marybeth1196
New Kit
Hello there!
I recently adopted my bunny, thumper 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, we have had a really bad start. The first week was great. He was munching away at his food, pooping plenty, and playing like a normal bunny. All of a sudden, one day I noticed he barely touched his greens and didn't touch his pellets. I immediately took him to the vet. Unfortunately this vet was terrible They gave me 5 different meds with no instructions. I was meant to give him his meds 2 times a day and his pills once a day. He barely took any of the meds. He would refuse to swallow the liquid and would refuse to eat the pills, even in a treat. He'd just eat around the pill. He was traumatized by the car ride to the vet, and by me having to force feed him medicine for the past week. It wasn't a great situation. We're supposed to be bonding..
We got an appointment with a different vet. They gave us different meds (propulsid and lactone) and told us they never would have prescribed any of the **** the other vet gave us.
They gave me a great demonstration on giving him his meds. And while I've been able to get him to take his meds now, the past week has been an absolute nightmare.
Again, traumatized by the car ride (this better vet was an hour drive each way), traumatized by the syringe fed medicine, AND to top it off my ******* apartment community had a mandatory inspection. They told me they'd be to me by 9:15am. They were a whole HOUR late which led to bunnies whole day being disrupted. I had to take him to the bathroom to keep him away from the guy, 20 minutes go by no one comes or calls so I call and they told me they're running late and it'll be 15 more minutes. Okay fine, but why didn't you call me 20 minutes ago? 40 minutes go by and the guy FINALLY comes! At this point thumper was SO upset to be out of his enclosure/safe space for an hour just freaking out in the bathroom.
Anyways, he's taking his meds but he's not returning to normal as soon as I'd like. I'm at a loss for what to do. He's barely pooping, only really eating at night (he has major munchies at night. Is this normal? I do NOT want to take him back to the vet!! Not unless absolutely necessary! The poor thing has had enough trauma. I'm really doing the best I can but I'm feeling so desperate and wondering if I'm a terrible pet owner. Is there any chance of us bonding in the future after such a horrible start? I fear he's never going to forgive me and it's over for us, he's always just going to be the bunny we keep alive and fed but hates us
I'm so distraught right now over this whole thing. Any advice is welcome.
I recently adopted my bunny, thumper 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, we have had a really bad start. The first week was great. He was munching away at his food, pooping plenty, and playing like a normal bunny. All of a sudden, one day I noticed he barely touched his greens and didn't touch his pellets. I immediately took him to the vet. Unfortunately this vet was terrible They gave me 5 different meds with no instructions. I was meant to give him his meds 2 times a day and his pills once a day. He barely took any of the meds. He would refuse to swallow the liquid and would refuse to eat the pills, even in a treat. He'd just eat around the pill. He was traumatized by the car ride to the vet, and by me having to force feed him medicine for the past week. It wasn't a great situation. We're supposed to be bonding..
We got an appointment with a different vet. They gave us different meds (propulsid and lactone) and told us they never would have prescribed any of the **** the other vet gave us.
They gave me a great demonstration on giving him his meds. And while I've been able to get him to take his meds now, the past week has been an absolute nightmare.
Again, traumatized by the car ride (this better vet was an hour drive each way), traumatized by the syringe fed medicine, AND to top it off my ******* apartment community had a mandatory inspection. They told me they'd be to me by 9:15am. They were a whole HOUR late which led to bunnies whole day being disrupted. I had to take him to the bathroom to keep him away from the guy, 20 minutes go by no one comes or calls so I call and they told me they're running late and it'll be 15 more minutes. Okay fine, but why didn't you call me 20 minutes ago? 40 minutes go by and the guy FINALLY comes! At this point thumper was SO upset to be out of his enclosure/safe space for an hour just freaking out in the bathroom.
Anyways, he's taking his meds but he's not returning to normal as soon as I'd like. I'm at a loss for what to do. He's barely pooping, only really eating at night (he has major munchies at night. Is this normal? I do NOT want to take him back to the vet!! Not unless absolutely necessary! The poor thing has had enough trauma. I'm really doing the best I can but I'm feeling so desperate and wondering if I'm a terrible pet owner. Is there any chance of us bonding in the future after such a horrible start? I fear he's never going to forgive me and it's over for us, he's always just going to be the bunny we keep alive and fed but hates us
I'm so distraught right now over this whole thing. Any advice is welcome.
