Hi all,
I have a rex who wasn't eating much. She would just eating veggies (watercress, park choi, nero kale and Romanian lettuce) and little hay (Timothy hay 2nd cut and Oat hay). She completely stopped pooping for 1 day. I suspected it was gastrointestinal stasis so I gave her baby gas drop (Simethicone) and massaged her tummy. The next day she pooped a little bit. I did buy her critical care but didn't give it to her as she was eating a bit more and she was a lot more active. I woke up today and check her litter and she had pooped a lot more. She didn't stopped peeing. Just had issue with her pooping.
I just had visit with my vet today. I showed the vet everything I got and he said to continue monitoring and give Simethicone as necessary. Plus the critical care if my bunny doesn't eat. However he said that the cause of this could be her back molar outgrowing in sharply. He recommend we chip it and the estimation given to me was £297. I only had my bunny for 6 months and this is the first time she has had any health issue. Has anyone had experience with outgrown molar? How much did you guys pay? Is this normal price? I was looking at insurance to see if any covered it but looks like they don't cover chipping teeth. The vet said this was common among rabbit but I have bought her lots of toys to chew on, provide her unlimited hays, giver her varieties of veggies, dried treats and give her hay stick, apple stick and bamboo sticks she can chew on. I am not sure how it still manage to be out grown. Any advice on how to prevent this in future.
Many thanks
Editing post to add the breakdown of the estimate given:
Sedation and monitoring (£189.69), medication (emeprid inj- £31.21) and Procedure (clip rabbit back teeth- £76.23).
I have a rex who wasn't eating much. She would just eating veggies (watercress, park choi, nero kale and Romanian lettuce) and little hay (Timothy hay 2nd cut and Oat hay). She completely stopped pooping for 1 day. I suspected it was gastrointestinal stasis so I gave her baby gas drop (Simethicone) and massaged her tummy. The next day she pooped a little bit. I did buy her critical care but didn't give it to her as she was eating a bit more and she was a lot more active. I woke up today and check her litter and she had pooped a lot more. She didn't stopped peeing. Just had issue with her pooping.
I just had visit with my vet today. I showed the vet everything I got and he said to continue monitoring and give Simethicone as necessary. Plus the critical care if my bunny doesn't eat. However he said that the cause of this could be her back molar outgrowing in sharply. He recommend we chip it and the estimation given to me was £297. I only had my bunny for 6 months and this is the first time she has had any health issue. Has anyone had experience with outgrown molar? How much did you guys pay? Is this normal price? I was looking at insurance to see if any covered it but looks like they don't cover chipping teeth. The vet said this was common among rabbit but I have bought her lots of toys to chew on, provide her unlimited hays, giver her varieties of veggies, dried treats and give her hay stick, apple stick and bamboo sticks she can chew on. I am not sure how it still manage to be out grown. Any advice on how to prevent this in future.
Many thanks
Editing post to add the breakdown of the estimate given:
Sedation and monitoring (£189.69), medication (emeprid inj- £31.21) and Procedure (clip rabbit back teeth- £76.23).
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