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Thank you, Bam. Logically I think I understand that we didn’t have many options and there’s no way to know if the outcome would have been any different, but of course my broken heart is telling me otherwise. I’m trying to take some comfort in the fact that she was at home with familiar smells, and her sister was with her and got to say…[Read more]

I’m so glad to hear that worked better! I always had luck with it, so I figured it was worth a shot. And yes, they would actually swallow instead of letting it ooze out of their mouths. So much better than trying to burrito them!

Thank you, that’s really good advice!

So usually I would pick her up and set her on my lap on a large cushion while on the sofa and medicate there. Perhaps you are right and maybe the whole sofa and pillow are not making her feel secure! I tried floor medicating today and it actually went better, she was able to move away for a quick break couple…[Read more]

I’m quite late to the thread but figured I would chime in for current/future readers: I also feed Orchard Grass, and I felt like the past year or so I was getting a lot of brown hay, a lot of dust and a lot of some other pieces I didn’t recognize in the Small Pet Select boxes. Could very well have been a mix of Alfalfa and/or Timothy in there but…[Read more]

How are you handling her when administering the meds? I found it so much easier and less stressful to “sit” on them. I would sit on my knees and tuck them between my legs. Perhaps my buns just preferred having all 4 feet on the floor, but there was way less struggling compared to trying to do a burrito.

As for butt washing, I only had to do that…[Read more]

It wasnt your fault and I think she was in such a bad way that the fluids wouldnt have made a difference at that point in time. But it was the right call, feeding her more CC is counter-indicated when there’s a blockage. I think they clinic ought to have given her pain meds/a prescription for pain meds, but I’m definitely not a vet so this is just…[Read more]

I agree with LBJ. Mushrooms in garden beds tends to mean the soil is good and healthy. Obv make sure no broken off parts of the mushrooms get served to the buns. Most mushrooms aren’t super toxic, but a cpl years ago I had a gyromitra false morel growing in one of my pallet collar veggie beds, and that’s a *very* poisonous mushroom.

Mushrooms can’t really contaminate vegetables beyond perhaps some spores on the surface. I personally wouldn’t be concerned, especially if the veggies are washed well.

It sounds like getting her to the vet was the right choice! Hoping she gets better quickly 🙂