MrsBun
Young Bun
Hello My 3yo rescue rabbit suddenly started eating pellets and hay very slowly just over a week ago and the next day would not eat at all, although he was interested in food, ( he would run up to it then not eat) We took him to an emergency vet appointment and they said that his gums were inflamed and he had a few Spurs on his teeth but that these were not bad and they didn’t think these were causing a problem. They gave us Metacam and we force fed him mushy pellets for a couple of days. After a couple of days he still was not eating and had lost weight so we took him back to the vets and they said that the spurs might just be enough to put him off eating and so I booked him in to have them removed the next day. The operation went well and when he came home he was very groggy and not eating - I put this down to the operation and continued to force feed him critical care. The next day he seemed to perk up and has been lively ever since however he still will not eat apart from a few crushed nuggets, he is over producing cecotropes which is presumably from not eating hay and being fed largely on critical care, he is pooing although smaller than usual, and is quite drooly, he has lost some fur around his chin because of this. I have also noticed that when he does eat crushed nuggets he often seems to choke or gag. I am going back to the vets today but they seem less concerned than me and I just wondered if anyone else has experienced something similar? x
Sorry for the essay XD
Sorry for the essay XD