MichelleBee
Alpha Buck
Hi
I just wondered if anyone had had a similar experience?
One of my rabbits, Phyllis, stopped eating at some point on Wednesday after 8am (she had her breakfast then and my partner saw her eating). We were at work all day and so only discovered she was unwell at around 5.30pm on Weds evening, when she wouldn't eat her tea.
We took her to the vets straight away, who gave her Metacam and a gut stimulant. They told us to take her home and syringe feed her, which we did (although she was reluctant to take it and did spit some back out). She started to eat a little, but not much. Throughout she was fairly bright and moved around (we have three other rabbits who have had stasis, so I feel that I can tell the difference between moving around because they're uncomfortable and just general rabbity moving around!).
We took her back at 8am on Thursday morning and the vet admitted her. They have been giving her fluids, a gut stimulant and metacam, as well as syringe feeding her. The vet can feel stools building up in her stomach, but she still isn't pooing! She is passing urine.
The vet rang a rabbit specialist (perhaps Frances Harcourt-Brown?) this morning, who said to continue with the treatement they were giving her. They are getting 15mls of recovery food per hour down her, but still nothing.
Any suggestions? Does she just need more time? Or is it something else? The vet has checked the usual stuff -teeth, mass in the abdomen, scratches, bites etc but can't find anything. She is still bright and moving around.
Please help - we really don't want to lose her (and neither does her husbun Muchu).
I just wondered if anyone had had a similar experience?
One of my rabbits, Phyllis, stopped eating at some point on Wednesday after 8am (she had her breakfast then and my partner saw her eating). We were at work all day and so only discovered she was unwell at around 5.30pm on Weds evening, when she wouldn't eat her tea.
We took her to the vets straight away, who gave her Metacam and a gut stimulant. They told us to take her home and syringe feed her, which we did (although she was reluctant to take it and did spit some back out). She started to eat a little, but not much. Throughout she was fairly bright and moved around (we have three other rabbits who have had stasis, so I feel that I can tell the difference between moving around because they're uncomfortable and just general rabbity moving around!).
We took her back at 8am on Thursday morning and the vet admitted her. They have been giving her fluids, a gut stimulant and metacam, as well as syringe feeding her. The vet can feel stools building up in her stomach, but she still isn't pooing! She is passing urine.
The vet rang a rabbit specialist (perhaps Frances Harcourt-Brown?) this morning, who said to continue with the treatement they were giving her. They are getting 15mls of recovery food per hour down her, but still nothing.
Any suggestions? Does she just need more time? Or is it something else? The vet has checked the usual stuff -teeth, mass in the abdomen, scratches, bites etc but can't find anything. She is still bright and moving around.
Please help - we really don't want to lose her (and neither does her husbun Muchu).