Thanks guys for the quick responses!! It’s hard to tell with pooping since there are two in there and the liter wasn’t changed today. They have mostly been in their cage today, I should have noticed better. She did drink earlier today, I do know that since I was watching her drink. She did something 2 days ago I believe….she was sitting weird with her back legs, almost looking in discomfort and I was going to post something but she only did it twice and she was fine, hoping around and eating (maybe it was the start of GI), almost like she had to poop. There were cecals in the litter (I think from yesterday) but figured someone just forgot to eat it. God I feel like I haven’t paid enough attention to what was happening I will check in on her again before I go to bed and let you guys know what’s going on in the morning.
Fluffy, what is simethicone exactly, do you get it at a regular store? I know we’ve fed my first rabbit Mineral Oil when he was having some pooping problems (I probably wasn’t suppose to do that…but didn’t know back then)

This is Ski’s husband posting.

I just woke up and fed them their pellets and she wouldn’t move from her corner on the second floor. I grabbed a handful of pellets and tried hand feeding her but she turned away. So I grabbed a raisin and she sniffed it for a moment and then turned away again. I noticed too she was sitting like she had the other day and there was a tiny poop behind her. It was much more tiny than what she usually produces. Unfortunately we weren’t able to get Simethicone or use any of your other suggestions due to the lateness of the night. I fear now if we waited to long. She last ate a raisin before Ski went to bed around 12:30 am and it’s now 7:00 am. Our vet opens in an hour and we’ll be taking her in ASAP.

Hey guys, my husband filled me in. No vet yet, and actually we called Niles but the rabbit vet wasn’t in today! So we called the one by us (the one I didn’t care for…) and they were suppose to be open but we just got the answering machine >< So we called another one, they didn't deal with rabbits, we called the one next door to the one right around the corner and they didn't deal with rabbits but said to try next door. I said we just got their answering machine and she sounded confused and gave me a few other places that might deal with rabbits. We tried next door again and we finally got through (betting the other vet went over to inform them they forgot to turn the answering machine off). The earliest we can get in is 10am. I really don't care for that vet (if we're seeing the same guy, most likely) but they're the closest (and probably only other) vet that deals with rabbits. Why do they have to consider them exotic, geez! Still little poops and she wouldn't take anything I gave her. Husband said her stomach was really loud this morning too. We'll go out and get that medicine for the future! But it was so late and husband was asleep and I was so tired I couldn't drive. So now we'll always keep that on hand just in case.

Sorry for the delay…we started out at the vet and ended up at the ER.    We took Gracie in and they gave her an iv for fluids.  The dr. also gave her a shot of…I can’t remember the name but it started with an R.  He gave us some meds called Metoclopramide and to disolve it in water and give it to her by syringe.  Does that sound right??  I’m not up on rabbit medicine   I have to give it to her in a 1/2 hour.  

So on to the ER part…I have no clue what happened, I get this way about once or so a year.  They were putting the IV in Gracie and I started to feel a bit weak, then sick, then I got really hot.  I knew then I had to sit down because next part is usually darkness and I always sit down during that part and then I’m fine.  Well this time I sat in the chair and closed my eyes to calm down, I guess that’s when the darkness came and I just remember feeling like I was falling out of my chair and then feeling my glasses hit the floor (as I thought “oh no my glasses!!”) and feeling my head hit the floor.  So yup, I fainted!    An ice pack, water, and a few embaressing moments later I was a bit better.  We dropped Gracie off at the house and decided to go to the ER because you can never be too careful with hitting your head!  We were there for 6 hours!  They did an ekg, 4 tubes of blood, tested for low blood sugar, put an iv in my hand in case I felt like I was going to faint again (OWW!!!), hooked me up to some kind of monitor (those sticky things hurt so bad to get off!) and did a kat scan.  The results…..nothing, I’m fine.  Which is good but at the same time I wished I knew why that happens to me once a year.  *sigh*  So that was my “relaxing” Saturday   While I was in the ER I had my parents come over the house and feed them and when I talked to them my mom said that Gracie had eatten some lettuce!!  When we got home she ate some more and had some pellets!  There’s little poops all over so I think she’s getting better!  I’m so happy!

Posted By Sarita on 09/12/2009 03:48 PM
Oh dear, I’m sorry you fainted. Your under alot of stress with this and I admit I cannot stomach some of the things they do in vet’s offices and doctors offices either so I understand why you fainted. Hugs to you.

Metroclopramide and reglan are the same drug – they are gut motility drugs so that sounds right. I know you can get Reglan/metroclopramide in a injectible and an oral form…never heard of a powder form in this but I have in cisapride which is another gut motility drug.

Did they give you any pain medication for her or give her a pain shot?

Fluids are good too.

It’s in a pill form but it just dissolves in water.  She took it really well.  They didn’t give her any pain meds or shot but she hasn’t looked in pain.  She was a lot more lively once she got fluids…  She’s in her spot again laying down, but hopefully she’ll get up and moving soon.

Thanks guys!    A couple Tylenol and I’m feeling a lot better today, just a big knot in my head, at least it’s not black and blue  

Gracie has been pooping everywhere haha!  Last night my husband called me in and said he thinks he knows what was making her not go to the bathroom and pointed to this long thing of poop almost strung together with other poop….it looked like it would have been quite painful!    She’s getting back to her old self, I think she just likes sitting on the second floor because she can look down at Sandy and see what she’s up to hehe!

Yes, hopefully someone can get to the bottom of why that happens to me…I’ve had it since high school but have never actually gotten to the point where I faint, just almost black out and then I’m better….hmmm…

EDIT: I almost forgot…they gave us like 30 of those pills but the dr. never really said how long to keep giving it to her.  She’s eating pretty good now, do I give her the whole bottle?  I was going to ask the vet tomorrow to when I go to take Sandy to get her staples out (yay!!)  (different vet)

Posted By Petzy on 09/13/2009 04:33 PM
wow. what a stress. i am relieved for you to see Gracie well again. and you, too.
well, one new thing came out of it: your husband posted!

  He doesn’t post much but he sure does read them!  He’s as bad as me, he’s always checking BB for new comments (and likes seeing everyone’s pics of their buns hehe!)

She’s doing much better now. We called the vet and he said as long as she’s gotten her appetite back and is back to normal we can stop giving her meds and just keep them on hand if it happens again.