Hi everyone. I’ve been a reader of the forums for months and got some great tips from you all. Tonight I registered and this is my first post so apologies if I’ve duplicated what someone else has asked.
I have a rescue dwarf bunny, Levi, who is 2 years old. I got him last November together with a lop called Belle from a loving home who could no longer keep them. He had e cuniculi before I had him but no other health concerns. Since he’s been with me he’s gone into gi stasis in March, may, June and now july. I always pick up on it quickly – last time within an hour of him stopping eating, and get him to the vets straight away despite it usually being out of hours. I just can’t work out why it keeps happening. After the first time I stopped all high sugar treats like carrots and apples, then the vets thought it could be all the cardboard he ate so I took that away, then his vet bed which he liked to shred, so that’s gone. I keep a meticulous record of his eating, drinking and pooping habits (with photos for the vet!!) and he’s been doing brilliantly until tonight when his output is like mouse droppings and although he’s shown the same mad interest when I pour out his pellets he only ate a few. I’ve given him 1/2 a sachet of recovery complex and massaged his tummy – I heard a few gurgles, and given him some left over (but still in date) metacam. Does anyone have experience of this sort of repeat stasis? He had bloods x ray and teeth done last month and they were all fine, I just don’t think it’s fair on him to go through this every month – not to mention my employer having to give me time off, although they are ok about it as they’re all animal lovers I don’t want to take the mick.
I love him so.much and it breaks my heart to see him sick. He’s usually such an affectionate little bunny.
anyway – sorry for rambling but any advice would be so helpful