Bunny recovered from GI stasis but no poop yet

[togepi16]

Hi everyone!! So my baby bun, Togepi, just recovered from her second hit of GI stasis. She is only 1 year old Totally my fault because the first time I fed her way too much lettuce and it gave her severe diarrhea. This second time again it was fault because I kept feeding her sugary treats such as fruits and other treats from the pet store or it could have been the change in her hay since they ran out of her old hay and the new hay was very brown and stringy. I am a new bunny owner so don’t hate me, but I definitely learned my lesson to not give into her cuteness anymore when it comes to treats! 

 This second time around with GI stasis hit her hard. It was diarrhea, mucus from her anus, lethargy, no appetite, the whole 9 yards. She also recovered a lot slower. Today was the 6th day of treatment (force feeding, antibiotics, probiotics) and she is finally eating little bits of hay, drinking water, and eating parsley. However, she is STILL not pooping. I understand that GI takes a lot of patience and time until the bun is back on track and given that today is the first day is not as lethargic and finally eating I know I need to be patient, but I would just like some input from other people’s experiences as to when your bunnies recovered ENTIRELY from a bad GI hit? When they started to eat and drink, did they poop IMMEDIATELY after or did it take some time? Her stomach is gurgling when I massage it also and is soft.

Thanks!! <3

[Jumpy's mom]

Jumpy got GI stasis a month or two ago. Jumpy did not poop immediately at all. He pooped like 5 hours later and only 1 soft poop. At first he only wanted to eat his hay (alfalfa hay). It took him some time to start pooping regular poops. You might wanna try to give her some simethicone. 

[Muchelle]

The food has to travel aaallll through their long intestines, so it will take a while for her to poop after not eating solid stuff for several days

[sarahthegemini]

My Buttercup has had stasis three times and she’s only 9 months – I can totally empathise. Don’t focus on what you did wrong, the important thing is you have learned from it

Her most recent stasis episode was the worse because she had to stay at the vet overnight, she needed multiple rounds of injections, she was constantly up and down the emergency vet and we had to syringe feed her but I will say once she started eating hay she began pooping almost immediately. When bunnies are on hay only, it moves through their systems pretty quickly so I would be a little concerned if she’s still not pooped. Have the vets said anything about her not pooping yet?

[togepi16]

Hi all! Thank you soooo much for your responses!!! So Togepi is not eating much hay still, but goes crazy for parsley. Still no poop, but her stomach is gurgling like crazy and I’m massaging it. She’s also obsessing over cleaning/grooming herself. She’s not lethargic either. The vet did not say much about her not pooping but did say that stomach gurgling is a very good sign. I am just uncomfortable with this “waiting game” ? I just need to see some poop and see her eat a little more hay and I’ll be more positive about this situation ?

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