Hello! So, the other night me and my boyfriend noticed my bunny Lucy was acting very different. I had offered her a treat that night and she didn’t want it, which is completely unlike her because usually she goes bananas for treats. Then for the rest of the night her personality had changed, and her breathing was extremely fast and stressed. as the night progressed she wasn’t eating, drinking or pooping. I began to panick and started researching information. I knew she had been shedding a lot , and her a few of her poops a few days prior were stringing together. What came up with her symptoms when I had did research was that she may have had “wool block.” So I had some critical care on hand, and I gave her some. Once the critical care was digested she seemed to be better and had popped a little. Although her poops were still strung together. The next day I took her to the vet, I showed the vet a video of her breathing and explained her symptoms while also showing her some of her poops. That day Lucy wasn’t showing any of the same symptoms from the night before. She had ate, drank and pooped prior to the vet visit and her personality was starting to come back. The vet told me she believed Lucy was in the first stages of GI stasis. She then gave Lucy fluids and buprenorphine. She prescribed me buprenorphine, critical care and probiotics every day until Lucy starts feeling better. She told me I didn’t have to give Lucy the buprenorphine until the next day. After the vet trip, for the entire night Lucy was completely loopy. She spent the entire night not eating, pooping or drinking. She stared at a wall for hours and was completely not herself and unaware of her surroundings. I researching buprenorphine and it said that it should have only lasted 20 minutes and then the bunny would be ok and back to normal. I gave Lucy critical care before I went to sleep, and the next morning she still had not eaten, pooped or drank anything. And was also still acting extremely loopy and drugged out. She finally pooped and started eating a little around noon. Now I am scared of give her the buprenorphine again because I feel as if it isn’t helping her if she is blocked up with hair. It seemed as though it slowed her digestive track even more! I was wondering if anyone had any experience with wool block and buprenorphine? Should I continue the buprenorphine treatment? I have not given it to her in over a day now and she is pooping, eating and her activity is increasing. Her poops are still strung together but not as much as before. Please give me any options on this situation or personal experiences. Thank you.
Also any information on how to nurse my bunny back to good digestive health and get her poops to stop stringing together. Please!!