Stasis is very scary. My Buttercup has dealt with it on three occasions. The first two she only needed a few injections and oral medication and she began eating very quickly but the 3rd it took her a little longer and so we had to syringe feed her. If your bun is already pooping, that’s a fantastic sign! And it’s good that you’re adding extra water to her CC mix as that will help things move along. As for when your bun will eat on his own, it’s tricky because you want to make sure she has something in her tummy but of course feeding her the CC is going to make her full and not want or need to eat on her own. It’s sort of a judgement call really. How often are you syringe feeding? If I recall,  I was syringe feeding every 4 hours. I would continue to syringe feed regularly until she starts to look a little perkier and be a bit more active, then you can try and delay one of the feedings to give her the opportunity to eat on her own. It’s difficult because every case of stasis is so different. 

Is she moving about at all? 

Agreed that it is good she is pooping some! I went through this recently with my girl as well. When Thor was sick, the only thing she would eat willingly was kale. Have you tried giving her some favorite veggies? It can help to wet them down extra to add to her water intake.

How are her energy levels? If she is lethargic I would also keep an eye on her body temperature. You can check her ears, if they are cold try to warm her up some with blankets or moving her to a warm area.

we go through GI slowdown with Bramble regularly, and he has been in full stasis twice. What we do is fully syringe feed him the first day (obviously we have food/hay/water available for him but we give him his full days worth syringe feeding is what I mean) the second day, before every syringe feed we spend 10-15 mins trying to encourage him to eat a little on his own, if he eats a little we cut down the syringe feed a little. Usually leafy greens are the first thing they go back to after stasis and it can take a day or two for them to eat their nuggets again. My vet always says that even if all he will eat is stuff you would normally limit like sugary treats, to give those as its more important he eats something than what he eats and a day or so of too much sugar is nowhere near as bad for him as a day or two of not eating enough.

getting your bun moving helps a lot, when bramble is sick all he wants to do is lie in the litter box (which he never does any other time so we are alerted as soon as he is unwell which is a good thing) so we pick him up and put him in the other side of the room regularly – he then has to hop the length of the room to get back. Sure it annoys him a little but better he is moving about.

Once he starts eating reasonably regularly we start giving extra portions of leafy greens (which his brother Ron appreciates very much too!) then cut back to our normal feeding over a few days.

Glad to hear she is making some progress! I would guess that the rug digging is a sign that she is frustrated or uncomfortable because of her illness. Has she seemed off at all in the days leading up to when she stopped eating?

How is she today?