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She passed bam, as I held her. She quietly faded away.  I’ve only been a bunny owner for a year. Unfair and heartbreaking. I’m so angry. So angry.

Yes, the Metacam dose is for 24 hours.

I think you are doing all you can at home now and it’s great you have seen some poop and pee.

I can’t tell from the image, but could it possibly be a foxtail? Are there any seed heads on your hay?

That is very disappointing to hear!

It really depends on the buns I think. Eventually you do need to work with all 4 at once, but it can be helpful to work with the pairs separately to get a sense of which combo is likely to be the most challenging. If you have someone to help you manage the sessions you could try all 4 at once to start, but you may find it less stressful to try the…[Read more]

A sanitary shave should help! I agree that having a vet help with it at first is good. For at home trimming, I recommend getting a “manscaped” style trimmer (generic versions are fine) as they make it much easier and safer to do at home!

How often are you changing the litter? If he’s regularly getting pee stains it may just need to be cleaned…[Read more]

I wonder if a wood-based pelleted litter would absorb better. Like horse stall pellets, Feline Pine, wood stove pellets, etc.

She just reached her head up and nibbled down lettuce from my plate. It had Italian dressing on so I got her a few more pieces. I’m waiting for a vet to call back about lactated ringers. Please let her get through 24 hrs again. Small poops and wee’s. Doing all that’s advised here. Got her moving a bit.

She’s even worse. Both eyes are cloudy and I’m begging a vet to take her in. Why cloudy eyes?

Sometimes poop does get stuck, but I will try asking my vet if they could do a sanitary shave. I use those paper bedding and recycled paper pellet bedding with some orchard hay on top. I add the hay on top since one of my rabbits like it that way, if I don’t add it he will begin to push the bedding and make a mess (also it gets stuck on his b…[Read more]

How is your bun doing now?

If the stomach is full but theres little food or gas in the gi tract, it points to a partial blockage in the intestines. Proper treatment for that is fluids and pain meds. At that stage, gut motility meds are contraindicated. Instead, a spasmolytic drug can be given to help relax the smooth muscle in the intestines.…[Read more]

If it’s a booger, then no. It doesn’t sound like it’s obstructing his breathing.

I’m pretty sure he inhaled it, he still had a little bit left. Do you think this is an emergency?

I wouldn’t recommend a butt bath unless he actually has poop stuck to his rear. If it’s just pee stains and hay getting stuck, a butt bath isn’t going to do much. You really would be better off doing a sanitary shave. A vet could do this if you’re not comfortable doing it yourself.

Something could have come loose. I imagine he will eventually work it out. The drops should help.