Can you not get her to the vet asap? There are things you can do at home (massage the tummy) but she really needs to be seen by a vet asap! Keep us posted.

You really need to get her to eat. The Smithicon is good for gas, but you have to get the gut moving. Has she pooped lately?

There is no emergency vet you can take her to? You really don’t want to wait until morning.

Pedialyte and belly rubs. The Pedialyte is full of electrolytes that stimulate muscle contractions and will push whatever is stuck in there out.

You need to make sure there is no blockage before getting her to eat, which can only be done at vet. Once you know there is no blockage, then you can feed Critical Care (Oxbow). Or you can soak some pellets in warm water or chamamile tea until they are soft and fluffy. You can even mix the pellet mush with unsweetened apple sauce or canned pumpkin until it is like pudding. Then feed with a syringe. You have to be careful how you feed it though, (place syringe behind the incisors) as bunnies can aspirate the food. The dosage for Simethicone is 1-2 cc every hour. But that is only for gas relief. It will not solve the problem.

Vibes to Lulu, please keep us updated. You should keep critical care on hand.

Get better Lulu!!
(((hugs)))

So happy to hear it! Yay Lulu!

Glad she’s okay.

She probably had a little bout of gas. Stormy gets that sometimes and a dose or two of simethicone perks him right back up.

IMO, the two most important things for a bunny owner to have on hand at all times: Simethicone and Critical Care. If you don’t use it often, make sure to check expiry dates so you always have usable products available if needed.

Is she pooping?

I guess just watch her. Has she ever had dental problems before?

If you take her in, you may want to have her teeth looked at.

How did she do today?

Simethicone is an anti-gas remedy. I use the eye dropper that comes with the package. “Ovol” is the brand I use. The dosage I follow is 1 ml per hour for the first 3 hours and then 1 ml every few hours thereafter (this is good for a 3-5lb bunny, a bigger bunny will probably need a bigger dose). After this many doses, if there is no improvement and/or bunny seems to be in pain, it’s most likely not going to help and a vet is needed asap. It doesn’t hurt to give simethicone to a bunny who doesn’t want to eat because it won’t hurt them even if gas is not the issue. When one of my buns doesn’t want to eat I usually give a small dose of simethicone.

Critical Care is a nutrition substitute you can mix with water or juice to force feed a bunny that is unwilling to eat. There is a recommended dosage on the package (depends on how much your bunny weighs). You can use a syringe or eyedropper. It’s important to force feed a bunny that will not eat because after 12-24 hours of nothing going through the digestive system, it will start shutting down which is extremely serious. You can get Critical Care from a rabbit vet and it comes in 2 different flavours.

You have to be extremely careful when force-feeding a bun or giving oral meds. Put the eyedropper on the side of the mouth and squeeze a very small amount in, let bunny chew and swallow, and then repeat. Forcing too much liquid in can result in aspiration (liquid going into lungs) which can lead to more problems.

Hope this helps.

I don’t think the brand matters, so that is okay for the simethicone.

Brand of Simethicone does not matter. And there is some debate whether Simethicone works as some vets say that (hope I am phrasing this right) bunnies gas troubles are more “frothy” and Simethicone helps break up gas bubbles- so they doubt the Simethicone works. I assume this is due to the difference of a human GI tract as opposed to how different a herbivore GI tract is. BUT- Simethicone works physically and is not absorbed into the body like a medication- it works on the gas bubbles to break them up and help them pass easier. So with that being the way the body uses it- there are no risks to using Simethicone or overdosing even if you give every couple of hours. I have used it on my bunnies and does it help- hard to say as I have used other vet recommended meds too. Did it hurt? No, certainly not. So some vets might consider it just added hydration as they think it may have no benefit. But personally- it is a theory as to whether it helps or does not help- and I will take ALL THE HELP I can get when my bunnies are ill!
 

EDIT: glad to hear bunny is back to normal!!!!!