So I posted about a week ago about my 4month old bun going into stasis. I took her to the vet who said she was in early stages and didn't seem too concerned, and prescribed her Emeprid, Rantidine and Loxicom. I gave her a dose that night and another dose the next morning, and by that afternoon she seemed back to normal again. Then the next morning, although she was still eating, she showed some signs of gas again so I gave her another dose. I then went away for 3 days and had someone to look after her and make sure she wasn't getting gassy again. As far as I know, she didn't show any more signs while I was away, and last night when I came back she seemed back to normal again. She ran around like a mad thing all night but now since this morning she is showing signs of gas again!! I don't think it's an emergency - they're quite subtle signs, and I think if it was anyone else they would just think that she's tired from running around all night, but I know that something is off.. she's definitely a bit gassy again.
I don't know what to do, I've never experienced issues with gas like this. In the past when a rabbit has gone into stasis, it's been quite a dramatic but short ordeal, but this seems to be a milder, drawn out issue. I wonder if I should have just continued with the medicine until it was all gone, even if she wasn't showing obvious signs of stasis anymore? The vet didn't tell me exactly when I should stop using it, and I read online that gut stimulants shouldn't be given if the rabbit isn't in stasis, so I was scared to continue them and cause even more harm. I wonder if I should start giving the medication again and just continue until it's all gone? Or maybe it's just warding off the symptoms, but there's some kind of underlying cause that needs to be treated. I can't afford to go back to the vet, just for them to give me more medicine and not actually try to get to the bottom of it. Even though it was a new vet, who was supposed to be rabbit savvy, they didn't really seem to care to look into what could be causing it - I think they just gave me medicine and sent us on our way because she didn't seem to be a bad case.
I hoping to find out on here if there's anything I'm doing that could be causing this gas, before I take her to this very expensive rabbit specialist vet that I've found about an hour away from me. So she eats a large handful of spring greens in the morning and gets about 80g of burgess excel nuggets at night. I've read that nuggets can actually cause gas but I don't really know what to think, because I also read that young rabbits need to be fed a lot of nuggets since they're growing.. A lot of sources actually suggest unlimited nuggets but I thought that was excessive so I just followed the guidelines on the excel packet. She also has unlimited grass hay and has a lot of wood/wicker/cardboard toys around that she likes to chew. Before this gas, I started giving her about a handful of alfafa hay a day as well as her unlimited grass hay, and had started using a new litter (carefresh). I stopped both of them when she went into stasis just incase either was causing it, but now it's been a week without them and she's still gassy. Another thing I'll mention is the person I got her from only fed her brambles from her garden up until I took her (I don't know if this was a suitable diet or not), and after that, I continued to feed her brambles from my own garden and then slowly introduced the greens and now she is only eating greens. I moved her fully onto greens a while before the stasis began though, but maybe that could be contributing? I haven't tried her with brambles again just because I don't want to change up her diet too much while she's still gassy. One last thing I'll mention is that when I got her she had a runny nose (the person was very dodgy, but I took her anyway) and a thick white blob came out of her nose. Since then, she's had a runny nose on and off (it hasn't been white again, only clear) and she's goes between sneezing a few times a day to not at all for several days. I told the vet all of this, and he said that he didn't think it was an infection as it was clear, pretty mild and there was no sign of infection. But I still wonder if this could be some kind of infection, and if it could somehow be related to the gas? Like I said, I don't know how rabbit-savvy this vet really is, even though they are on the rabbit-savvy vet list.
Anyway, this is turning into a huge wall of text, but I really just want to give all the details I can to try and get to the bottom of this. I'd really appreciate if anyone can give me any advice / personal experiences on this. Thanks!
I don't know what to do, I've never experienced issues with gas like this. In the past when a rabbit has gone into stasis, it's been quite a dramatic but short ordeal, but this seems to be a milder, drawn out issue. I wonder if I should have just continued with the medicine until it was all gone, even if she wasn't showing obvious signs of stasis anymore? The vet didn't tell me exactly when I should stop using it, and I read online that gut stimulants shouldn't be given if the rabbit isn't in stasis, so I was scared to continue them and cause even more harm. I wonder if I should start giving the medication again and just continue until it's all gone? Or maybe it's just warding off the symptoms, but there's some kind of underlying cause that needs to be treated. I can't afford to go back to the vet, just for them to give me more medicine and not actually try to get to the bottom of it. Even though it was a new vet, who was supposed to be rabbit savvy, they didn't really seem to care to look into what could be causing it - I think they just gave me medicine and sent us on our way because she didn't seem to be a bad case.
I hoping to find out on here if there's anything I'm doing that could be causing this gas, before I take her to this very expensive rabbit specialist vet that I've found about an hour away from me. So she eats a large handful of spring greens in the morning and gets about 80g of burgess excel nuggets at night. I've read that nuggets can actually cause gas but I don't really know what to think, because I also read that young rabbits need to be fed a lot of nuggets since they're growing.. A lot of sources actually suggest unlimited nuggets but I thought that was excessive so I just followed the guidelines on the excel packet. She also has unlimited grass hay and has a lot of wood/wicker/cardboard toys around that she likes to chew. Before this gas, I started giving her about a handful of alfafa hay a day as well as her unlimited grass hay, and had started using a new litter (carefresh). I stopped both of them when she went into stasis just incase either was causing it, but now it's been a week without them and she's still gassy. Another thing I'll mention is the person I got her from only fed her brambles from her garden up until I took her (I don't know if this was a suitable diet or not), and after that, I continued to feed her brambles from my own garden and then slowly introduced the greens and now she is only eating greens. I moved her fully onto greens a while before the stasis began though, but maybe that could be contributing? I haven't tried her with brambles again just because I don't want to change up her diet too much while she's still gassy. One last thing I'll mention is that when I got her she had a runny nose (the person was very dodgy, but I took her anyway) and a thick white blob came out of her nose. Since then, she's had a runny nose on and off (it hasn't been white again, only clear) and she's goes between sneezing a few times a day to not at all for several days. I told the vet all of this, and he said that he didn't think it was an infection as it was clear, pretty mild and there was no sign of infection. But I still wonder if this could be some kind of infection, and if it could somehow be related to the gas? Like I said, I don't know how rabbit-savvy this vet really is, even though they are on the rabbit-savvy vet list.
Anyway, this is turning into a huge wall of text, but I really just want to give all the details I can to try and get to the bottom of this. I'd really appreciate if anyone can give me any advice / personal experiences on this. Thanks!
