First stages of GI Stasis?

[Bluestars]

Hello everyone!

 This is my first time being here on this website and i’m in a bit of a pickle 

 For the last two days my rabbit has been pooping small but has been eating and acting normally 

 I don’t know if these are the first stages of GI Stasis or something different…

 If it is GI Stasis is there any treatments that can help her out?

    Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[LBJ10]

Smaller poops can be due to stress. If bunny is still eating and pooping, then I wouldn’t be terribly worried. Just keep an eye.

[Morgan]

My bunny Benny just recently died due to GI Stasis. What was odd, was that he was pooing and peeing normally. However the day before he passed I noticed he was hunched up in the back corner of his hutch. I had left him with my mom to watch for a few days, so I honestly just thought he was upset with me. When I say he was hunched, I mean sitting up straight, with his back curved and his two front legs as close to his belly as he could get. Now that he’s gone I can see he was in pain. But at the time it just seemed like he was upset with me. He normally follows me around his hutch when I come home, so that should have been a sign. I’m a super paranoid bunny owner so usually when I feel like something is wrong, everyone tells me I’m over reacting. So I brushed it off here. Shouldn’t have done that.

Basically, your biggest sign that something is wrong is your rabbits behavior. Being hunched up in the corner of the hutch is a bad sign and should not be overlooked as I did with my Benny. I feel guilt everyday. ):

If your bun is pooing small pellets, offer him/her some parsley. This is great at getting their bowels moving! And they usually LOVE IT. Hope this helps. <3

[Bluestars]

 So sorry for your loss… i actually get worried too when my rabbit is not quite herself..

 I did give her some wet fresh veggies and looked back to her litter box and she made some poop which 

 Where a bit bigger than yesterday, she’s not hunched up in her cage which makes me glad shes not in pain right now 

 Shes walking around and being a curious little bun, perhaps i was maybe overreacting just a tad bit.

 Thank so much for your advice!<3

[Bluestars]

 Today i have been keeping an eye on her and had noticed something while she was eating

 I gave her some wet fresh kale and cilantro and i happened to find out that while she was beginning to eat her cilantro 

 She looked like she wanted to spit out the cilantro but couldn’t, she also didn’t eat properly like a normal rabbit would. It 

 Makes me sad because it looks like she wants to eat but can’t because she maybe feels pain or discomfort while eating,

 There’s nothing wrong with her front teeth and i don’t know if its with her back teeth i cant see how they look so

 I’m going to take her to the vet so hopefully they know what’s wrong with her.

[Bam]

It does sound like a tooth-problem, most likely with the inner teeth. It’s not uncommon in bunnies. Since their teeth grow all their lives, their teeth needs to be constantly worn down. This is primarily done by chewing tough plant-matter (hay, grass). If the jaws are slightly misaligned, this won’t be effective enough, and the teeth will grow spurs. The spurs can hurt the tongue or the cheeks, and the bunny becomes reluctant to eat, esp tough food. This in turn means the spurs don’t get worn down but keep growing.

A vet can see a buns inner teeth with an otoscope, but if the spurs are small or the bunny feisty, the bun might have to be anesthetized for the vet to get a good look. The spurs can then be ground down with a dremel-like instrument.

I have a bunny who needs his spurs ground down from time to time. Many of us here actually do, because it is rather common. Many buns don’t get the proper diagnosis the first time at the vet, because even really, really small spurs can hurt a bunny. But what you’re describing is typical: The bun wants to eat, hops over to get food and tries to eat, but drops the food or eat it in a weird way while looking pretty miserable.

My bun needs a pain-killer after a dental, so you should ask for that. There’s no sensation in the molar spurs themselves, but there can be soreness in the gums.

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