He's eaten grass as well, it's really strange! In the night he just decided to eat?
I'm exhausted!
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Strange GI Stasis
- Thread starter Ponymad21
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He's eaten grass as well, it's really strange! In the night he just decided to eat?
I'm exhausted!
MightyMax
Banned
Yes I bet you are.
It's easy to lose a sense of perspective when you get so tired.
Have you tried Infacol?
Apologies if you have, but that and tummy rubs can get you out of a tight spot when you need to.
I did speak to the vet about infacol but we weren't too sure but I do tummy rubs, which he has a strop about
MightyMax
Banned
Oh dear!
Just to let you know, Infacol isn't absorbed by the body, and it works by amassing the smaller gas bubbles into one, to make them easier to pass. It's often the gas that is preventing a rabbit from eating.
You will get differing opinions on Infacol, as with everything, but most of us on here agree from personal experience that it's beneficial, and as it does no harm, them why not use it?
Each to his own
Oh dear!
Just to let you know, Infacol isn't absorbed by the body, and it works by amassing the smaller gas bubbles into one, to make them easier to pass. It's often the gas that is preventing a rabbit from eating.
You will get differing opinions on Infacol, as with everything, but most of us on here agree from personal experience that it's beneficial, and as it does no harm, them why not use it?
Each to his own
He's stopped eating again so I'm going to see if I can get him booked in with a very experienced vet whose also trained in alternative medicine
MightyMax
Banned
Sorry to hear that
Good luck with the new vet - I get a lot of stick for using alternative medicine.
Hope it goes very well for him x
Sorry to hear that
Good luck with the new vet - I get a lot of stick for using alternative medicine.
Hope it goes very well for him x
He's eating a bit again now!
I'm wondering if he's figured out that if he refuses hay and pellets he gets brambles and he's just trying it on a bit?
As he's still been eating brambles
MightyMax
Banned
A well rabbit would do that, but not a sick one. You have to be the judge of that!
Rabbits usually prefer pellets over hay - but maybe yours has a special taste for brambles x
He goes barmy for brambles! If he sees us walk to the corner where they are he charges around and tarts jumping up at the mes on the run
bunny momma
Wise Old Thumper
MightyMax
Banned
Glad to hear he's so much better!
Was he insisting you give him something other than brambles then? Naughty rabbit :lol:
He was refusing to eat anything but brambles! He's been living outside 24/7 all week but is in tonight as the waterproof cover on his run isn't waterproof and he will sit in the rain shivering! :shock::roll:
He's thoroughly enjoying being inside, he's not going to be happy going to boarding next week!
