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1/4 cup of pellets is a lot. How much does she weigh? I would cut down to 1/8 cup or even a tablespoon and see how that goes. Adult bunnies really don’t need many pellets, some vets don’t recommend them at all, esp if a bun is overweight (when my Bertha needed to lose weight my vet told me to just stop all pellets). You can start weighing her…[Read more]

I’m not sure if it’s becoming more common or we just have a name for it now. I recall some older threads on this forum where some people recalled having bunnies with chronic tummy issues that were likely megacolon, but just never diagnosed. It’s tricky to tease apart, because rabbit medicine has advanced so much in recent years.

My Bertha and…[Read more]

1/4 cup of pellets (though I don’t do that much now, not sure how much it is but it’s not much), hay (of course) and 2 cups of veggies when we have it. I’ll try the switching of tunnels and I’ve been looking in to the enrichment toys like the Tokihut foraging mat and the Living World Teach n Treat toy but I currently don’t have the money for them.

Okay, Thank you so much! Right now she is perfectly normal, she is eating well as well as pooping.

Yes they did lol!

I wonder if it’s possibly becoming more common? I myself have seen like… 5 different people who struggled with it over the past few years so it’s crazy to hear that it’s a rare thing for a vet to see. My vet was completely stumped after trying so hard to figure out why it was happening. I remember after my 37th or so visit…[Read more]

Looks like our wires crossed!

And yes, it is still very unknown among vets. I had a foster suspected to have this, and it was rare even for my vet who has seen hundreds of rabbits per year for the last 20 years (he’s the rescue’s vet).

Thanks a bunch Bam. I actually haven’t read that article yet but your comment helped me find the one I saw, and then some! I really wish I’d’ve known about this gene when my boy was still alive. More vets need to know about it.

This is the one I was thinking of

https://vgr1.com/megacolon/

This webpage has a ton of articles linked and is very detailed (although not organized that well). It has a section with research papers:

https://vgr1.com/megacolon/

If you have trouble accessing any papers, let me know. I have ways to access some through my institution.

Ah! I’m opening a lot of topics. You will get bored with me🤦🤦But you are very helpful for me, thanks 😊😊😊

Ah, so cute! Can you please find that post for me? 😊😊

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/pets.html

Above is the link from the CDC with some general information about pets and Covid. It seems there have been some animals who have been ill as a result of Covid, but severe cases are currently rare.

I found some information from the VCA…[Read more]

You are very welcome to open new topics! Bun owners are often worried about their buns. I know I am! 🙂

It’s the English spot gene, which is coupled to megacolon if the bun is homologous for the allele (= has 2 copies of the same allele). I’ll see if we can find it for you!

Its about the innervation to the colon.