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Forum DIET & CARE No poop since morning, possibly last night

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    • aBeautifulHope
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        Hello!  I currently have a young lion head who has not popped since sometime this morning, possibly last night.  The past day or two her poops had been slightly ‘wonky’ but I chalked it up to the fact that I had just moved her into my room and she was still adjusting to my dog/whatnot (she was in a very quiet room prior to this).  There is not ONE single emergency rabbit vet within 4 hours (I’m not sure there is even one that close tbh), and I live in the US so it’s a holiday weekend, there isn’t even a normal bunny vet open within two hours (the closest ‘normal’ one I have is about an hour away)…and won’t be until Monday.  So I’m in a bit of a pickle.  She hasn’t ever eaten much hay…I had been trying to sprinkle her pellets throughout it, I put dried flowers (her favorite), alfalfa leaf, dandelion greens, the whole gamut to try to get her to eat it (I also had it ALL over the place thinking maybe seeing it everywhere would help her eat some?  Nope.  She just pees on it.).  But she is on unlimited pellets and eats a good bit of them.  She is eating her pellets today, I even gave her some romaine an hour or two ago to see if maybe getting some fluid/fiber into her would help…but so far no luck.  She’s hopping about and acting totally normal, so I don’t know what to think?  She’s not really shedding so I don’t THINK it’s wool block, but it could be that…I’m going to pick up simethicone, some alfalfa hay (I’m at the point where if she’ll eat any hay I’ll be happy), critical care, and then I have over 40 liters of ringers on hand for my horses that I could easily use to sub-q her (just have to get some smaller syringes and needles)…what gage needle should I use for a small rabbit (stores are going to close soon so I want to make sure I have everything on hand in case things go south tonight)?  Brand of simethicone?  Doesn’t matter?  I would appreciate any help I could get


      • Megabunny
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          Oh Boy. I’m not a good one to ask but to get you started, and I hope someone else jumps in, canned pumpkin…not the pie filling but straight pumpkin…is high in moisture and fibre and sometimes they’ll eat that when they won’t eat anything else, once you get them to take a taste or two of it. She could have quite a bit of that.

          Sounds like you know all the stuff to get to help this baby along, though if she’s eating pellets, hopefully you’re going to be OK. I’m doubting she’d be eating that many Good to keep her exercising and moving about. I’d probably consider being “bad” and offering alfalfa hay, but you said you’re going to. I think a 20g needle would be OK. I definitely wouldn’t go any larger than that, and, of course, 25g would take forever. I can’t remember if there’s an in between size?? Just the baby simethicone is fine. This is brief, but you sound like you’re off to a good start and I’ve not treated for this and don’t care to, but that’s what I can think of right now.

          And have you held up the grassy hay right to her mouth? Sometimes then they’ll take it. I’m sure you’ll get other good ideas from people, but wanted to get started because I know you’re eager to get to the store. All the best.


        • Megabunny
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            Oh and belly massages if she seems hunched and in pain


          • LBJ10
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              Baby formula simethicone is fine to give.

              Here’s a good article that gives dosage information:
              http://www.rabbit.org/chapters/se-pennsylvania/GIStasis.htm


            • aBeautifulHope
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                Thanks both of you! Sorry for just updating, but I did read both of y’all’s replies within MINUTES of you posting them, but I just didn’t have time to respond…I think we’re past the rough patch! I got her some Timothy hay with mint in it, and she has been nibbling on that (I’ve also made sure she has lots of pellets…I think making her root through the hay to eat her pellets was causing her to not eat as much and brought this on…I am not going to attempt restricting pellets/making her look through her hay for them to get her to eat hay again! Back to the drawing boards for that one I guess. Bleh) and her poos are now (mostly) back to normal…They’re fairly dry, just a little dark, which I think could be caused by the alfalfa pellets she’s on (she’s only 12ish weeks old I believe? Not 100% sure), so I’m probably going to pick up some Timothy pellets after I get paid next week. And, yes, I now have all of the needed supplies on hand and hopefully I will never need them, but if I do I have them now!!!


              • Megabunny
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                  I was hoping that would be the case. Good luck with all that!! Hope you don’t need any of those supplies!!
                  Eventually, as she gets older, it might help to know that, ideally, when they get more restricted pellets in adulthood, their droppings, while still needing to look big, are supposed to look pale and dry…indicating more hay is being eaten. But that’s down the road for you, I think. Someone once posted an amazing link to something about how poop should look and what it means if it looks like this or that. Of course, I didn’t keep that link 🙁 But many of us were surprised.
                  All the best! She is a cutie. Love your avatar


                • Bam
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                    Megabunny, perhaps this was the link, Guide to bunny poop? I don’t remember who posted it orginally.
                    http://imgur.com/a/5N4lD


                  • Megabunny
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                      That’s it! Thanks. I try to keep some of these things on hand for future needs, whether myself or someone else. I’m going to add that to the list. Thanks Bam!

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