Adopted a new bun on Thursday (5th april). She didn’t settle at all that night, and we realised in the morning she hasn’t eaten or gone to the loo. We started liquid feeds and rushed her to the vet who confirmed she had no gut sounds, and gave her a gut stimilant. Fastworward to now and she is still extremely scared. We have changed her set up so she now has an area where she can exercise safely without coming into contact with our other rabbit but also get into her cage if she wants. She barely eats, we have continued liquid feeds and 2 different gut stimulants and she doesn’t really go to the loo (maybe a few poo’s a day).

The vet has confirmed that there’s no physical reason for her gut stasis, her temperature is normal and she has good colour. She’s alert, follows noises. But she doesn’t show any interest in food or water. I have tried everything, mixed up with different veg and fruit. When she does eat it’s a tiny amount (like a small flourette of broccoli) when we aren’t in the same area. Her stasis seems to be caused by extreme stress. It’s a catch 22 where I stress her out to liquid feed and give her meds but without them she could deteriorate. She is meant to be a netherland dwarf however she weighs 1.6 kg so I think she’s a false dwarf. I’ve only ever had mini lop’s so not sure exactly how much they should eat (however I expect it would be alot more than her current diet)

Has anyone else experienced something similar? I feel like I’ve tried everything but it just doesn’t seem to be helping her. Im worried that she won’t settle at all and think I might have to return her as she won’t take to us