Reply To: Long-term gas issue suggestions

[Bam]

As it says in the vet statement, it could perhaps be about pain from the kidney/urinary tract. Pain anywhere in the body of a rabbit can become apparent as GI trouble. It doesnt take a lot, gas will form if the gut slows, the bun gets gas pain and will often lose its appetite when the gas builds up. Kidney stones can be extremely painful for humans, and most likely for rabbits too. (You can ask a human to pee in a small tea sieve to see if there are shards of kidney stones in the pee, but that’s more difficult with a rabbit.  Maybe if you could get her too pee in an empty litter box?) Small kidney “stones” that she is capable of passing could perhaps explain why the pain comes and goes. I dont suppose you’ve noticed blood in her urine, or you would’ve said -that would be a rather telltale sign. Have you seen her straining to pee?

Was she ever put on any antibiotic? There seems to be some signs of infection (the white blood counts and globulines).

The oval poops are probably oval bc of gut slowdown. Megacolon is called cow pile syndrom because the poop look like cow poop. The Goose has the coloring but there seems to be a decent amount of dark spots, it’s better the more spots there are.

It’s great that she’s on a hay-heavy diet now. It’s a bit weird though that she’s gained weight and that she’s drinking less rather than more.