ShirleyGirl
Young Bun
Good Morning,
I thought I would post about this and give someone else ideas of what can be done in stasis. We are through it and Leroy has recovered! On Sunday, I noticed he did not greet me but hid when I brought out food. But the biggest red flag was when I opened his pen to let him in the yard on Monday and he stayed in the litter box and never came out. He has never done this. I picked him up and started looking him over and saw nothing. He wanted to lay on his warming pad with his eyes closed. He had not eaten so I suspected stasis. Then I heard the tummy rumblings and knew. I got him pedialyte and started giving it to him by syringe every 1/2 hr., as much as he would take. I also got some baby food (banana) and tried to give him a little, and did tummy massages. He took some baby food, but not very much. That was Monday night. I put him to bed in the basement hutch with a Snugglesafe. Next morning he still looked lethargic and did not want to eat. I continued pedialyte and a little gripe water. I called my vet said they were not equipped to deal with this and recommended a vet very far away or euthanasia. I decided to try my best. So I got one dose of pediatric reglan into him, a little aspirin (vet advised on dosage) and continued with liquids and massage. Around noon yesterday, he perked up and went to the patio door. I let him out and he hopped around a bit, drank more water and soon after, ate a kale leaf. He seems fine today, eating more hay. He seems to know what to do and also that I was trying to help him by administering things with syringe.
I hope this is over and never happens again! I suspect he may have overdone munching on new grass in the yard but who knows.
Shirley
I thought I would post about this and give someone else ideas of what can be done in stasis. We are through it and Leroy has recovered! On Sunday, I noticed he did not greet me but hid when I brought out food. But the biggest red flag was when I opened his pen to let him in the yard on Monday and he stayed in the litter box and never came out. He has never done this. I picked him up and started looking him over and saw nothing. He wanted to lay on his warming pad with his eyes closed. He had not eaten so I suspected stasis. Then I heard the tummy rumblings and knew. I got him pedialyte and started giving it to him by syringe every 1/2 hr., as much as he would take. I also got some baby food (banana) and tried to give him a little, and did tummy massages. He took some baby food, but not very much. That was Monday night. I put him to bed in the basement hutch with a Snugglesafe. Next morning he still looked lethargic and did not want to eat. I continued pedialyte and a little gripe water. I called my vet said they were not equipped to deal with this and recommended a vet very far away or euthanasia. I decided to try my best. So I got one dose of pediatric reglan into him, a little aspirin (vet advised on dosage) and continued with liquids and massage. Around noon yesterday, he perked up and went to the patio door. I let him out and he hopped around a bit, drank more water and soon after, ate a kale leaf. He seems fine today, eating more hay. He seems to know what to do and also that I was trying to help him by administering things with syringe.
I hope this is over and never happens again! I suspect he may have overdone munching on new grass in the yard but who knows.
Shirley
