GI Statis or not?

[Thekillergreece]

Every morning I wake up, my rabbit always go crazy for a food so I give her a box of hard pellets and this time, today, she won’t eat it at all. After I freed her from the cage and after I poured water onto the box to soften the hard pellets, she would eat them ONLY out of the cage.

Is this a GI statis symptom?

[Thekillergreece]

Now she doesnt seem to eat at all but she’s still happy, running to me when I approach and sort of.Her behavior towards to me is fine but not the food.

At one point, she won’t eat and one point she will. (Outside of the cage and seems to be resisting when I help her get in the cage)

I am confused.

EDIT: She eats fine outside of the cage. She would even lay on the floor, relaxed.

[Bam]

If she eats, it’s good. A bunny in stasis won’t eat anywhere. Does she poop? If you clean out her litter-box you can keep track of how much she poops.

Keep an eye on her though, any changes from normal behavior warrants vigilance. Is it hot where you are? Is she molting?

[Thekillergreece]

Posted By bam on 6/08/2016 2:43 AM

If she eats, it’s good. A bunny in stasis won’t eat anywhere. Does she poop? If you clean out her litter-box you can keep track of how much she poops.

Keep an eye on her though, any changes from normal behavior warrants vigilance. Is it hot where you are? Is she molting?

She seems to be fine now, ate all the pellets I gave her in a box and no, weather is cold now due to rain. Molting?

[Bam]

Sometimes buns get an upset tummy when they are molting. I’m glad she’s fine now =)

[Thekillergreece]

Posted By bam on 6/08/2016 4:12 AM

Sometimes buns get an upset tummy when they are molting. I’m glad she’s fine now =)

She might not be hungry at all in the morning I guess.

She’s laying on floor now, all good!

EDIT:

If she, for example, curls up in a ball like this 

http://www.therabbithouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/701.jpg

And if the rabbit during sleep is clicking her teeths, is that a symptom? Overall, are those 2 symptoms of GI stasis?

[Bam]

Neither the position she’s in on the pic or teeth-clicking in her sleep are signs of stasis. She looks very relaxed in your pic!

A bunny that has gas or a gut slowdown/ stasis will sit in a hunched up position or actively try to press her tummy to the floor, looking almost like a human doing push-ups. The bunny does not look happy or relaxed and it’s reluctant to move – if it moves at all, it tries to hide, sometimes in a spot where it doesn’t normally go. It won’t take a treat. There’s not as much poop in the litter-box as there normally is.

Those are the things to look out for.

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