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Hi, just after advice or help from anyone, who anyone's rabbits who have had this before?
A couple weeks back, we noticed that our rabbits, Millys, ears were cold and she wasnt eating. She was taken to the vets straight away and diagnosed with GI statis, and the first vet didnt give a very good prognosis. After about a week, she was taken back again, after being on doses of pain relief and antibiotics etc. She saw a different vet this time, and he didnt seem to think anything was to bad, but said this was normal for older rabbits, ( shes about 6 now) and said when we get home to just put her outside on grass, he didnt even seem to think she needed a second nose of the medicines, and said it is very common in rabbits, but we asked for some anyway. We didnt feel like she was up to this, so we kept her inside, still finishing her medicine and giving her critical care, as she didn't have her full appetite back. By the end of the week, she seemed almost back to normal, she was eating and very lively, so we put her out in her run outside on the grass for her to graze. she seemed really hungry and scoffed a lot down. That evening she went back quiet again, the next morning she hadnt eaten much, so we carried on again with the next dose. Again after about a week she was back to normal, and running up the sides of the cage, always seeming to want more and more food non stop. On the past Friday she was continuously eating and didnt seem to want to stop. However, on Sunday she seemed to go very quiet again, and barley ate anything, so we gave her some more pain relief, and some critical care, along with some recommended baby gas medicine, as all the symptoms seemed to lead to gas problems. On monday, today she seemed to get worse,so we took her down straight away,again we saw a different vet this time, who didnt hold out much hope for her, and even suggested euthanasia, saying she was living on borrowed time and GI is a very serious problem, and she should probably stay in.
We didnt feel like she was ready to go, so we got a repeated prescription, and took her home, hoping for the best.
We ve been syringe feeding her, and given her the first doses of medicine, and she seemed more lively than she was the morning, more active and washing etc, however, still didnt really eat, so all day little and often we've been giving her the critical care.
She has now, just ate some grass we gave her, to me she seemed to be getting better, but i am worried it might happen again.
I have read on numerous sites, that GI often recurring, and takes long to heal.
Has anyone else had similar problems?
Sorry for the long message, but id appreciate any help/support or stories anyone might have.
I have to go back to Uni soon, so i will no longer be there and i am worried she might fall back again when iam gone
Thankyou in advance
A couple weeks back, we noticed that our rabbits, Millys, ears were cold and she wasnt eating. She was taken to the vets straight away and diagnosed with GI statis, and the first vet didnt give a very good prognosis. After about a week, she was taken back again, after being on doses of pain relief and antibiotics etc. She saw a different vet this time, and he didnt seem to think anything was to bad, but said this was normal for older rabbits, ( shes about 6 now) and said when we get home to just put her outside on grass, he didnt even seem to think she needed a second nose of the medicines, and said it is very common in rabbits, but we asked for some anyway. We didnt feel like she was up to this, so we kept her inside, still finishing her medicine and giving her critical care, as she didn't have her full appetite back. By the end of the week, she seemed almost back to normal, she was eating and very lively, so we put her out in her run outside on the grass for her to graze. she seemed really hungry and scoffed a lot down. That evening she went back quiet again, the next morning she hadnt eaten much, so we carried on again with the next dose. Again after about a week she was back to normal, and running up the sides of the cage, always seeming to want more and more food non stop. On the past Friday she was continuously eating and didnt seem to want to stop. However, on Sunday she seemed to go very quiet again, and barley ate anything, so we gave her some more pain relief, and some critical care, along with some recommended baby gas medicine, as all the symptoms seemed to lead to gas problems. On monday, today she seemed to get worse,so we took her down straight away,again we saw a different vet this time, who didnt hold out much hope for her, and even suggested euthanasia, saying she was living on borrowed time and GI is a very serious problem, and she should probably stay in.
We didnt feel like she was ready to go, so we got a repeated prescription, and took her home, hoping for the best.
We ve been syringe feeding her, and given her the first doses of medicine, and she seemed more lively than she was the morning, more active and washing etc, however, still didnt really eat, so all day little and often we've been giving her the critical care.
She has now, just ate some grass we gave her, to me she seemed to be getting better, but i am worried it might happen again.
I have read on numerous sites, that GI often recurring, and takes long to heal.
Has anyone else had similar problems?
Sorry for the long message, but id appreciate any help/support or stories anyone might have.
I have to go back to Uni soon, so i will no longer be there and i am worried she might fall back again when iam gone
Thankyou in advance