Gi stasis

[Jadeo09]

Hi

My rabbit is 9 years old and stopped eating on the 7th she went 50 hours without pooing a few days later until she stopped spitting the syringe food out. She had a dental procedure done despite the vet believing it wasn’t necessary. It seemed to help slightly as she started eating very small amounts of food. But she has had gas ever since. I manage to get her eating in the night very well some days doing 300 poos but other days when we reduce the syringe feeds she stops eating and pooing.

She has a lump on her lip which has been aspirated by an exotic vet. Mainly inflammatory cells but some borderline cells, probably benign if anything apparently. She’s had this op for 2 years so it doesn’t seem to concern most vets I’ve taken her to.

 

What is concerning me most is she seems perfect and active eating pooing in the night 10pm-6am then goes downhill during the next day 11am- 8pm when she’s sleeping and until the night time.

Her poos when she first poops 5pm like clockwork, are dodgy small and toward her the end of the night, midnight onwards, they are regular round and very healthy looking.

 

I would appreciate any help. I’m staying up most of the night every night woth her and getting an hour or two between feeds and belly rubs and I just can’t seem to get her better. Simeticone seems to help and she’s also on metacam and cisapride.

The vet wants me to monitor the lump and hopefully it will go down, when it does he hopes her appetite will improve.or it will need removing. Though we are reluctant to due to her age and the risks of anaesthesia.

Sadly in the meantime the gas buildup is so painful she lies there most of the day and won’t eat for more than a few bites event hough she looks interested in food.

When I get the gas under control its begins again the next afternoon and we are back to square one.

 

[Wick & Fable]

This thread is a duplicate and is now locked. Please see https://binkybunny.com/forums/topic/gi-stasis-brown-mucus-and-growth-on-lip/ … for the full post, along with an informative picture.

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