Rabbit sleeping habits

[Lisa Li]

So um currently is 3pm where I from, and usually my rabbit sleeps at that times. So I’m kinda just monitoring him for a few minutes, but I noticed that every time he’s flops for like 6 minutes or something. He gets all of sudden and starting grooming himself, itching his ears, than he flops again, gets up again grooms and flops again is like a pattern kinda? Right now he’s sleeping and I don’t see him getting up for a long time. (He’s alive lol)

[Bam]

Sometimes if a bun has gas, it can have difficulty finding a comfortable position. You can sometimes see how it presses its belly against the floor -it looks rather like when a person tries to do a push up but fails to keep the back straight.

Gas can be treated on suspicion with 0.5-1 ml simethicone baby gas drops, once per hour for 3 hours, then less often.

 

[Lisa Li]

Hm, I did see him press his stomach down while he was doing a loaf, he is eating, pooping and drinking. He’s on oral baytril right now and he is also on aventi GI pasted. If that’s what is call.

[DanaNM]

Could he have an itchy ear? Any signs of ear mites?

One of my bunnies will often flop a few times before finally getting comfy (I can relate… I always toss and turn a bit before falling asleep).

. . . The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.  

[Lisa Li]

I took him to the vet yesterday, no sign of ear mites or anything. I feel like he is just tossing around lol, he only does it like three times and stops

[Wick & Fable]

That sounds kind of normal to me, though I haven’t personally seen any of my rabbits do it for such a long time. One of my rabbits flops a lot and the other doesn’t. Their reactions to flops are different. The one who flops a lot can stay in the flop for a longer time and when she “snaps out of it”, she’ll stay generally in the same position. The other rabbit seems more shaken by flops and when he “snaps out of it”, he gets up pretty suddenly and needs to re-organize himself it seems.

I imagine flopping can shift around fur and such, so grooming after a flop sounds normal to me. It sounds like several trials to try and reach the peak relaxed position, haha.

I definitely don’t want it to seem I’m guaranteeing things are OK, but I think if this is the only behavior you’re noticing that seems ‘off’, it might just be your rabbit’s personal reactions to flopping and getting into a good napping position.

The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.

[Bam]

If he willingly takes a trest and is eating and pooping, I agree with Wick. Gas pain is practically always accompanied by refusal or reluctance to eat. You can try giving him a treat -if he eats it, it’s pretty safe to say he’s not in pain.

Baytril does mess a bit with the microbial balance in the gut, because it kills both the bad, disease-causing bacteria and some of the beneficial gut bacteria. This antibiotic side-effect is what the Aventi GI paste hopefully will counter-act.

 

 

[Lisa Li]

He been on the medication for teo days and he’s eating all his treats and dinner normally :), the vet did tell me the baytril would have side effects, and I think aventi GI paste is working

[Bam]

That sounds perfect 😃

[Lisa Li]

The doctor told me to do a recheck in ten days, but the oral baytril said to be use for 14 days. I’m not sure if I should go back in ten days or rebook another day?

[Bam]

You could call the vet and ask? If the Baytril is for 14 days and he is doing well on it, there doesnt seem much point in a vet visit after 10 days.

[LittleLionMan]

Everyone gave great advice already, and it sounds like you’re perfectly on top of it! I’ll add that my bun does this as well. he’s a huge flopper and will pass out hard for a bit, shake himself awake and fall back  asleep. I usually just attribute it to the prey animal instinct in them (gotta stay vigilant!). I also think it’s similar to us jerking awake, rolling over, and going back to sleep.

That said, When my bun is gassy I’ve noticed he does an upward dog yoga pose where he presses his lower belly into the ground. He also does this to stretch sometimes so it’s really all in the context of eating, drinking, and litter habits.

[Lisa Li]

Yeah they’re reply made me feel more at ease. I guess I’m just a very anxious person because, he’s my first rabbit I ever had, I also monitor him very very closely so I probably overthink that something is wrong with him. I had him for about 8 months and a lot of vet visits, testing and medication in the first two months of having him :(. He has like pasteurella that causes him to sneeze and have watery eye, because the previous owner kept him in a cage, and he was very dirty back than. He’s on medication right now, but he’s  happier now, does binkies all night 🙂

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