Any vets online?? Rabbit problem
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Hi all
I have a 2 year old lionhead dwarf rabbit that's stopped eating.
I took her to the vet today who said her back teeth are starting to curve and said to move her diet to hay which should fix the problem.
Rabbit has completely stopped eating now and is just slumped in the cage. She is not herself at all.
I am syringing recovery food which she is basically refusing and splitting out.
I am very worried as rabbits need constant food in their gut, or so I believe.
Do I need to call an emergency vet nos in the middle of the night? Or tomorrow (Sunday)? Or can this wait until Monday?
Help?!
Thanks.
I have a 2 year old lionhead dwarf rabbit that's stopped eating.
I took her to the vet today who said her back teeth are starting to curve and said to move her diet to hay which should fix the problem.
Rabbit has completely stopped eating now and is just slumped in the cage. She is not herself at all.
I am syringing recovery food which she is basically refusing and splitting out.
I am very worried as rabbits need constant food in their gut, or so I believe.
Do I need to call an emergency vet nos in the middle of the night? Or tomorrow (Sunday)? Or can this wait until Monday?
Help?!
Thanks.
Thank you all.
I was given metacam - 2 drops daily.
And the syringe recovery food, but I think they were expecting her to have started eating by now.
I woke up at 3am and gave some syringe food.
And again at 8am, now doing hourly. She hasn't eaten or drunk anything herself all night.
There are two or three tiny poos in her cage, but nothing much.
I was given metacam - 2 drops daily.
And the syringe recovery food, but I think they were expecting her to have started eating by now.
I woke up at 3am and gave some syringe food.
And again at 8am, now doing hourly. She hasn't eaten or drunk anything herself all night.
There are two or three tiny poos in her cage, but nothing much.
Ok metacam is a start as this will be painful and rabbits do not do well with pain, well done on getting some food inside her in the early hrs. 3 pellets is better than none!
Phone vets this am, get her in this morning so they can at least start getting some meds in her that will help get or keep her guts moving.
Difficult to know what triggered this, the teeth maybe an invidental finding ie did her appetite reduce due to difficulty eating, in which case she needs a dental or did something else cause it, nothing to do with the teeth and they just got spotted due to a ck over.
Also the dose of metacam sounds low too me, ck with your vet as I think the range for rabbits is 0.3-1.5mg/kg (that is mg not ml) but I may be wrong and I'm a vet nurse not a vet!
Phone vets this am, get her in this morning so they can at least start getting some meds in her that will help get or keep her guts moving.
Difficult to know what triggered this, the teeth maybe an invidental finding ie did her appetite reduce due to difficulty eating, in which case she needs a dental or did something else cause it, nothing to do with the teeth and they just got spotted due to a ck over.
Also the dose of metacam sounds low too me, ck with your vet as I think the range for rabbits is 0.3-1.5mg/kg (that is mg not ml) but I may be wrong and I'm a vet nurse not a vet!
Edited by bexVN on Sunday 13th July 09:13
I'm so glad they kept her in tbh it's what our vets would have done. They're doing all the right things and you helped her loads by the care you gave at home.
She is a very poorly bunny right now and it is a worry but they can get through it, the sooner the treatment is started the better so it's very good that you didn't wait til tomorrow.
She is a very poorly bunny right now and it is a worry but they can get through it, the sooner the treatment is started the better so it's very good that you didn't wait til tomorrow.
bexVN said:
I'm so glad they kept her in tbh it's what our vets would have done. They're doing all the right things and you helped her loads by the care you gave at home.
She is a very poorly bunny right now and it is a worry but they can get through it, the sooner the treatment is started the better so it's very good that you didn't wait til tomorrow.
Hope so. Unfortunately this has been going on since Thursday when she was misdiagnosed with constipation by a different vet. She is a very poorly bunny right now and it is a worry but they can get through it, the sooner the treatment is started the better so it's very good that you didn't wait til tomorrow.
Hello BE57 TOY. I had exactly this happen a few months ago.
Sweep, my male rabbit needed a little op on his teeth as they had started digging into his tongue.
Anyway after the op he just didn't recover was docile. Wouldnt eat. Cue another trip to the vets. He was on metacam and the liquid food. Kept in for two nights and I looked after him. After five days and counting poos which appeared again he did bounce back. I did fear the worst.
Good your chin up, hopefully they'll bounce back but I know the feeling well.
Sweep, my male rabbit needed a little op on his teeth as they had started digging into his tongue.
Anyway after the op he just didn't recover was docile. Wouldnt eat. Cue another trip to the vets. He was on metacam and the liquid food. Kept in for two nights and I looked after him. After five days and counting poos which appeared again he did bounce back. I did fear the worst.
Good your chin up, hopefully they'll bounce back but I know the feeling well.
She was discharged from the vets today, after being there since Sunday.
She had a bit to eat there and passed some poo, but is still not eating or pooping properly at all. Infact she will only eat cardboard since she has been home and hasn't poo'd once.
So the ordeal is still not over.
Also the bill was £476 rather than the quoted £200!!! £34 per half day of vet and nursing care, plus all the drugs, plus £75 for putting the drip in. Surprised it wasn't inc in the medical care charge!
She had a bit to eat there and passed some poo, but is still not eating or pooping properly at all. Infact she will only eat cardboard since she has been home and hasn't poo'd once.
So the ordeal is still not over.
Also the bill was £476 rather than the quoted £200!!! £34 per half day of vet and nursing care, plus all the drugs, plus £75 for putting the drip in. Surprised it wasn't inc in the medical care charge!
Try and stop the cardboard eating. Would she eat eg dandelion leaves, most bunnies will accept these after refusing everything else. This is often our go to food!!
Medical care is the vets and nurses time in the hands on care. The cost of ths drip is covering the cost of the consumables and the skill of getting one placed (dripping a rabbit can be a bit tricky.
I am sorry you were misquoted. I am not entirely surprised the bill went up but you should have been warned and discussed as you went.
I assume you have meds to continue with.
She has been through a lot (as have you!) I hope you can get her eating something other than cardboard.
Medical care is the vets and nurses time in the hands on care. The cost of ths drip is covering the cost of the consumables and the skill of getting one placed (dripping a rabbit can be a bit tricky.
I am sorry you were misquoted. I am not entirely surprised the bill went up but you should have been warned and discussed as you went.
I assume you have meds to continue with.
She has been through a lot (as have you!) I hope you can get her eating something other than cardboard.
BE57 TOY said:
Update -
She is eating again now, albeit a smaller diet than before.
She was a perfectly behaved rabbit but now she is eating carpet and the skirting boards. Any ideas why she would do this?
We stop her, she runs off and does it again, relentless!
The relentless part just sounds like a rabbit to me, they can be amazingly stubborn, (or as I call it, project oriented) but the chewing things she shouldn't MIGHT possibly be down to feeling the need to chew harder things than food? Does she have plenty of chew sticks and toys? Mine is particularly fanatical about any kind of unfinished wicker I can provide her.She is eating again now, albeit a smaller diet than before.
She was a perfectly behaved rabbit but now she is eating carpet and the skirting boards. Any ideas why she would do this?
We stop her, she runs off and does it again, relentless!
. So sorry, is she back at the vets? Assume dandelions didn't work. Try and stay positive, though I can understand why you are thinking this.Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff