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My rabbit is sick AGAIN
11 years ago
Catch up for those not familiar with my rabbit: Male medium breed rabbit approaching 9 years old. When he got neutered around the age of two, his appetite went with his balls. He's been a terrible eatter most of his life, so when he goes off his pellets it's no giant surprise anymore and I just wait a day or two while supplementing with healthy treats to see if he starts eatting again. He's entirely stopped eatting four times in his life. As such, I always have force feeding supplies available and am pretty well practiced at doing it without choking my rabbit.
So, Monty is off his feed again. He's added some confusing twists this time though. He won't eat HIS pellets, but he will eat snacks of veggies, dried fruit treats, the other rabbit's food (oxbow. It was giving my rabbit darker urine but boyfriend's rabbit does well on it), and some occasional nibbles of orchard grass hay but ignores his Timothy. So since he was still eatting SOMETHING, it took me longer to get real concerned. But when I noticed his poops were harder and had sharp points I grew concerned.
He was still acting 90% normal. What actually got my attention at first was that he "fell" two days ago. He ran across the room, made a gentle turn, stopped, then fell like he was dropped. Not the classic "FLOP". I've seen that plenty of times. Naw, he flailed on his side in a panic. Then got right back up. He's been unsteady occasionally since then but not for more than a second or two and then he's fine again. That was the first day he didnt touch his pellets.
Tonight he got some force feed for dinner, eatting until pissed off at me. Then a small "salad" of 1 dandelion green, 1 parsley, and half a broccoli all soaked in another puddle of force feed in case he wants to give in and eat some overnight. Between the syringe feeding and salad eatting I cleaned out his cage so I can find his new poops... assuming i'm not too late and his digestion has already stopped.
So two things for those reading:
1) He'll eat the other rabbit food... so should i give him a big bowl of that or would that risk everything just getting WORSE by changing his food too fast? Eatting is good. Diarrhea and gas from changing foods suddenly, is bad.
2) Anyone available to come over here and help me get him to my vet in Novi? Now that it's not the effing weekend, that's a viable option.
So, Monty is off his feed again. He's added some confusing twists this time though. He won't eat HIS pellets, but he will eat snacks of veggies, dried fruit treats, the other rabbit's food (oxbow. It was giving my rabbit darker urine but boyfriend's rabbit does well on it), and some occasional nibbles of orchard grass hay but ignores his Timothy. So since he was still eatting SOMETHING, it took me longer to get real concerned. But when I noticed his poops were harder and had sharp points I grew concerned.
He was still acting 90% normal. What actually got my attention at first was that he "fell" two days ago. He ran across the room, made a gentle turn, stopped, then fell like he was dropped. Not the classic "FLOP". I've seen that plenty of times. Naw, he flailed on his side in a panic. Then got right back up. He's been unsteady occasionally since then but not for more than a second or two and then he's fine again. That was the first day he didnt touch his pellets.
Tonight he got some force feed for dinner, eatting until pissed off at me. Then a small "salad" of 1 dandelion green, 1 parsley, and half a broccoli all soaked in another puddle of force feed in case he wants to give in and eat some overnight. Between the syringe feeding and salad eatting I cleaned out his cage so I can find his new poops... assuming i'm not too late and his digestion has already stopped.
So two things for those reading:
1) He'll eat the other rabbit food... so should i give him a big bowl of that or would that risk everything just getting WORSE by changing his food too fast? Eatting is good. Diarrhea and gas from changing foods suddenly, is bad.
2) Anyone available to come over here and help me get him to my vet in Novi? Now that it's not the effing weekend, that's a viable option.
Let me know when and I'll be there.