Did the vet tell you what he/she thought could be wrong? Did the vet give you any medication?

How long have you been hand feeding her?

How much does she weigh? A teaspoon is not enough. I would start with 1 oz three times a day until she starts eating.

Also did the vet look at her teeth to see if she had dental problems like molar spurs?

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I wish the vet had examined her more, when a rabbit shows illness it’s urgent-period.

If she’s haunched up, you can give her some OVOL (baby gas meds), 1-2 ml (it won’t hurt her if you give it and she doesn’t have gas).

In the meantime I’d phone around to try to find a more rabbit savvy vet. Did the vet take her temp, or do you know how to do so? (Just use a plastic thermometer, anally, use some vaseline though!). If you can’t, and she feels cool, give her a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel and or keep her in your lap for warmth. Hypothermia is very dangerous.

Sounds like she’s going through a bout of statis to me-Sarita what do you think?

Did the vet palpate the stomach, do you know? Did he feel a full stomach?

I would start feeding him the critical care though at least one ounce 3 times a day or more if he will eat more.

Please keep us updated. Hopefully the metacam will help with the upset stomach.

I would say if you don’t see any improvement over the weekend get her back to the vet on Monday – of course if she starts declining then you will want to get her to a vet sooner. It may be something more than the upset stomach if she does not start eating by Monday and further tests like bloodwork may be in order.

Normal range is between 101-103F (Unfortunately a drop of 1-2 degrees can indicate hypothermia and some buns just ‘run’ a little cooler or warmer then others, so it’s best to know the normal range ahead of time-however if your out of the range you at least know somethings wrong)

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Hi snickybun – I got your email. Sending healing vibes! You have received such excellent advice Also, note that if you are not used to taking rectal temperatures it can be normal for people to not to push it in  far enough and then the temp comes out colder than normal. Of course you don’t want to go too far either.(no more than an inch).   Depending on what temp gage you have,

Here is a great article about how to take your bunny’s rectal temperature. #2 in the article

http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/sickbun.html

My vet recommend the “flexible” thermometer. I  have “ComfortFlex” and my vet showed me how deep with THAT thermometer – Insert a little bit passed the metal part.   So no metal should be showing.

She also said for future ref – if you’re just not sure if you’re getting it right or don’t feel comfortable pushing deeper, then just do it how you feel comfortable, but get a regular readings of the temperature of your bunny when s/he’s healthy, and though it may be lower temp due to not getting it pushed in, at least you’ll know if there is something wrong if the temp is higher and lower than what you normally get.   I know that doesn’t help for this incident, but it’s something that can help anyone reading this for future ref.

I am so sorry – I will visit your other post regarding this.

I’m so sorry Snickybun

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