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It is very difficult to see when they’re very young. Even vets can get it wrong!

Yeah, I never bothered to check.  Took the breeders word for it.

But she will still be Walter.

I’m pretty generous with the pellets.

Since she’s always been on the thin side, I’m thinking if I can’t get some weight on, blood work may be in order.  Wish I had thought to have the vet do it today.  I didn’t think of it til I had her home.

Ok thank you! I’ll keep watching to make sure he can reach down there ok and since it looked perfect I’m going to try not to freak out and just give him a pass on this one since he wasn’t feeling well 🙂

I will also mention that, in my experience, sometimes a healthy rabbit will leave one behind for seemingly no reason. I’ve run into a handful over time with both my rabbits.

ok, I see. After an hour he started eating his veggies again 🙂

Glad he is doing better!

If it was just a single random cecotrope left behind, I wouldn’t worry too much about it (esp if he ate it once you offered it). If it starts to be a more regular occurrence it could be that he’s producing extras, or possibly having trouble getting to them (but he’s a bit young for arthritis).

For syringe feeding, you can grind up pellets into a powder and mix with water to be about the consistency of pancake batter. There are also recovery foods you can get that are easier to use as they are finely milled and formulated for sick buns.

I agree. Until they are vaccinated, I wouldn’t take them outside at all if you are in an outbreak region. There are some links to maps of the outbreak spread in the pinned RHDV post.

Being in the stroller would be a lot less risk than being on the ground outside, but personally I don’t really see any benefit to it (in most cases, the stroller is…[Read more]

So, if they have only been living together 24/7 for two weeks, I would consider that to be their “fully bonded” date. Being separated repeatedly can cause buns to have to somewhat reestablish things when they get back together.

Since this is a very new bond (even if you go of the 1.5 month timeline), I would just keep monitoring things. As long…[Read more]

How big of a pellet ration does she get? Usually a small increase in pellets is enough.

Don’t worry if she spits half of it out! That’s very normal. Honestly sometimes it seems like getting half in is a victory.

Just try to get a something in her and she will slowly start to perk up. Sometimes using smaller syringes helps them swallow more, because you put less in their mouth at a time. Feeding every hour seems excessive and…[Read more]

Well that’s a surprise! I guess with all that floof it could be hard to tell!

I more at ease now, thank you. Hm how do I feed him with syringe if he dosent eat? Like do I mix pellets and water together and like put it in a syringe?

Oh yes, I remember now!

The most common side effect of Baytril is diminished appetite. It’s still importsnt thst he finishes the course of antibiotics, but you can expect him to show reluctsnce to some types of food. As long as he eats hay and pellets he will be fine though, but if he stops esting altogether, you’ll have to syringe feed him.

The…[Read more]

Aventi GI paste and oral baytril, they told me about oral baytril making them lose their appetite and some side affects. I feel like he knew about the medication and trying to avoid it

As long as he is eating and pooping, it isn’t a big problem that he refuses vegs and fruit. What medication is he on?

How is she?