Baby rabbit

[flemish_breederrz]

Okay, first off, hi everyone, my name's Sarah and I just joined this morning. Anyway...

I have a kit about 3-4 months old who's been living in the house since before he was weaned. We lost the whole litter aside from him because the mother wasn't taking care of him, so we were feeding him three-four times a day until he was weaned and he's stayed inside this winter because we obviously couldn't put him outside in December.

But he's been doing really well until just recently he isn't eating much, he's lost weight and ambition, and he's got mild diharea(sp).We're hoping the main problem is that his heating lamp was broken and we just got the new lamp on him and that that will do the trick but I'm hoping for any advice really.

Thanks everyone

 

[naturestee]

Welcome to the forum!

I highly recommend taking your baby bun to the vet. There are too many symptoms that concern me, and I'm wondering if he has some kind of infection. Maybe coccidea?Anyway, the best I can suggest is a vet. Get him in as soon as you can. In the meantime, a little Nutri-Cal will provide calories and vitamins. Feed a lot of grass hay and make sure he's drinking enough water. It's easy for them to get dehydrated when they have diarrhea.

Keep us updated on the little one! (As little as flemish are anyway.)

 

[flemish_breederrz]

Thanks. I'll look into the Nutri-Cal... and my dad's not sure about the vet thing... he's not a rabbit that we're keepin' to show it's just a rabbit that we went and got attached to.But I'm going to try and force feed him. He's got plenty of water and he's got hay. He just got so bad so fast that we don't think he's going to last the week. If it were up to me he'd be goin' to the vet today.But I don't have the money to take him and my dad doesn't want to spend the money because he's not one of our good rabbits.

 

[edwinf8936]

I would look at the diet first. Do you have it eating greens? Could be too early. Try a little oates. If you need to force feed him try shoving parsley into his mouth and gently puch. It is very important that he keeps eating. You could try forcing hay if it is greens that is the problem.
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[flemish_breederrz]

Unfortunately we lost him this afternoon. His breathing was slightly labored before it happened but I would conclude that the actual death came quickly. But thank you guys anyway.

 

[Pipp]

Oh no, I'm so sorry. :tears2:

It's really tough when you take so much care to hand raise a baby, and you always get attached, but the odds were not very good from the start. But I personally thank you for caring enough to try.

They seem to go through a few crisis points, you made it past most of them, it's extra tough to lose him now.I don't think anything beyond immediate emergency vet care -- sub-q fluid sand drugs -- would have helped, and even then you're fighting bad odds. When they get sick at that age, especially with the diarrhea, they really go downhill quickly.

I hopeyou stick around and let us know howthe rest of your crew is doing.

:rip:little guy.



sas

 

[flemish_breederrz]

Thanks. I plan to stick around. And it was hard to loose him, because this is the second rabbit I've brought inside after we thought we had lost him. My other was flemish buck that suffered a stroke, but because I'm bull headed I was determined to nurse him back to health. Unfortunetly, I didn't. But thanks for your help guys. And I'll keep you up to date on my group all..... 24 of them... LOL...