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Oh Dana, I am so so sorry to hear this!!  =(   (((hug)))   My heart sank when I read this, especially because it sounds so similar to what Teddy went through on his last day.  (Though with Teddy, he was not able to breathe completely normally that day; he would calm down and stop opening his mouth or making noise, but he would still open his top l…[Read more]

It’s been a while since I’ve updated. There have been some little issues over the last few months, and so far we’ve been able to deal with everything but this time I think it’s actually quite serious and probably means it’s time to say goodbye. When I was giving him his usual bum bath he suddenly started having very labored breathing. Very loud,…[Read more]

Cataracts can also be from EC! But also from age, as you said. It can be very difficult to tease thing apart but I would mention it to your vet again. The treatment for EC is generally very well tolerated.

I agree with bam! Meloxicam is great but it’s basically the equivalent of ibuprofen. It can only go so far in cases of acute and severe pain. And yes if he is showing any signs of improvement I would stick with the current course.

Molting can def be a trigger. It seems like many buns will go into stasis in spring time, even if they aren’t molting…[Read more]

One thing you can do for training treats is to use the bun’s normal daily pellet ration as treats. Then you can have something like a tiny piece of fruit as a “high value” treat. I’ve seen some trainers cut a dried cranberry into 1/8ths. One thing I’ve learned from dog training is if the treat smells really good it doesn’t have to be large!

I havent tried this particular brand, but I did have a different brand of all timothy pellets. I’m sure they were very healthy, but unfortunately, my buns didnt consider them treats.

So I used them as maintenance food together with hay, and used normal pellets as treats. It is always difficult to find a treat that’s both yummy and not…[Read more]

Fingers crossed he’ll keep improving!

I agree it’d just be stressful for him to take him in for more testing/x-rays if the meds do their work within reasonable time. Once he’s eating a bit and there’s pee and poop, recovery can -and often is- be slow and nerve-wrecking, but as long as you see progress it seems he’s recieving the proper…[Read more]

Thank you! I had thought of EC when he first fell ill, but the my vet didn’t think it so with the symptoms he presented. His ear infection (staph was identified) was severe and the lean was to the affected ear side, so it made sense. I know there can be secondary infection of EC on top of it but he doesn’t seem to show many signs of that.  He…[Read more]

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My buns appreciate Oxbow Essentials, but then they are dedicated om-nom-nomnivores, so they never turn their little noses up at anything edible 😂

As Dana says, the vast majority of buns tolerate good quality pellets excellently, if theyre introduced somewhat slowly. It’s not until if you encounter a problem that you need to try and pinpoint where…[Read more]