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Acting quickly is really the best thing for gut issues! I’m glad she’s bouncing back!

Is she molting? Molting is a common cause of GI issues, even when the bun doesnt seem to have been ingesting a lot of hair. Or it could have been the pumpkin! Some buns are really sensitive to new foods, especially if they havent eaten a variety of things…[Read more]

Ugh how awful. I’m so sorry you are dealing with this. 🙁 When a bun has so many issues it can be hard to know what’s related and what’s not.

Has the vet done a culture to see what type of bacteria you are dealing with? I don’t have a ton of experience with respiratory infections, but I know sometimes different antibiotics have to be tried to…[Read more]

Nellie seems to be bouncing back quite nicely. I’m a little stumped on the cause of this stasis episode. I did give her a little peice of pumpkin for the first time about a day ago so this may well be a reaction! She had some poops strung together with mucous but I haven’t seen anymore mucous ones.

When she was weighed at the vet shes actually…[Read more]

She hasn’t. I haven’t heard of that. I’ll ask her about it. Thank you.

I’m sorry your bunny is so sick. 🙁  Did the vet ever try doing a flush? That may help get all the gunk out at least.

She has also since had a little poop and wee and a tiny nibble of hay.

They sleep in a hidey box together overnight and usually cuddle, I lined it with extra fleece she couldn’t dig up so she just refused to sleep there, so I’ve put everything back to normal and since shes a bit perkier I have just left them too it so they can get a few hours of…[Read more]

that’s really great she ate a bit on her own! It sounds like she’s starting to feel better. You are right that she is likely tired from her ordeal. I think I would keep her in her normal area to minimize stress. Is she cuddling with Glenn at all?

It usually is good to let buns rest overnight once they have been fed and given meds, but I know…[Read more]

Thanks so much Dana thats great! I will keep that bookmarked!

So i gave her a couple hours to chill out, when i checked on her, her ears were quite cold which worried me so i cuddled her up into my dressing gown to share body heat and keep her warm, much to her disapproval, I never find water bottles work because they just move away from it. When…[Read more]

Budja’s is going in for surgery tomorrow thank god, I called them and explained how she is literally trying to spit out her medicine going on/off pellets water etc…. I was on a cancellation list but somehow they got me in sooner for her due to the situation going on. Keeping my fingers crossed right now. I just want to see her get better and eat…[Read more]

For reference (in case that site ever goes down again or you want to double check your meds), I’ve also used this more generic dosage calculator. It works the same way, you just enter in the concentration you have, the patient weight, and the desired dose in mg/kg.

https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/dosage

That’s great she drank some water and the vet knew about buns! I’m sure she’ll be feeling better soon.

Thanks so much for your responses both!

Bam that link now works for me so thats great.

Update: my paranoia got the better of me and i took her to the ER vet. The vet was reasonably knowledgeable in rabbits and couldn’t feel a blockage and could hear some little gut sounds. She administered subq fluids, gut stimiulant and an anti sickness med for…[Read more]

The link is working for me even if at first it says it isnt:

https://www.vgr1.com/metacam/calc1/detailcalc.php

Hmm the links aren’t working for me either but I think we can figure something out. Do you know how much she weighs? There is a wide range of dosages per kg rabbit weight depending on what the issue is and what the vet prescribes. Of course I can’t advise you to give a med without the vet’s approval… but medirabbit says “0.3-0.6 mg/kg, up to 1.5…[Read more]

Thank you for the update! I’m so glad you’re feeling better now! Getting heating and hot water back must be such a relief. I hope you’ll soon be all well again!

Just an update… I’m feeling a lot better today although I’m still feeling icky. I’ve been fighting through it I’m able to go out now. I haven’t managed to eat much today my belly just hasn’t been up to it today. I’m still drinking plenty of fluids. My heating and hot water is back which has been a great help.

I still feel a shortness of breath…[Read more]