Im sorry for the late reply, havnt had any chance to get on, nor have i had internet.
Quicksilver is okay now, though they think he has other tummy issues as his poops have been pretty irregularly shaped since this incident. I will go further into this in a minute.
The poops for both of them were more diarrhea than cecals (yes, i know buns dont exactly get “diarrhea”). They were just wet blobs. No shape or form or anything. It looked more like the consistancy of pancake batter than it did cecals.
There was a “one-way” bond between him and the onr who passed. He loved her and would do anything for her. He would hide his treats then try to sneak them to her when she came out. He would give her his hay (would hold it up without chewing it and put it in front of her), would give his chew toys, etc. She didnt really care for him. Wouldnt pay attention to him, and got upset at him rather quickly. So i guess there was a semi-bond that could have stressed him out
The vets did not find a specific source of the issue for quicksilver, but decided treating it as a severe case of stasis was the best route. They did all kinds of xrays and blood tests but nothing seemed to come up. They gave him a treatment for dehydration and he looked 10 times better already, then gave us some critical care, every 4 hours -shivers- that was probably the hardest part. Force feeding a sick pet. Over the first few days he had a number of ups and downs, and we got him in for another apointment a few days later, where he got another dehydration treatment. We ended up with 3 of them. 3 journeys to and from davis, a good hour drive each way, with an ill bun. Its all we could do.
We were also given some pretty strong pain meds in hopes of getting him to eat, which it helped a lot, and making him high enough that he couldnt struggle made the critical care a lot easier (lol)
I actually started work in the middle of him being sick, so it was difficult. My father couldnt handle force feeding him. It had been a week since we started the critical care, and he was far from being normal. The vet told us to very slowly pull it away so as not to upset his tummy more from being on it that long, and just in case he went back to being bad.
So we slowly lowered the dose and the time. By the time i started work we luckily got him to 8 hour intervals. Of course work was very difficult with him on my mind the whole time. It took another 4 days to be able to fully pull him off of it.
A few weeks off, we have had a few scares. One thing the vet told me, if you are worried, trust your gut. Give him a treatment of the critical care and keep a close eye on him. Its much more important to worry and risk wasting a dose to possibly catch and stop it early, or at least keep him going til we can get him to a vet, than wait til its too late.
Today he is doing pretty well. We are slowly switching his diet to a timothy-based pellet. Hes still on timothy hay and we are also slowly trying to do away with treats. We have been trying many vegetables but nothing seems to interest him. Even most fruits, he turns his nose up to (yes, even bananas). We have also put a dish in his cage strictly for water, and clean it every other day and use bottled water rather than tap. He still has a regular bottle in his cage but seems uninterested in it since being sick.
We do have to keep an eye on him and check his poops and eating daily, as well as check for gas a few times a day, which we have caught a few times. His poops have been more egg shaped since being sick, but they seem to be becoming more round again with time.
Thank you guys so much for your help and support ^.^ best wishes