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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 07/21/2017 at 9:39 AM
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  Hi Everyone!
  
  My boys came home last night after 36 hours at the vet for their neuters. Bombur is doing just fine and wants to be his usual playful and cuddly self. Asriel is on Sulfatrim for kicking too hard during a temp reading and breaking open the incision site. Bombur loves the pain medicine and gladly licked it out of the syringe, whereas Asriel was a struggle to get through his double syringes. Asriel ate all his greens and some pellets and oats. Bombur has been peeing and pooping normally. Asriel seemed to have what appeared to be diarrhea after I gave him the Sulfatrim last night. It looked like he pooped out a strand of hay with poop pellets intertwined. I gave him oats, and he’s been pooping normal since that one brief scare.
  
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  1. How concerned should I be with the one case of what appeared to be diarrhea? It hasn’t happened since, and he’s eating just fine and he’s up and about. Should I take him back to the vet?
  
  2. My discharge papers said to confine them to their cages for the next week, but they both seem like they want to be out and about. Is bringing them out into a small exercise space okay?
  
  3. They seem fine without the pain medicine, but get really tired as soon as I give it to them. The bottle says 5-7 days, but is that super necessary? They really already want to be on their feet and moving again.
  
  Thanks
- 07/21/2017 at 10:06 AM
  Mikey
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  Antibiotics and pain killers can sometimes cause squishy/wet poops. Not usually full on diarrhea, but if it only happened once as soon as you brought him home and hasnt happened since, you might not have to worry. You can always call the vet and ask for advice, too. If he has another diarrhea accident, definitely phone the vet as he might need to switch meds.
  
  They need a relatively small space where they cannot really run, jump, or binky. Any of these activities can rip the wound site open while healing.
  
  I would call and ask your vet just in case. Some buns can do without pain killers, but some cant. It would be best for Asriel if he stays on his pain killers due to kicking the wound site open at the vets.
- 07/21/2017 at 9:27 PM
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  Asriel will absolutely not take his meds. We sat there with him for a half hour trying everything. We injected it into a carrot, and he could smell it. We put it on his paws and instead of licking it he dipped in water. We did a bunritto he squirmed out of. My husband suggested pinning him down but I feel like that’s a bad idea.
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- 07/21/2017 at 9:52 PM
  Wick & Fable
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  For pain meds, Wick was given metacam for 7 days, once per day as needed. I used it twice for him.
  
  Metacam smell is so potent, plus it lingers and it’s a weird gelatinous texture… Wick did not enjoy it. Rather than pinning down, which implies holding down spine, I have always used two fingers, linked around the area between jaw and shoulders (neck area). Not choking so you leave space between your fingers and neck, but the jaw bone and shoulder blades prevent your rabbit from squirming too much. Immediately after the dose, set the syringe on the ground and per him or have a treat ready.
  
  The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
- 07/21/2017 at 11:53 PM
  Q8bunny
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  Stringy poos are usually strung on hair fibers, not hay (since hay gets chewed up and pulverised). It’s not unusual after a period of gut slowdown, such as neuter experience, to have a really gelatinous mushy poo before resuming production of increasingly normal poos.
  
  Definitely confine to a small space (pen is fine, but make it too small to binky or zoom) – especially Asriel.
  
  The Metacam – you can gauge need based on bun body language and appetite. Reluctance to move and/or eat usually indicates pain and then you should dose to relieve discomfort. If buns behave normally, don’t worry about it… keep it on hand for emergencies in future. The Metacam my vet gives us for our emergency kit is honey scented and flavoured and Choo goes nuts if he even smells it. It would explain why Bombur doesn’t mind it, the little glutton.
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