Amity & Nic
Young Bun
Hi,
I'm new on this forum (I have been a visitor for a while) & sorry I'm just jumping right in for advice.
I adopted a rabbit two weeks ago (a neutered 1yr old female). She was living indoors for the first 9 months of her life, then outside for several months due to a change in the owners circumstances . I then agreed to adopt her, and she's now an indoor bunny.
She doesn't like veg very much! But has started eating two types. I tried her with several fresh herbs but she's not keen . She loves her nuggets (handful a day) and a handful of readigrass.. She's less keen on hay but does eat it throughout the day (I've tried 4 types in several places so far).
I don't know if it's the stress of the change (she's actually a lot more relaxed now) but she doesn't eat or use the litter tray at night. I came downstairs 2 hours later than normal this morning, and she was in a house where she doesn't normally sleep. After several fusses, she reluctantly came out but sat in the corner of the room. Her ears were cold & she didn't seem right, so we went to the vet.
They said she has a lot of poo in her intestines and was tensing when pressed.. Then mentioned the dreaded gut statis . She's also only 1.5 on the condition score (when her previous owner took her in May for vaccinations, she was a perfect weight).
The vet gave us metacam and emeprid for 4 days treatment, then they said it would be an x-ray if no improvement. Is this the best course of action? I would like to know if there's anything else I can do for Amity?
She is going through a moult (well, she has looked the same way for at least 3 months) and a fair bit of hair coming off when I brush her. Is there any way I can help this?
Sorry for the long post,
Nic
I'm new on this forum (I have been a visitor for a while) & sorry I'm just jumping right in for advice.
I adopted a rabbit two weeks ago (a neutered 1yr old female). She was living indoors for the first 9 months of her life, then outside for several months due to a change in the owners circumstances . I then agreed to adopt her, and she's now an indoor bunny.
She doesn't like veg very much! But has started eating two types. I tried her with several fresh herbs but she's not keen . She loves her nuggets (handful a day) and a handful of readigrass.. She's less keen on hay but does eat it throughout the day (I've tried 4 types in several places so far).
I don't know if it's the stress of the change (she's actually a lot more relaxed now) but she doesn't eat or use the litter tray at night. I came downstairs 2 hours later than normal this morning, and she was in a house where she doesn't normally sleep. After several fusses, she reluctantly came out but sat in the corner of the room. Her ears were cold & she didn't seem right, so we went to the vet.
They said she has a lot of poo in her intestines and was tensing when pressed.. Then mentioned the dreaded gut statis . She's also only 1.5 on the condition score (when her previous owner took her in May for vaccinations, she was a perfect weight).
The vet gave us metacam and emeprid for 4 days treatment, then they said it would be an x-ray if no improvement. Is this the best course of action? I would like to know if there's anything else I can do for Amity?
She is going through a moult (well, she has looked the same way for at least 3 months) and a fair bit of hair coming off when I brush her. Is there any way I can help this?
Sorry for the long post,
Nic