Completely and utterly your fault :lol:
Coco's unwell!
She was under the weather on Tuesday, gave her Meloxaid, or whatever it is, she bounced back :thumb:.
She was absolutely fine this morning, making a nest in the hay , shot out of the shed like a bullet when I rattled the treat box, 100% normal and healthy.
Got my washing in at 3pm and whenever I'm outside I always check the buns. She was flat out in the run, panting. Ignored me, ignored fresh grass, ignored the treat box.
Gave her a dose of Metacam (I can spell that!) but at nigh on 5pm was still not right so off to the vet we went.
Elena refused to treat her on the table, instead getting a blanket and treating her on the floor "rabbits don't like being up", she said - how lovely!
When Coco finally settled on the blanket and allowed herself to be checked over, Elena gave her a dose of Vetergesic and another jab of Metacam and said to give her some Recovery an hour later.
I was surprised she didn't give her gut stimulant BUT Coco did a poo while she was at the vet and her guts were noisy, so that's possibly why not, though Elena reckons she had had gas/a colic episode. Still, she's the vet, I'm not.
I gave Coco about 2ml of tepid water in total when we got home, because after about half a mil she went to her water bowl but didn't seem to have the energy to drink (she took a lap or two) so I gave her some more and she didn't dribble any water out of the syringe. Just given her 5ml of Recovery and now I'll leave her for a while.
Elena said if she's no better come the morning, to take her back. I mentioned the out of hours vet if she's no better, but Elena seem put out almost, but as Adrian (husband) said, she's already been dosed up so what will another vet do? I guess. But if she gets worse then I will. And of course on Vetergesic she'll be off her face for up to 8 hours anyway so probably won't show any improvement/willingness to eat in any case.
The only thing that we can think of which has caused this and Tuesday's episode is the wind. It was cold/windy Monday night and we forgot to put the tarpaulin down on the run thus exposing them both to a windy and cool night. And again, it's been rather windy today though not particularly cold. However, Thumper is the most fragile one of them both so why hasn't she been affected? Beats me. It's Thumps who's the snowflake, not Coco.
Coco's unwell!
She was under the weather on Tuesday, gave her Meloxaid, or whatever it is, she bounced back :thumb:.
She was absolutely fine this morning, making a nest in the hay , shot out of the shed like a bullet when I rattled the treat box, 100% normal and healthy.
Got my washing in at 3pm and whenever I'm outside I always check the buns. She was flat out in the run, panting. Ignored me, ignored fresh grass, ignored the treat box.
Gave her a dose of Metacam (I can spell that!) but at nigh on 5pm was still not right so off to the vet we went.
Elena refused to treat her on the table, instead getting a blanket and treating her on the floor "rabbits don't like being up", she said - how lovely!
When Coco finally settled on the blanket and allowed herself to be checked over, Elena gave her a dose of Vetergesic and another jab of Metacam and said to give her some Recovery an hour later.
I was surprised she didn't give her gut stimulant BUT Coco did a poo while she was at the vet and her guts were noisy, so that's possibly why not, though Elena reckons she had had gas/a colic episode. Still, she's the vet, I'm not.
I gave Coco about 2ml of tepid water in total when we got home, because after about half a mil she went to her water bowl but didn't seem to have the energy to drink (she took a lap or two) so I gave her some more and she didn't dribble any water out of the syringe. Just given her 5ml of Recovery and now I'll leave her for a while.
Elena said if she's no better come the morning, to take her back. I mentioned the out of hours vet if she's no better, but Elena seem put out almost, but as Adrian (husband) said, she's already been dosed up so what will another vet do? I guess. But if she gets worse then I will. And of course on Vetergesic she'll be off her face for up to 8 hours anyway so probably won't show any improvement/willingness to eat in any case.
The only thing that we can think of which has caused this and Tuesday's episode is the wind. It was cold/windy Monday night and we forgot to put the tarpaulin down on the run thus exposing them both to a windy and cool night. And again, it's been rather windy today though not particularly cold. However, Thumper is the most fragile one of them both so why hasn't she been affected? Beats me. It's Thumps who's the snowflake, not Coco.
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