Vibes for Terry :(

[bunny momma]

I would find some comfort in knowing he is accepting the syringe feeds. Stasis can be a roller coaster ride with its ups and downs. The fact that he has output is further proof that Terry is improving.
I understand why losing Gracie had made you more worried about Terry than you may be otherwise, yet there is no proof Terry has the same problem even if they share a few generic symptoms.
If you ask I would suggest leaving him at the vet since he is tolerating being there well.
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[bunny momma]

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[joey&boo]

Topping up the vibes for Terry, hope you get a positive update this morning

 

[Pets mum]

Sending many more vibes for Terry, fingers and paws crossed here for a positive update.

 

[SarahP]

Really hoping for some good news on Terry. Hope you are OK x

 

[Orenoko]

Well first the good news, Terry's made it through the night, and has passed some poos. He's still not eating by himself, but apparently is enjoying having his syringe feed. He's staying in today and they'll keep syringe feeding him and see how he gets on. They mentioned changing his pain relief as sometimes that can cause the gut to slow just to see if that might help promote his appetite again. Hopefully we'll be able to collect him later if he improves.

 

[SarahP]

To be honest, I always feel like once they are passing poos, if they are in an environment that they are used to they are much more likely to eat for themselves. I remember once bringing back a bunny that had been in overnight who hadn't eaten but had stabilised, and within about 10 minutes she was nibbling at stuff.

 

[Orenoko]

To be honest, I always feel like once they are passing poos, if they are in an environment that they are used to they are much more likely to eat for themselves. I remember once bringing back a bunny that had been in overnight who hadn't eaten but had stabilised, and within about 10 minutes she was nibbling at stuff.

Thanks, I'm hoping I'll be able to do the same if the vets think he's good to go later today, even if it means getting up during the night to feed him!

 

[Omi]

Glad that Terry sounds relatively stable. I hope that he has a good day at the vets and that you can pick him up later. It's worth a try to change his pain relief I think.

 

[SarahP]

What pain relief are they talking about changing from and to, do you know? I'm no expert, but the stronger ones make them sleepy, which makes them even less likely to eat.

 

[bunny momma]

What pain relief are they talking about changing from and to, do you know? I'm no expert, but the stronger ones make them sleepy, which makes them even less likely to eat.

I heard this too. Some narcotic ones can slow the gut too. Perhaps he needed a narcotic one to control pain and they will be giving him something less likely to slow his gut or make him drowsy.
Sending him lots of vibes.

 

[Orenoko]

He eats! Had a call and he can come home soon, just on my way back from work now.

They changed him to something with lidocaine in it this morning, I'll have a discharge appointment when I pick him up so will find out what the plan is for pain relief going forwards.

 

[Omi]

Wonderful

 

[Shimmer]

Keeping up the syringe feeding is really important. There’s no output unless there’s decent input. Keeping that going will help with recovery, especially if he’s taking it readily.

 

[Orenoko]

We're home! He's cost me an arm and a leg and he smells iffy but he seems much happier and he's eating hay already. I've soaked some nuggets and critical care in case he wants it. He's got lots of different medications and will keep syringe feeding every 4 hours. He is due back on Saturday for a recheck unless he needs to be seen more urgently.

 

[joey&boo]

What a wonderful update. So glad he is home & eating

 

[bunny momma]

This is wonderful news! In addition to continuing the syringe feeds, I also stop meds one at a time, though he may need to be on some meds like pain relief longer term.
He is lucky to have you!

 

[Cinnabun14]

I'm so glad Terry's okay! Sending vibes he continues to be fine!

 

[Pets mum]

Great news to wake up to , well done Terry, keep up the chewing and pooing !

 

[Orenoko]

Thanks all, really appreciate all your messages of support. A little update:

Terry seems much happier this morning, I've even caught him exploring outside of his self-defined perimeter which he  never does. He runs back as soon as he sees me but I'm glad he's feeling up to a bit of exploration when he's not done so the entire time we've had him.

Maggie was thrilled he was back, she was practically wedged against her bars when she saw him. I couldn't tell if she'd missed him beforehand, she was well in herself and causing trouble, but her reaction when he came back was very sweet. Terry has been sitting near her sometimes too and they've been grooming themselves within sight of each other. But absolutely no bonding to taken place until I'm 101% sure he is up to it!

Terry's appetite is good, he's still eating on his own and has had a little veg already this morning. He's weed and his poos look absolutely normal, not small, not deformed or anything.

Now for the tricky bit! He is absolutely refusing syringe feeds. I've been able to get his meds into him after a lot of effort but last night he got so stressed after a tiny syringe feed that he then wouldn't eat the food I offered. I had to compromise a bit and mixed up the critical care on a plate with a few nuggets on top for him to eat. He's had some but not all of it. I couldn't really think of an alternative that wouldn't stress him out even more, and was worried that if I continued to push it he might relapse. On the plus side he was extremely feisty with lots of thumps so I guess I should take that as a good sign?!

Another possible weird thing, and I'm not 100% sure if he has actually done this or not, but it looked like he was trying to eat his litter just now. I'm not sure if he was just picking up a bit of hay or something and it just looked like he was picking up the litter. He is on carefresh but I'm definitely going to monitor that just in case. Hopefully my sleepy eyes were just playing tricks on me.

Edit - he definitely is nibbling on litter i just saw him do it again. I've put loads of hay on top of the litter and he's eating that instead. Usually his hay is in a rack on top of the litter box. Any ideas why he might be doing this?