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I hope he’ll be in good enough shape for you to get to take him home, always feels better when you have them with you.

Did you have to rebond after that time when he had that big surgery for suspected LLT?

It’s in a way wonderful when they cope by becoming more affectionate towards the hooms. What we don’t want is withdrawal and poor appetite.

Still at vets,  looks like he will be able to go home late afternoon.  Was hoping earlier to make sure bond is ok, but will probably need to keep them separate at least tonight. Not looking forward to re-bonding, but hopefully it will be smooth.  Miu seems to be doing ok, but looked bit lonely in the evening especially.  She seemed to be loo…[Read more]

Poop!!!

It’s probably best for him to stay over night. ER vet clinics have resources that we can’t match at home.

There were some poops!  But they wanted to keep him overnight.  Want him home, but running on fumes and not sure if I would be up to hourly checks and medications & force feeding.  Hopefully he start eating on his own tonight. Still so happy no surgery or decompression needed.

She tends to be a bit of a moray eel in how she reacts when something scares her. She tends to aggressively lunge at what ever is close, even if it is Dorian or me. Also very smell driven, I sort of wonder at her vision. She actually stomped her foot and got agitated when she smelled my hand that Dorian had licked while at vet. I think your…[Read more]

So glad to hear there’s been improvement!

I don’t know about rebonding, I think there was a case here recently when the bun that had been hospitalized was kept in the carrier until the other bun had had the opportunity to check it out a bit. Maybe rub a towel on Miu, then on Dorian, before you let them together. To avoid a violent attack before…[Read more]

They called, he has improved as far as his stomach isn’t as big and tight, they are discussing feeding him. Looks like he will most likely avoid any aggressive treatments. I get another update late afternoon, unless there is any changes. Here’s hoping the phone doesn’t ring until 3 – 5pm.

I am worried about having to rebond, Miu freaked out when…[Read more]

I hope he”ll pass it on his own. I would’ve gone to the ER too. A partial blockage seems likely, they cant always see it on x-rays, it most often occurs where the stomach empties into the small intestine bc the passage there is very narrow. If they have to they can try to decompress the stomach via the mouth through a tube to relieve…[Read more]

Ended up taking him to emergency vet.  Currently waiting for them to call me. He had a huge gas bubble and lots of liquid in stomach based on xray.  No visible blockage, but can’t rule it out. They were hoping he would be able to pass on his own,  said the would call me immediately if he got worse and they needed to do a compaction (may be ge…[Read more]

I’m very sorry Dorian isnt well.

The stress of getting in the carrier sometimes make things start to move, if indeed it is gas. He cant be allowed to just lie down and not move, but you should of course not chase him. The gas needs to come out. He probably needs rehydration, sub q or in more serious cases, IV.

Metoclopramide is counter-indicated…[Read more]

RE: the vet appt, make sure both rabbits go to the vet, as taking only one can break a bond since the departing rabbit comes back smelling very different.

There are a number of possibilities for the behavior, but in general, just keep in mind we are humans and they are rabbits, so how we perceive the world and relationships is very different from…[Read more]

My recommendation is to have both spayed– this is not only crucial for longevity and for their individual behaviors, but also because regardless if they are related or not, a pair of rabbits where at least one is intact (i.e., not spayed/neutered) significantly increases the likelihood that they will not have a stable, long-term bond. Young…[Read more]

I’m sorry you lost your Oliver.

The bun mom might feel protective about her kit. She could still be feeding it, even though the baby is probably also quite a bit on its own. She’s still dealing with some mom-hormones and she’s in a new environment that probably doesn’t resemble her old home. If she is eating and otherwise seems healthy, I think…[Read more]

Oh good! That’s great news… I have continued to feed Oxbow Senior pellets for a few weeks now 🙂

Thanks for sharing! Glad I switched…

It’s great that he is eating. There could be some sort of malabsorption that stops him from gaining, in which case support formula would be a good idea. These formulas are made for easy uptake, so the body doesnt have to work so hard to get to the good stuff.

Your bun is a big breed bun, my great rabbit vet says big breed buns can’t sustain…[Read more]

You say he had x-rays previously which showed elongated tooth roots and a weepy eye – how long ago was this, and has he had any repeat scanning since?

One of my previous rabbits had this and it eventually developed into a very nasty tooth tooth abscess. So if he hasn’t had any repeat scanning since initially showing symptoms of a dental p…[Read more]