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It’s 1hr each way, I would offer to them when I am waiting for the vet. I just have a water bottle and empty bowl, nothing in the carrier itself. At least that’s what I did with just Dorian. Wet leafy greens is a good idea though!

Thanks both of you, I suspect these two will be fine, other than not enjoying the car ride and having their nails…[Read more]

Thank you all for the advices/suggestion!

I guess the weight score is in between score 2 and score 1? (cause she’s quite fluffy hence might be a bit challenging for me to feel her actual bone structure). I’m a first time bunny owner by the way! Thus might not be able to judge accurately.

I’m feeding her about two tablespoons of mix baby pellets…[Read more]

I have also had buns that will eat CC or other recovery food when they are fine, but not when ill, which I suppose makes sense if they are refusing all food!

I do know someone who clicker trained her buns to readily eat from a syringe so that when they were sick it would be an automatic behavior. Might be something to try! She started by just…[Read more]

I’ve never had issues either! Usually you hear about issues when one goes to the vet and the other doesn’t, but I’ve never had issues with that either.

The car ride in the carrier together is usually good for the bond. And it’s fine that they can’t move around much, it’s actually safer that way. From what you described that sounds like a good…[Read more]

I must admit, I’m a bit spoiled with buns who never have bond issues after vet visits. I can take one or both and they’ve never been negatively affected.

I always put a handful of hay in the carrier, for longer trips I recommend some wet leafy greens that they’re used to, rather than water. A water bowl or bottle can be dangerous if you stop…[Read more]

Molasses isn’t listed as an ingredient on my bag, I would have avoided it if it were Also no issues like you described, though it takes me a while to go through a bag so this isan older batch. Where did you get your bag? I hope you didn’t get a cheap knock off, Amazon has that issue with lots of products unfortunately.

I forgot to add, I’m giving her Trimebutine as well. And yes, she is shedding a lot so that might be in. Thanks for your responses! This is just so strange, I’ve never seen GI Stasis with no behavioural  change but I’ll keep going with what I’m doing, hopefully she snaps out of it soon. Thanks again!

Thanks Dana! I’ll try it when she comes home. I think sometimes it’s the texture and the messiness that makes the bunnies hate CC.

I remember one of my bunnies who also didn’t like CC when she was sick loves it when she was not lol. Sometimes I feel like I should probably train Kotton to eat something she may have to eat when she is sick haha…

Yes, it does sound like GI stasis. A motility drug like Reglan or cisapride could be helpful. Famotidine is good too because it helps protect the stomach from the meloxicam.

I think it’s ok if it’s been stored in a dry place. I once had to use old CC for a bun when I couldn’t get hold of a new bag because it was Sunday. It worked just fine. For short-term use, the most important ingredient is the fiber, to keep the gut working.

The best thing is actually to store CC in the freezer. I think Oxbow recommends that on their site.

That would definitely make sense to me! That reminds me of hoarding/breeding situations where tons of rabbits are stuffed in cages and seemingly fine with each other, but when they’re rescued, they need to be separated. I can’t imagine how stressed my bunnies would get if stress was used beyond a short period of time.

If she isn’t responding to syringe feeding or fluids, then I agree it could be stasis that requires a motility med. Is she molting? It seems like a lot of buns have stasis issues when they molt, even if they aren’t ingesting a ton of fur.

That’s a really tough situation!

It sounds like you are on the right track though! Dental issues can certainly cause ongoing GI issues.

I wanted to mention that Sherwood also makes a recovery food that half of my buns prefer to critical care (especially if I mix some banana into it). If I mix it up as more of a dough than a liquid they love it.…[Read more]

Poor bun 🙁

I’ve been prescribed gabapentin for my buns before, it does tend to make them sleepy. I think at his age, it would be good to make sure there isn’t something else going on. It’s good the teeth were looked at, it could just be that he’s still recovering from his dental.

I would keep up the supportive care (fluids, syringe feeding) and…[Read more]