and yesterday he was completely better and eating really well. But... this morning he was clearly feeling miserable again, and didn't want to eat, so we took him to the vet again. It's a completely different reason today, though, as now his tummy is fine and healthy, but he has a wound in his mouth that wasn't there on Saturday. :( The vet wants to take a good look at his mouth and his teeth under anaesthesia, but he wanted Casper to eat well for a couple of days first, so he'll be in good shape for the procedure, so I'll be syringe feeding him for a couple of days and then he'll go back to the vets on Monday. I do worry about the anaesthesia, I'll admit, since he's 11 now, but I know the vet will be careful, and he said it wouldn't take very long. Still, I'd appreciate some vibes for my poor boy if anybody's got some. :(
 
I'm sending lots of vibes for sweet little Casper, poor boy. I really hope it goes well on Monday & that he is compliant with his syringe feeds
 
Oh poor little chap, hope he takes his syringe feeds well. Sending him lots of get well quickly vibes xx
 
Oh poor Casper 😔 Sending millions of vibes for him. I hope the vet will be able to get to the bottom of whatever opus going on in his mouth and he'll be feeling better soon. Xx
 
Sending him lots of vibes. Vet may want to give fluids before GA. It does not sound like he will need to be under GA for long which is a plus. I understand GA is a worry, yet several of my bridge bunnies required surgeries when they were over 10, and all did well.
Vet may want to run a blood test if they can get enough blood conscious.
 
Aw, thank you all so much for sending vibes for my little Casper. I really appreciate it. :love: He's doing okay today, just not happy with the syringe feeds, understandably...

Bunny momma, that's really reassuring to hear that your older bunnies all did well under GA. I'm very glad to hear that.
 
I'm glad he's doing ok for himself today.

Is he showing any willingness to eat for himself at all? One thing I used to do with my bunnies when they were struggling to eat was to offer the recovery food on a little saucer instead (saucers for espresso cups were ideal for this) with a little bit of mashed banana mixed in to make it more appetising.

I'll be honest, it didn't always work, especially if they don't feel like eating. Plus you have the added issue of their greedy friend snaffling the lot. Typical bunnies only want recovery food when it's not for them! But it might be something to try to save you all the stress of syringe feeds.
 
Scrappy's Little Helper said:
I'm glad he's doing ok for himself today.

Is he showing any willingness to eat for himself at all? One thing I used to do with my bunnies when they were struggling to eat was to offer the recovery food on a little saucer instead (saucers for espresso cups were ideal for this) with a little bit of mashed banana mixed in to make it more appetising.

I'll be honest, it didn't always work, especially if they don't feel like eating. Plus you have the added issue of their greedy friend snaffling the lot. Typical bunnies only want recovery food when it's not for them! But it might be something to try to save you all the stress of syringe feeds.
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Thank you, SLH.

Surprisingly, I've seen him eat a little bit of hay. That's all, though... He won't eat the recovery food by himself, unfortunately. I don't think he likes it much... And the silly boy doesn't like banana or baby food or anything else I've tried before when he didn't want to eat in the past, so I'm not sure how to make it tastier for him. You're right about bunnies only wanting recovery food when it's not for them, though! Sophie likes to eat the recovery food that was spilled while feeding Casper. ;)
 
a reader of books said:
Thank you, SLH.

Surprisingly, I've seen him eat a little bit of hay. That's all, though... He won't eat the recovery food by himself, unfortunately. I don't think he likes it much... And the silly boy doesn't like banana or baby food or anything else I've tried before when he didn't want to eat in the past, so I'm not sure how to make it tastier for him. You're right about bunnies only wanting recovery food when it's not for them, though! Sophie likes to eat the recovery food that was spilled while feeding Casper. ;)
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Oh bless [emoji38] why are bunnies so hard to help sometimes!?!

I really hope he picks up soon and Monday goes well, sending so many vibes and hugs. Cmon Casper! xx

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Aww, Casper sounds a lot like my Fudgie. She has a very conservative palate as well. Fingers crossed he starts to feel like eating a bit more hay over the next couple of days.
 
Graciee said:
Oh bless [emoji38] why are bunnies so hard to help sometimes!?!

I really hope he picks up soon and Monday goes well, sending so many vibes and hugs. Cmon Casper! xx

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Isn't that something we'd all like to know? :lol:

Thank you for hoping for him, really, and for the vibes and the hugs.


Scrappy's Little Helper said:
Aww, Casper sounds a lot like my Fudgie. She has a very conservative palate as well. Fingers crossed he starts to feel like eating a bit more hay over the next couple of days.
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Aw, your Fudgie is the same... Thank you. I haven't seen him eat more hay, but he did eat some fresh herbs last night!
 
Sending vibes for you and your bunny family. I hope he does well and vets can diagnose him and develop a plan to help him.
 
bunny momma said:
Sending vibes for you and your bunny family. I hope he does well and vets can diagnose him and develop a plan to help him.
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Aww, thank you so much, bunny momma. I'm a bit nervous for tomorrow, but hopefully it'll all go well. I know the vet will look after him well. I asked if they can take skull x-rays at the same time, since it's been a while since we've had a look at how his tooth roots are doing.
 
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