Forum

OUR FORUM IS UP BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING AND FIXING THINGS.  SOME THINGS WILL LOOK WEIRD AND/OR NOT BE CORRECT. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED.  We are not fully ready to answer questions in a timely manner as we are not officially open, but we will do our best. 

You may have received a 2-factor authentication (2FA) email from us on 4/21/2020. That was from us, but was premature as the login was not working at that time. 

BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately! Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES

The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.

What are we about?  Please read about our Forum Culture and check out the Rules

BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately!  Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES 

The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet.  It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.

BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

Forum DIET & CARE Spay&Stasis

Viewing 4 reply threads
  • Author
    Messages

    • BethandMarmite
      Participant
      4 posts Send Private Message

        So on monday, I took my bunny Marmite to the vets to get spayed. Later on the sent her home with me with the warning that she hadn’t eaten since the operation and told me to bring her back if she still didn’t.

        Tuesday morning, I took her back to the vets as she hadn’t pooped or eaten or had anything to drink since I’d brought her home. They kept her overnight, suggesting that it was GI Stasis and giving her fluids and medicine, along with liquid feed.

        I’ve got her back today, and she’s now eating a little (not nearly as much as usual), but she’s pooping normally and is much bouncier than she was yesterday, plus I was given medicine to give her.

        So my question is – is there any way I can help her recover fully? Tips to coax her into eating more, to make her more comfortable, etc would be appreciated!

        Thank you 


      • jerseygirl
        Moderator
        22338 posts Send Private Message

          Good to hear Marmite is on the way to recovery!

          My experience with rabbits coming out of stasis is they were never interested in eating their usual favourites. I had more success with “foraged foods”.
          So, edible weeds I had in the garden, rose petals and leaves, grasses, willow leaves. Raspberry leaves are good for the tum if you can get them. I believe mint is supposed to be good too.
          After that, parsley and carrot tops, dandelion greens were favoured.

          Fluids are important so keep trying different things. Very diluted juice, cold herbal tea, rehydration formulas.
          My girl Jersey liked the slight saltiness in rehydration fluids and it has glucose for energy also.

          Some of the other things that can help during stasis or gut slowdown are probably not appropriate for your girl right now as she has an incision. Ie. encouraging movement, massage etc. Hopefully the vet treatment will continue to keep her gut moving along.
          Is she still having any medications?

          I got into the habit of emptying the litterbox frequently for a recovering bun. So i was able to tell quickly if they were still toileting okay.
          You notice their behaviour change also when they’re feeling much better.

          (((Marmite)))


        • jerseygirl
          Moderator
          22338 posts Send Private Message

            I should have read your post more thoroughly! I see she is still on a med. Is it one for keeping her gut moving? Is she easy to give meds to??!

            I think it’s just a matter of time now for her to heal up and feel
            more like her bunny self. : )
            Keeping to her routines and minimising stress will always help.


          • BethandMarmite
            Participant
            4 posts Send Private Message

              Yeah the medicine she’s got is to help get her gut working properly. It’s a kind of syrupy stuff that has to be squirted into her mouth with a syringe. She can be a bit of a pickle initially while trying to get it in her mouth, and she has quite a large dewlap that she can bury her head in quite effectively  but once it’s in she’ll sit quietly, and afterwards she’ll lick her lips for ages. She could be worse, usually she’s much more difficult to do get to do anything!

              She’s still not drinking, which is worrying me (although at the vets they got lots of fluid into her using a catheter so I’m not overly worried about dehydration right now) but I think i’ll try mixing something in with her water to try and tempt her to drink. So far the most i’ve managed is wetting my fingers so she licks it off!

              Thank you for your advice


            • Nelli
              Participant
              72 posts Send Private Message

                I had both our buns spayed at the same time this February, and one of them refused to eat and had to go back to the doctor to get some fluids and meds. I had to force feed them a little bit, both of them, since they didn’t want to eat at all even after the 24 hours from surgery. (Syringe fed with crushed pellets mixed in with a small amount of cooked oat flakes and water, as the doctor ordered.) For our buns it took a bit over a week before they started to eat anywhere near normally. They also didn’t drink normally during that one week of recovery. I offered them really wet veggies, so I suppose they got some water in that way. I tried to syringe feed them some water, but they hated it. However, after two weeks from the surgery both bunnies were eating normally and now the chubby one has gained back all the weight she lost during that surgery time… not that she needed to, haha. Anyway, so I wouldn’t be too worried if your bunny is already pooping and eating at least something. Oh, and I also offered them orchard grass hay, which they nibbled better than the timothy hay at the beginning of their recovery.

            Viewing 4 reply threads
            • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.

            Forum DIET & CARE Spay&Stasis