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Not getting better from ileus

Dental day!!! I'm seriously scared about the anasethic :( we have to drop him off at 8am. I'm dreading it so so much.

Should we give him his medication before hand?

He is eating independently now but only soft food and certainly shows appetite but is eating harder foods very very slow or spitting them out. We carried on with the meds yest even though he looked a bit better because we still syringe fed him sat but I didn't know if they interact with the anasethic. Our vets open at 8 which is when we have to drop him off?
 
iggyperdyandme said:
Dental day!!! I'm seriously scared about the anasethic :( we have to drop him off at 8am. I'm dreading it so so much.

Should we give him his medication before hand?

He is eating independently now but only soft food and certainly shows appetite but is eating harder foods very very slow or spitting them out. We carried on with the meds yest even though he looked a bit better because we still syringe fed him sat but I didn't know if they interact with the anasethic. Our vets open at 8 which is when we have to drop him off?
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I would not give him any medication this morning. Make a note of the time of his last doses to tell the Vet so he/she can decide on the GA protocol and additional meds needed. I'd ask for him to have supportive fluid therapy too.

Sending vibes !!
 
Jack's-Jane said:
I would not give him any medication this morning. Make a note of the time of his last doses to tell the Vet so he/she can decide on the GA protocol and additional meds needed. I'd ask for him to have supportive fluid therapy too.

Sending vibes !!
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Thank you for the advice. I asked the vet nurse and there was a box for it on the form and I wrote down his meds and last amount and time. I hope he is ok. They said to call at 3. :(
 
iggyperdyandme said:
Hes Home! he was very pleased and had a big drink. Spurs all gone. Just hope he eats now!!
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Yay !!

Having a drink is good (he'd better lay of the G+T for a bit though ;)) He may be a bit slow ( a couple of days) at getting back to 'normal' eating, especially if the spurs had caused any soft tissue damage. But hopefully once he realises that his mouth feels a lot more comfortable and his GI tract motility is restored to normal his eating will increase. Just offer him a variety of tasty foods to try to tempt him.
 
Glad he is home and drinking, as Jane says just try to tempt him with food now as it can take a couple of days to get them back to "normal".
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Yay !!

Having a drink is good (he'd better lay of the G+T for a bit though ;)) He may be a bit slow ( a couple of days) at getting back to 'normal' eating, especially if the spurs had caused any soft tissue damage. But hopefully once he realises that his mouth feels a lot more comfortable and his GI tract motility is restored to normal his eating will increase. Just offer him a variety of tasty foods to try to tempt him.
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We have all his favourites in. He just keeps putting his head down for a fuss. :)

Thanks for support. He has nibbled a bit of banana and hazel leaves. He has also been in the litter tray and done some little poops. :)
 
iggyperdyandme said:
We have all his favourites in. He just keeps putting his head down for a fuss. :)

Thanks for support. He has nibbled a bit of banana and hazel leaves. He has also been in the litter tray and done some little poops. :)
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That is good news! He is so lucky to have a wonderful bunny person.
 
iggyperdyandme said:
We have all his favourites in. He just keeps putting his head down for a fuss. :)

Thanks for support. He has nibbled a bit of banana and hazel leaves. He has also been in the litter tray and done some little poops. :)
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I hope that he is now on the road to a full recovery !!
 
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