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gut stasis
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Walli
Alpha Buck
Thank you for all your support! Walli is doing better
He is eating more hay and this morning he was running around my OH legs doing binkies
We have decided not to pick him up for more assisted feeding and medicines at the moment as this stresses him out so much. He takes some medicine on apple leaf. Fingers crossed this will be enough!
He is eating more hay and this morning he was running around my OH legs doing binkies We have decided not to pick him up for more assisted feeding and medicines at the moment as this stresses him out so much. He takes some medicine on apple leaf. Fingers crossed this will be enough!
Oh he sounds like he's doing much better [emoji7] so glad xxThank you for all your support! Walli is doing better
We have decided not to pick him up for more assisted feeding and medicines at the moment as this stresses him out so much. He takes some medicine on apple leaf. Fingers crossed this will be enough!
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Walli
Alpha Buck
Actually, what I did was not pick him up unless there was really no other way. That made him feel safer with me, which made him less afraid when I did need to pick him up. So, for example, when it was time for his weekly check-up and brushing I'd lure him into a carrier or into a low-sided box, and then I'd pick him up that way, so he'd still have something solid under his feet, which was less scary for him. He won't fall for that anymore now and won't be lured into anything, so now I do have to pick him up, but I try to make it as brief as possible by putting the low-sided box on the floor and picking him up and lifting him into that, and then picking him up with the box, which, again, he finds less scary. With Walli's pododermatitis, though, I can see why you need to handle him a lot, to take care of him, but maybe you can figure out a way of doing it that doesn't involve picking him up as much? Could you maybe check his feet while he's flopped on the floor and the undersides of his feet are visible? You say he has fluffy feet, though, so maybe you won't be able to see well enough... CarelessSquid07's way of doing it sounds great.
Also, I'm glad he's feeling a bit better. I hope he'll continue feeling better and will soon be back to normal. Lots more vibes for him.
Thank you for your ideas! He is very fluffy (and I am of course glad he still has some fluff to cover his footsies) so at the moment I don´t see well enough and if I start poking he runs in under the sofa and won´t flop again for days. Unfortunately there is a real risk he soon will be more "naked" over the pododermatitis if it continue to get worse. In that case I will definitely try carelessSquid07´s way of doing it
Good idea with the carrier, I will try it, maybe it works at least once or twice
Yeah, the best would be not to pick him up for a long time a think and start from the beginning. I would really love to do that. But I have to check/treat his feet. And also he is part Angora and his fur grows extremely quickly so it´s necessary to brush/trim him every 7-10 days. Actually even ofter would be better, 2 times a week would be optimal but then I would have a rabbit in constant gut stasis I think
I don´t know why handling stresses him out so much but he was handled very little when I got him so he wasn´t used to it and his personality is very very shy so it´s probably a combination. It took about 1 year before he dared leave the living room and explore other areas in the aparatment and 3 years before I got to pet him. Now he comes for nose rubs and cuddles every evening With a carrier he goes into himself maybe he don´t feel so stressed when picking him up. Thank you :wave:
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Warren Veteran
That's great news!Thank you for all your support! Walli is doing better
We have decided not to pick him up for more assisted feeding and medicines at the moment as this stresses him out so much. He takes some medicine on apple leaf. Fingers crossed this will be enough!
I'm glad he takes some medicine from an apple leaf so you don't have to pick him up but can still get some medicine into him. I hope he'll continue to feel better! It sounds like a difficult situation, when you have to pick him up regularly to check his feet and brush/trim his fur when it stresses him out so, so much.Thank you for your ideas! He is very fluffy (and I am of course glad he still has some fluff to cover his footsies) so at the moment I don´t see well enough and if I start poking he runs in under the sofa and won´t flop again for days. Unfortunately there is a real risk he soon will be more "naked" over the pododermatitis if it continue to get worse. In that case I will definitely try carelessSquid07´s way of doing it
Good idea with the carrier, I will try it, maybe it works at least once or twice
Yeah, the best would be not to pick him up for a long time a think and start from the beginning. I would really love to do that. But I have to check/treat his feet. And also he is part Angora and his fur grows extremely quickly so it´s necessary to brush/trim him every 7-10 days. Actually even ofter would be better, 2 times a week would be optimal but then I would have a rabbit in constant gut stasis I think
With a carrier he goes into himself maybe he don´t feel so stressed when picking him up. Thank you :wave:
And I get why you can't inspect his feet well enough right now when he's flopped because he still has a lot of fur on his feet. I hope his poor feet will heal soon. He does sound really shy, so that's wonderful that he now trusts you enough to come for nose rubs and cuddles every evening, aww. 
InspectorMorse
Wise Old Thumper
I am so relieved to read that Walli is feeling a lot better now
CarelessSquid07
Mama Doe
Glad to hear he's doing better!
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Walli
Alpha Buck
Thank you! And thank you for your tips regarding pododermatitis in my other tread a few weeks ago. I've changed from carefresh + hay to paper pellets +hay and the litterbox feels like it is much more dry! Fingers crossed it will help:wave:
CarelessSquid07
Mama Doe
No worries I hope it helps. We never managed to get Primrose's as good as I liked but we definitely had major improvements along the way.
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