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Hello, my name is Nina and i’m happy to join this community!
I have a bunny named Mile and around the beggining of August i will get another bunny named Bella (i already planned out everything
so excited). Soo, Mile is a 1 year old male, he’s a mix between lion head and dwarf. His coat is black, his tummy is white, he has a slightly gray-ish “beard” (since he’s a lion head), and has ginger little hairs there and that. He loves his purple tunnel, favorite fruit is banana or apple (he hates citrusy fruits), favorite vegetable, he loves carrot tops and parsley (doesn’t enjoy spinach and arugula that much). He had GI statis and it was really hard in a way, of caring and going everyday to the vet, but i think that just brought us closer together. An inexperienced veterinarian checked his teeth and was like, his teeth are okay, he clearly thought he has some parasites in his intestines and not enough good bacteria in his gut so, everyday we came and he would get his shot. And in the end it turned out, Mile didn’t need the shots cause the problem was in his TEETH. The owner of the veterinary station was a older man and he checked his teeth and Mile had to go on a operation. His tongue was kinda cut, because his back teeth were sharp cause he didn’t eat much hay. He got that done and we neutered him. He stayed at the veterinarian station for a day and we picked him up tommorow morning. I started giving him some shredded carrots and lettuce cause he couldn’t eat pellets and hay, he ate like a few strands of hay and that’s it. He improved for a week, eating much more hay and even started with some pellets. I was so happy that he made it, i know one day i cried for 15 minutes thinking about i don’t want him to die, he’s my precious baby, he can’t! When i didn’t know the problem was in his teeth, i used to masage his belly everyday for 30 minute sessions about 3 times a day, cause he was gassy. And that’s the whole story, i usually get so detailed with stories i’m sorry haha
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Hi and thank you!
Yeah, although the veterinarian that checked his teeth was a young man, (about 25 years old??) he probably started working not too long ago when we brought Mile in for his problem. I do understand that he didn’t have the experience of a professional animal doctor. I’m just happy everything turned out just fine. -
Mile just sat in the corner of his cage, he did not want to move… Just sat there all day. One night i went to bed as usually, and in the middle of the night I just woke up to get a glass of water and when I came back I saw him in his litter box laying and I could hear his stomach sort of “growl”. No poops, no pee. I was extremely worried and stayed up all night to keep an eye on him. I got about 5 hours of sleep that night. I didn’t stay up all night, i got 20 minutes of sleep in between when my eyes were practically closing by itself. He had some really small poops in the morning, about 2. I allowed Mile to be on my bed when he was sick, and he peed multiple times, but that’s what makes me think myself. The whole day would pass and no pee, but when i let him hop on my bed he suddenly pees, every time! So i let him go onto my bed, cause he needed to pee and i guess that was the only way he will get it out if his body. Did he just want to mark his territory or what? Do you or anyone else know why would he do that?
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I mentioned it way too many times
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