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Thank you! I will try it tomorrow morning. the ear drops are making all of us super stressed out (bunny included)

Simethicone can be given with the other meds.

Dont do anything that you are uncomfortable with.

If he feels cold, you need to warm him up, either with a warm water bottle orhandwarmers in a towel, or, if he’s comfortable sitting in your lsp, you can warm him up with your own body heat.

An ear infection can happen if the bun has a narrow ear…[Read more]

Completely understandable to not be comfortable with that method of tummy massage. Movement is most important (in my opinion), so again, I recommend occasionally getting him to move around just a bit. It’s a hard balance to know what’s “right”, but the ultimate goal is to get the gut moving again when there are major gas episodes. This may or may…[Read more]

Is Simethicone safe to mix with Metacam and Metoclopramide? Should we try that route?

Ears are cold, I got him out of the corner and into his litterbox: he hopped a bit and has groomed. Giving him some blankets now and am continuing to pet him, like you suggested.

I did notice when I went to lift his ears just a bit he was grinding his teeth or…[Read more]

Can you describe what chew toys he has?

I am more inclined to say your rabbit just wanted to eat foam, as many rabbits tend to do because something about foam, plastic, cardboard, fabric… they all seem appetizing to some rabbits.

From my experience, if you are observing him eating and pooping as normal, the foam is probably already out of his…[Read more]

Do you have access to another rabbit-savvy vet? I am completely naiive when it comes to sexing rabbits, but rabbits who have both sex parts do exist. It may be that your rabbit had both parts.

Could you try doing it on the floor then? You can do the C-grip, which is making your hand a “C” (like a Lego person’s hand) and putting it around your rabbit’s neck (in between jaw bone and shoulder bone). You hold this firmly in place in space, so not actually gripping the rabbit’s neck, but keeping it in place in air around it– this prevents…[Read more]

I think separation is a good choice — whatever can make him less stressed.

Monitor the temperature of his ears — if they are cold, try to warm him up by petting him, getting him to move around, and providing some blankets for him to snuggle against.

If it is gas (which I hope it is!), your rabbit isn’t going to want to move, but movement can…[Read more]

Gus is starting to take a turn for the worse and we have no idea what to do.

He is having a hard time getting CC down, refusing. I was only able to get about a quarter of a dose in him. He took his dose of meds fine this morning.

We split him and Lily up because he has been scared of her, as I said I think she was bullying him. He won’t come out…[Read more]

I’m sorry the vet wasn’t much help. Simethicone helps with gas. I hope he feels better soon!

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I attached a shorter version of the same video here if that helps 👆🏻

Hi LBJ10. At the top of my original post there is link that’s says IMG_6339

If you click it, hopefully a short video will load? I attempted to upload it earlier but admittedly am not that savvy. Any guidance is so appreciated. 🙏🏻