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It’s very strange because during the day he seems like he is gassy and I can hear his stomach gurgling, so I have been giving him a dose of Benebac daily along with the Nystatin (anti-fungal). He acts totally fine during the day and eats tons of hay, but he will sit in his litter box and lift his tail as if he were going to poop and then he will…[Read more]

So again, I just came home after being out for a few hours to a litter box of PERFECT poops and an active, binkying bunny. He’s eating wonderfully and playing with me. But again, tomorrow he will probably be gassy until he passes the big ball of cecotropes. This makes me think that maybe this isn’t a structural or underlying issue, it’s just overp…[Read more]

Exactly

Thanks for the response. It is SO hard to know what to do in this situation. I sometimes wonder if I went through with the mini operation and cleaning it out, am I doing it FOR her or TO her. But if I don’t figure something out soon I’m not sure she’ll make it another month.

When your bun was on the penicillin injections, was it everyday for 6…[Read more]

That’s not entirely true. Sometimes it can start out as regular poops mixed with flare ups. I’m still leaning toward the cecal dysbiosis. You may have to go to hay only to see if that clears it up.

Yes, I agree the rapid weight loss is most concerning. If he is still eating plenty then there could be something really bad going on internally (e.g. cancer).

Im thinking about having the x rays repeated, but I’m worried about him being sedated for them. At this point, I’m just really really hoping that this isn’t a chronic issue or a problem with his GI anatomy and that it will be treatable.

Any advice is welcome at this point because I am so worried. Do you guys think he’ll be okay?

I mentioned it to the specialist but she said that she highly doubts that it’s megacolon since he is producing normal fecal pellets as well and he has had x rays done.

Was megacolon ever mentioned?

In my opinion it’s a marketing ploy  :p

Bam covered everything really well! Just wanted to share that some people have luck in picking the bun up using the litter box (they just pick the litter box up while the bun is in it, and move them to the table for groroming). Or they train them to go into their carrier using treats (usually feeding the bun his pellets in it every day works very…[Read more]

You can also just skip the pellets as long as she eats enough hay. I sometimes skip a day or two a week or pellets with mine intentionally just to bump up their hay consumption. She may look at you expectantly around pellet time, but she’ll be fine 🙂

Hmmm, this is tricky. I do think the vet is the best option for now, because there could be a number of things going on, with different recommendations for each.

How long ago did this all start? And does he have a good appetite for hay? Any other symptoms (like symptoms of pain or discomfort)? Pain signs in rabbits include: loud tooth grinding,…[Read more]

I’m very sorry you are going through this.  🙁

When my rabbit had this exact issue (abscess in the jaw), he had it surgically cleaned out, and then was put on 6 weeks of penicillin injections, which cured the abscess. Without surgically cleaning it out it is unlikely to improve, but my vet said that in older rabbits who aren’t good candidates…[Read more]

@Rainyy: That’s so sweet ^_^ One happy bunny!

We haven’t noticed it yet in Owen and Molly, but Breintje’s butt always twerked when he ate banana… and his own cecals… 🙄 Ah well, nothing better than homemade, eh? :sick:

@Bladesmith: ooh, a fussy one! Love it ^_^