Thank you for the reply. I read the article and have done most of what it says. Even the massage which I don’t think she was a fan of. I just don’t know if this is a really slow process of my bun is still in danger. I guess I just hoped she would start eating on her own by now. Has anyone tried pedialyte? I’m considering giving her some of that as well. 

Posted By Sarita on 02/02/2014 12:21 PM

I know some rabbits can take awhile to start eating – I would continue what you are doing and then see if you can have the vet re-examine her tomorrow and give her more sub-q fluids. If you can do sub-q fluids at home that would be good as well.

Yeah I think I’m going to call them tomorrow and see if they’ll take her for the day and give her fluids while I’m at work. I’m just scared. :/

I’m not giving her water just whatever she gets from feeding the critical care. Would giving her water or pedialyte help too?

Thank you everyone! What a lovely bun community! She ate some pieces of romaine when I handed them to her. Not a lot but better than nothing. I gave her a few cc’s of water and some critical care. She’s peeing a lot so at least her bladder works. Haha. But I’m happy she ate something on her own! She then got angry at me for giving her infant gas drops and began to dig and tear apart the newspaper under her blanket. Someones feeling sassy at least…

This is day 5-6 of Henry’s stasis and I’m not seeing much improvement. Unfortunately it’s a level 3 snow emergency so her vets office is closed and it is actually illegal to be on the roads. 



Right now she is doing a lot of laying down or sitting up but nothing more than that. If I move her she will hop back to the spot she was laying down at. She had a day where she did pass a decent amount of feces but it has been days since then and the fecal output is very low. Sometimes nothing at all. I’m still giving her critical care and all of her meds. She will eat romaine lettuce or spring mix but only if I hand feed her and only a few pieces. She will not take it on her own. I’m getting very very worried. She doesn’t seem to be bloated but I would have no idea what that feels like. I don’t know if I’m being overly concerned or if this really will take a while to move past. I palpated her abdomen but again I wouldn’t have much of an idea if anything is odd. I do hear some very soft tummy sounds happening in her gut when I pressed my ear to it.



Am I crazy? I just wish I knew what kind of things were a sign of “recovery”. Her eyes are open, breathing is normal, eyelids are pink, mouth and tongue are pink, and her temp is 102 F.

I attached some photos to see if that can provide perspective? I have no idea. I’m lost. :/  Her eyes seem closed in the second one because my flash bothered her. Sorry if there are large photos.

Posted By Jessie1990 on 02/05/2014 10:01 AM

My rabbit Moogle has gone into stasis a few times so we have trained him when he’s well to take his meds (using water in the symethicone dropper). Anyway, it sounds like you are doing everything right. I usually give the gas drops and then I have a clean dropper from and old bottle for water because he won’t take anything out of a syringe. I do belly massages about every hour. You would want to press firmly but not so hard that you damage anything. If she shows discomfort back off. Keep throwing favorite vegetables in front of her with lots of water on them. That is another good way to help re-hydrate. keep us updated and good luck.

Also, get her to the vet if she doesn’t improve when they re-open.

I am giving her gas drops hoping that will do something. She really doesn’t want me messing with her stomach at all but she was like that before. She’s never liked being touched there. She’s definitely hydrated as she’s peeing often. 

The vet checked her teeth and everything looked good. There was one back tooth that was slightly pointed but she said it shouldn’t be a problem. She’s an amazing vet and well respected in the exotics community so I’m trying to trust that she knows what she’s doing but this is painfully slow and I’m scared every day I’ll wake up and she’ll be gone. Also, I’m not supposed to feed her any treats or fruits. She doesn’t get fed fruits anyway.