>< Just throwing out a REALLY bizzare udea..

[Binkles]

=/ Yeah…this is probably just a petty naive fantasy. I don’t know how functional or…even DO-able this idea would be but..

..with all the talk of GI stasis lately, it just kind of occurred to me that there is a certain muscle in the human body that also malfunctions with deadly consequences sometimes, but is correctible with modern technology..

Would it be out of the question for some science/  technology/ veterinary major to be thinking of creating a sort of..’pace-maker’ for the rabbit GI tract?

Or would pushing the GI tract under stasis circumstances be dangerous?

[jerseygirl]

Who Knows where veterinary medicine will go so your idea isn’t totally “out there”. I saw on the news last night that there’s a bionic human eye being developed so anything is possible! I’d be more worried about the rabbit surviving the surgery but inserting pace maker may be less invasive than abdominal surgery i guess. (?)

[BinkyBunny]

Hey now….what an idea! As far as could it be dangerous to push the tract under stasis….I bet a rabbit-savvy vet could give some real reasons why, but maybe if there was a mass in the intestines that was hard, o if there wasn’t enough moisture/lubrication it could tear the tract. ??? However, I’m figuring the same could happen in humans and they must be able to prevent those problems.

[kimberleyanddarren]

i think that the more common it is to have a pet rabbit the more vets will know about them, i mean most people with those poor old bunnies out in the tiny cages wouldnt get noticed if they were sick and so vets dont come across them very often but with more rabbit savvy vets about im sure that more advanced treatments will come our way soon enough!

[Sage Cat]

When I was little – mid 70’s – my family was out camping. We found a puppy. He (and probably a few others) must have been drooped in the woods. According to the vet the puppy must have been out there for at least 2 weeks – he was about 6 weeks old. He was covered with ticks & his heart was already full of worms.

The conversation went something like this – remember, this was the 70’s:
My mom: So, when do you operate?
Vet: Excuse me?
My Mom: You know, open heart surgery – to remove the worms!
Vet: Mame, we just don’t do that sort of thing.

Guess what? They do now! Open heart surgery, tumor removal, fake hips – they do all kinds of stuff like that for animals now days.
Who says a ‘pace-maker’ for the rabbit GI tract is just a fantasy!

P.S. That puppy died of a heart attack when he was 1 year old – my family made sure it was a great year!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

They even have radiation treatment for cancer!! My dog went for a round about two years ago;

Sage, that’s a sad story-I’m glad your family did that for the puppy!!

[Sarita]

My vet has done some surgeries for blockages (obviously the last resort) and she said anytime you go into the intestines and move them around the intestines never actually recover. She always hopes the rabbits will recover fully but she knows it’s a future risk for the rabbit.

I think it’s a great idea but based on my conversations with my vet they are just too darn delicate for this.

I think the gut motility drugs and the fluids basically do this – I call this the stasis cocktail (fluids + gut motility drugs + pain meds).

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