Hi there I'm in a bit of a panic right now and in desperate need of advice. My bunny, Mothball, a 3-4 month old possibly new Zealand rabbit I've had for about three weeks now has recently gone through mucoid enteropathy and GI stasis. I brought him to the vet immediately, was prescribed something called LC-Scour, which is a motility drug, and Dextrolyte, a powder with dextrose and electrolytes to mix in his water.
After an arduous four days, he seemed to recover alright, going back to a normal diet, regular poops and all around playful. The problem though was due to how much stress he was under while we had to administer his medication by syringe feeding it directly to his mouth it was difficult to clean him off so I waited until I was certain he was feeling better to give him a bum wash. It didn't go too well, he doesn't seem outwardly physically hurt but I know he didn't like the experience.
After cleaning his hutch and making sure he was dry I returned him into his hutch to rest for a bit, but as I checked him before I went to bed I noticed he had very very tiny poops, almost 3/4s the regular size. I was alarmed as I knew it could be a sign of him starting up gi stasis again, but then about an hour later I saw pools of runny poop in his hutch. I cleaned up his hutch best I could but he's practically leaking the runny poop at the moment.
I put him back on the electrolyte powder in his waterbowl and I tried contacting my vet for advice but he is not available for the week. I'm afraid there is No possible way for me to be able to go back to the vet any time soon because of financial restraints as well. I'd hate to make excuses but where I live there are no vets offering any pay later plans and I desperately cannot afford a visit right now, not to mention within the city and the neighboring ones, there are only four practicing rabbit savvy vets (including the unavailable one who I've been to before) and taking him to a new one will increase his stress immensely as it is twice as far as the old one and I will be using public transport to get there.
Please help, I do not have access to anything like Oxbow critical care, or most herbs or over the counter medicines often mentioned in articles as I live in the Philippines. I'm afraid he might not recover this time, I'm really really scared for him.
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After an arduous four days, he seemed to recover alright, going back to a normal diet, regular poops and all around playful. The problem though was due to how much stress he was under while we had to administer his medication by syringe feeding it directly to his mouth it was difficult to clean him off so I waited until I was certain he was feeling better to give him a bum wash. It didn't go too well, he doesn't seem outwardly physically hurt but I know he didn't like the experience.
After cleaning his hutch and making sure he was dry I returned him into his hutch to rest for a bit, but as I checked him before I went to bed I noticed he had very very tiny poops, almost 3/4s the regular size. I was alarmed as I knew it could be a sign of him starting up gi stasis again, but then about an hour later I saw pools of runny poop in his hutch. I cleaned up his hutch best I could but he's practically leaking the runny poop at the moment.
I put him back on the electrolyte powder in his waterbowl and I tried contacting my vet for advice but he is not available for the week. I'm afraid there is No possible way for me to be able to go back to the vet any time soon because of financial restraints as well. I'd hate to make excuses but where I live there are no vets offering any pay later plans and I desperately cannot afford a visit right now, not to mention within the city and the neighboring ones, there are only four practicing rabbit savvy vets (including the unavailable one who I've been to before) and taking him to a new one will increase his stress immensely as it is twice as far as the old one and I will be using public transport to get there.
Please help, I do not have access to anything like Oxbow critical care, or most herbs or over the counter medicines often mentioned in articles as I live in the Philippines. I'm afraid he might not recover this time, I'm really really scared for him.
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