If a rabbit doesnt eat much, it doesn’t drink much either, as a rule.

Did the vet check her inner teeth (molars)? Rabbit teeth grow continuously and unless the teeth are worn down right by chewing hay, sharp spurs can develop on their teeth, and these spur can cause pain when the rabbit eats. You can’t see the molars yourself due to the anatomy of the rabbit’s mouth, so a vet needs to check them with an otoscope. Even small spurs can cause a bun to go off its food. Molar spurs can be trimmed away under full anesthesia, and then the bun goes back to eating like normal again after a couple of days.

Your bun might seem happier now diue to the pain medication. It’s in any case a good sign and makes it even more likely that this is a molar iassue and not something really bad. Do you support feed with Critical Care? You should do that to ensure that your bun doesn’t go with an empty tummy.

You can soak normal pellets in water and syringe-feed the mush if you don’t have Critical Care. He mustn’t go with an empty tummy.

It’s reasonable that your vet wanted to see if the meds worked before putting your bun under for a dental exam. It is admittedly hard to see bunny molars when the bunny is awake – really big spurs that pierce the tongue or cheek can be seen with an otoscope on an awake bun, but very often spurs are a lot more subtle than that. I’m glad your vet is aware of bunny molar issues – not all vets are.

I had a bun that refused all food except fresh willow for 3 weeks before his vet decided it could perhaps be his teeth. He had very small spurs and she wasn’t sure they were the problem. But just a few days after the burr, my bun started eating just like normal again. During the three weeks when he didn’t eat I syringe- fed him CC and pellet mush 3 times per day. He didn’t like it while it was going on, but he forgave me after.