Any vets online?? Rabbit problem
Discussion
Just before I say this, I am not a vet (yet) and these are just ideas that you may want to ask your vet if worth trying. Don't try any of these without consulting your vet!! I will suggest theses as rabbits have similar gastro intestinal tracts as horses.
First of all has it been wormed recently?
Second, for colics in horses you can promote gut movement with liquid paraffin and Epsom salts. Again I don't know whether it will work with rabbits.
Thirdly, get the vets to check the teeth again. They may have missed something in the first place?
Cheers
Tom
First of all has it been wormed recently?
Second, for colics in horses you can promote gut movement with liquid paraffin and Epsom salts. Again I don't know whether it will work with rabbits.
Thirdly, get the vets to check the teeth again. They may have missed something in the first place?
Cheers
Tom
Hello everyone
I took her to a rabbit specialist today who has put her on liquid paraffin and hand fed her veg all day (rather than rescue food through syringe). They also injected 30ml fluid sub cut.
I've just got her home and she has poo'd loads and is eating plenty too. (She will only eat hand fed though)
I am so happy and hopefully she can keep this up and survive.
Thank you to everyone who has offered advice so far.
I will keep the thread updated.
I took her to a rabbit specialist today who has put her on liquid paraffin and hand fed her veg all day (rather than rescue food through syringe). They also injected 30ml fluid sub cut.
I've just got her home and she has poo'd loads and is eating plenty too. (She will only eat hand fed though)
I am so happy and hopefully she can keep this up and survive.
Thank you to everyone who has offered advice so far.
I will keep the thread updated.
Lv2spd2 said:
I strongly suggest a google search for rabbit specialist vets in your area and then seeing one of thoseas soon as possible. Many veterinarians, even good veterinarians, don't fully understand rabbits.
I'd agree with this. I'm lucky in so much as my very keeps rabbits as pets for herself.
BE57 TOY said:
Hello everyone
I took her to a rabbit specialist today who has put her on liquid paraffin and hand fed her veg all day (rather than rescue food through syringe). They also injected 30ml fluid sub cut.
I've just got her home and she has poo'd loads and is eating plenty too. (She will only eat hand fed though)
I am so happy and hopefully she can keep this up and survive.
Thank you to everyone who has offered advice so far.
I will keep the thread updated.
I am thrilled to hear she is much improved.I took her to a rabbit specialist today who has put her on liquid paraffin and hand fed her veg all day (rather than rescue food through syringe). They also injected 30ml fluid sub cut.
I've just got her home and she has poo'd loads and is eating plenty too. (She will only eat hand fed though)
I am so happy and hopefully she can keep this up and survive.
Thank you to everyone who has offered advice so far.
I will keep the thread updated.
BE57 TOY said:
Hello everyone
I took her to a rabbit specialist today who has put her on liquid paraffin and hand fed her veg all day (rather than rescue food through syringe). They also injected 30ml fluid sub cut.
I've just got her home and she has poo'd loads and is eating plenty too. (She will only eat hand fed though)
I am so happy and hopefully she can keep this up and survive.
Thank you to everyone who has offered advice so far.
I will keep the thread updated.
So pleased to hear this.I took her to a rabbit specialist today who has put her on liquid paraffin and hand fed her veg all day (rather than rescue food through syringe). They also injected 30ml fluid sub cut.
I've just got her home and she has poo'd loads and is eating plenty too. (She will only eat hand fed though)
I am so happy and hopefully she can keep this up and survive.
Thank you to everyone who has offered advice so far.
I will keep the thread updated.
Ate and drank loads all weekend, but only when hand fed. Doesn't look like she ate or drank anything today whilst we were out. OH is in tomorrow so will monitor!
Does stress set rabbits back in their recovery? Ie going to the vets, can it set them back? OH is reluctant to go to the vets as often as I'd like in fear of this!
Does stress set rabbits back in their recovery? Ie going to the vets, can it set them back? OH is reluctant to go to the vets as often as I'd like in fear of this!
She is still eating albeit a much smaller and fussier diet than before. So she is mainly just eating Kale at the moment! We have also bought a run and taken her outside for the first time which she seems to really enjoy.
She's back to herself personality wise too.
We are having to monitor her closely though as she is still losing weight and not drinking much.
Thank you to everyone here who has helped / advised and cared about her.
I will continue to update!
She's back to herself personality wise too.
We are having to monitor her closely though as she is still losing weight and not drinking much.
Thank you to everyone here who has helped / advised and cared about her.
I will continue to update!
Lv2spd2 said:
What a lovely rabbit.
If I may ask, what was her original diet? Also what have you tried so far to get her back to eating normally?
Thank you. If I may ask, what was her original diet? Also what have you tried so far to get her back to eating normally?
Her original diet was 99% Excel pellets for dwarf rabbits.
To get her back into eating we have been giving her fresh greens. She absolutely loves kale so has been eating that by the bucket load!
We have been told we need to get her onto a 90% hay diet which we were previously unaware of!
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