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Yes pain management has seemed to be the trick with Rue not just for her spay but for all he Stasis bouts too. She is definitely more alert this morning and has more personality. Not herself yet and back at the vet for another day of feeding since she’s still not eating enough on her own. In either of your experience how long does it take for e…[Read more]

Wonderful 😃

Rabbits can really feel quite out of it post surgery, especially if they dont get proper pain management. My current foster, a young male, got way too little pain meds after his neuter last month, I had to give him an additional dose in the middle of the night. After that he quickly started to recover and after just a few hours he was…[Read more]

Amazing news! Those first strands of hay are always such a huge relief!

We have poop! And she ate a couple strands of hay on her own too but literally just like 2. She’s pooped twice but she’s still not really eating yet so I’m going to take her back to the vet today for more monitoring, fluids, and hand feeding since they are feeding her every hour. Although I have to say seeing her pick up and eat just those 2 stran…[Read more]

Is he neutered? It could be territorial marking?

Other possibilities are a UTI, but at his age I would suspect territorial marking first (esp with the single poops scattered as well).

Oh gosh! That does explain things why she was so uncomfortable. How did she do overnight?

I’m so sorry Meg 🙁

Saying he was a lucky bun to have you is a huge understatement, and you really did everything you could to help him have a peaceful and comfortable passing.

(((Binky free sweet Teddy)))

Bunny colds can be very stubborn. There are many different kinds of antibiotics, not all bacteria are sensitive to the same antibiotics. Sometimes you need to give a combination of antibiotics, and you might have to treat for several weeks.

It seems a bit odd that your vet found sth unusual with his lungs but said there’s nothing to be done about…[Read more]

Hugs to you and yours.

That last spa treatment and cuddles was his last gift to you.  Remember that when times get tough.

What a lucky bum he was to have you.

Meg, I’m so sorry 💔

It seems he went peacefully. Rabbits tend to seize in the agonal phase, not rarely do they also cry out. It is believed they’re nolonger aware at that stage.

Teddy was the luckiest of rabbits. He was magical, and so are you!

I feel it helps to know you’ve done everything you possibly could. You really did everything. It…[Read more]

That would explain why she wasnt feeling at all well, if she hadnt had any pain meds!

It can absolutely take 24-48 hours, sometimes even longer, before you get poop after a bout of not eating much. So it is important to keep feeding her, even if she doesnt appreciate it. She will forgive you once this is over.

I’m sorry to say, Teddy passed away a few hours ago, while I was holding him.  Just after I last wrote, it was time for Teddy’s medicine and spa times, and as I didn’t know what was going to happen, I wanted him to have his pain meds and all.  He actually took them pretty well and then we had a surprisingly peaceful snuggle time with him on my l…[Read more]

(((HUGS))) from me too.

Also, I’d like to add that I’ve had him since a baby & he’s never had this noise until recently

thanks for responding. He does it pretty much constantly almost anywhere at any time, not in any particular situation.

If it’s bacteria, wouldn’t it have been gone because my vet prescribed him many antiobiotics before for other reasons (such as weepy eye).

i believe he did listen to his lungs and he said something along the lines of it bei…[Read more]

Thank you, Dana! His breathing does seem worse now and I am super worried.  I’m camped out next to him for the night.  He’s raising his nose higher, and moving his head around more too like he’s uncomfortable.  Then every so often he starts to struggle like he’s trying to change position, making unhappy noises, and I help him try to sit up — af…[Read more]

Update: Rue is home from the vet but they want her back tomorrow for the same treatment. Upon returning home just now I realized that the vet had put the metacam and the cisapride in the wrong medication bottles so last night when I thought I was giving her a dose of metacam I was giving her a dose of cisapride so she didn’t have ANY pain meds l…[Read more]

Oh that’s good to hear that grooming is good. I know Stasis can take a bit to get through and treatment might take some time and patience has never been my strong suit. I read somewhere that it can take 24-48 hours for a rabbit to start producing poops after motility meds for Stasis. I have no idea if that’s true but I’m going to try and keep…[Read more]

Grooming herself is a really good sign, buns that feel really awful don’t groom. If she hadn’t eaten anything substantial since before her surgery it may take time to produce some poops, and sometimes buns in stasis take a while to produce poops. The best you can do is keep up the supportive care (fluids, syringe feeding, keeping her warm, etc).…[Read more]