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- 04/03/2010 at 9:51 PM
  shlbysmom
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  ok so i posted about a week or so ago about my buuny that wasnt eating good and they gave me critter care and she started eating again well now she isnt eating good again i have started giveing her critter care again im calling the vet first thing monday to get her app can anybody give me an idea of whats goin on anybody else had this problem she doesnt have diareah or anything but im VERY worried !! anything will help thanks
- 04/03/2010 at 10:09 PM
  Binkles
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  Sounds like she’s going through a slow GI slowdown/ possible stasis. Just think of constipation in humans -it’s roughly the same thing, but it’s very serious in bunnies when they stop eating. Is she eating at all? How are her poos?
  
  Info on stasis: http://www.mybunny.org/info/gi_stasis.htm
  
  Try to get her to drink all the water and eat all the hay she can. Fiber and water are CRUCIAL to getting a bunny back to their normal self.
- 04/04/2010 at 5:23 AM
  RabbitPam
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  I definitely would give her the critter care again, and if you can call the vet to leave a message on the machine today, I’d do that too.
  I think a call back from the vet (I know it’s a holiday) if she checks her machine will be the best to just describe the symptoms so she can either plan to see you with an appointment tomorrow or let you know if it’s more urgent. If she’s still pooping, I don’t think it’s an emergency yet.
  
  What did the vet say it was last week? She must have told you what she thought was going on when she gave you the treatment. Please let us know, because the vet had direct information about your bunny, and we are only speculating. Guessing online can be more alarming, or inaccurate, than an exam by your vet. I’m interested to know what you were told. If critter care was the treatment, and the symptoms are the same today, then I would suspect the problem is the same still and not cleared up completely. So yes, do go to the vet tomorrow when she opens, but for now you’re doing the right thing and I just urge you to call the vet as well.
- 04/04/2010 at 5:55 AM
  Sarita
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  It could be a number of things. Stasis is not an illness, it’s a condition and you need to find the cause of it. I agree that continue the critical care and get her in for a physical exam with the vet on Monday to palpate her stomach, check her teeth, check everything – best way to know what could be wrong.
- 04/04/2010 at 5:57 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Is she sitting like she is uncomfortable? Perhaps a tummy massage may help. You would want the vet to palpitate her gut and also check her teeth. Hope she comes good!
- 04/04/2010 at 5:27 PM
  shlbysmom
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  well last time i told them i thought it was stress and they said to give her that but if she didnt get beter n a few says bring her in but she did she started eatin normal and everything then she just stoped again she is pooping it smaller than normal and she is eating her hay basket she has but thats all besides the critter care she isnt drinkning alot at all i will give her some in a syringe and c how that does but im calling the vet first thing in the morning thanks so much for the info i will let u know what the vet says !
- 04/05/2010 at 3:09 PM
  shlbysmom
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  so i took her to the vet this morning they gave her fluids and 2 shots one is reglan and tagamet and they gave her cisapride for 2 days every 12 hours , meloxicam oneca day for 4 days, trimethoprim sulfa every twelve hours for 7 days and simethicone 2 times a day for 2to 3 days twice a day .. and give her critical care and message her tummy they said she was blocked really bad she should b fine in a few days
- 04/05/2010 at 4:34 PM
  TARM
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  Oh my…<<>>
- 04/05/2010 at 9:25 PM
  shlbysmom
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  yea she wrote it all down im not goin off of memory lol thank goodness she is already acting like she is feeling beter n she has had some runny poops not a shocker since she has been pumped full of water the last 2 days but im sure it feels beter for her and she is running around more and being more nosy lol i feel sooo much beter now that i know shes got her meds n gonna get beter
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