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- 06/24/2016 at 9:41 PM
  wintermelon
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  Hey guys, so my rabbit rosie is not really being herself and not eating and im considering separating her from my other bunny (her brother) but they still would be able to see eachother (i will just put them the cage side by side). The reason for this is because i want to be able to determine if she is pooping, peeing, drinking etc. Is this okay to do? or will it just stress them out?
- 06/24/2016 at 11:17 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  I’m sorry to hear your bunny is not being herself. The fact she is not eating means something is definitely wrong. I do see where separating would be beneficial for the time being to find out what is going in and coming out. But if she is acting lethargic, don’t wait, call your rabbit-savvy vet.
- 06/25/2016 at 6:30 AM
  Aki
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  I had the same problem several times and also thought about separating. On one hand it is true that it is easier to monitor separated rabbits, but I always decided against it because stress is an aggravating factor in GI stasis and that changing my rabbit’s living conditions and taking away the comfort of having her husbunny with her seemed detrimental to her health. To check if she is eating, staying quietly in the room a few minutes to see if she seems to eat everytime you give something to eat is a good indication (a rabbit who doesn’t come running in the span of 10 minutes for her pellets / vegetables and who won’t eat immediately when you put food she likes in front of her is not well). For pooping, I just put my rabbit in her cage after cleaning the litterbox for about 10 minutes (at a time when rabbits are normally active, like around 6 pm) when I didn’t know exactly if she was eliminating normally. A rabbit who poops normally will leave at least 2-3 poops behind him in 10-15mn in his hours of activity.
  If there is no poops (or that they are tiny, or worse, surrounded by mucus) and that she doesn’t show any eagerness to eat, I would say it’s time to see a vet. In the early stages of stasis, if there is no blockage, a dose of metacam and a day or two of reglan are sometimes enough to “restart” the guts. But the longer you wait, the more complicated it is to recover – not treated, some rabbits die from a stasis that could have been easily cured…
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