April LD
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What a handsome boy!!!
Bunny Poop help?
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Scarly
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If anyone is interested. We took Peter to the vet last week, the vet felt a considerably sized lump in his stomach but as he was eating fresh veggies with gusto she had hoped that with some hay and lots of water it would break up in his stomach and he would be able to pass it naturally.
We took him back to the vet last night, as he wasn't interested in eating even his favorite (cilantro) and had not pooped so I was concerned. They did an x-ray and saw that the lump in his stomach is quite dense and felt a little harder and larger than last week.
He’s at the vet for the next 2 days/nights on an IV and will be having an enema tomorrow morning to clear out his rectum and a tube with water down his throat to his belly (all under sedation) in order to try and break up this big lump that has formed there. They are concerned as the lump is causing him pain quite a lot of pain which reduces his appetite, and is preventing him from pooping normally. If they are not able to break it up and clear it with water he will go into surgery tomorrow night to have it removed from his stomach. They said surgery is a last resort as it's very invasive so they are doing everything they can to help the lump break apart so he can poop it out on his own.
There’s no 100% way to tell through the x-ray and ultrasound but the vet suspects the lump is comprised of fur that has been trapped in his belly from corn hulls that have gathered there that he wasn’t able to expel because they had lumped together because he wasn’t being fed any grass hay from his previous owner. As it’s shedding season it likely escalated as he was grooming himself more than usual and the excess fur was caught in the corn and fat. She believes that it's a lump at least 6 months in the making as it takes up almost his entire stomach.
Fingers crossed the little guy pulls through. We've had him for 9 days now and he's already cost $1000 in vet bills without the surgery that he might need.
We took him back to the vet last night, as he wasn't interested in eating even his favorite (cilantro) and had not pooped so I was concerned. They did an x-ray and saw that the lump in his stomach is quite dense and felt a little harder and larger than last week.
He’s at the vet for the next 2 days/nights on an IV and will be having an enema tomorrow morning to clear out his rectum and a tube with water down his throat to his belly (all under sedation) in order to try and break up this big lump that has formed there. They are concerned as the lump is causing him pain quite a lot of pain which reduces his appetite, and is preventing him from pooping normally. If they are not able to break it up and clear it with water he will go into surgery tomorrow night to have it removed from his stomach. They said surgery is a last resort as it's very invasive so they are doing everything they can to help the lump break apart so he can poop it out on his own.
There’s no 100% way to tell through the x-ray and ultrasound but the vet suspects the lump is comprised of fur that has been trapped in his belly from corn hulls that have gathered there that he wasn’t able to expel because they had lumped together because he wasn’t being fed any grass hay from his previous owner. As it’s shedding season it likely escalated as he was grooming himself more than usual and the excess fur was caught in the corn and fat. She believes that it's a lump at least 6 months in the making as it takes up almost his entire stomach.
Fingers crossed the little guy pulls through. We've had him for 9 days now and he's already cost $1000 in vet bills without the surgery that he might need.
Scarly
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The vet sent us a photo of Peter plus his xrays. The red circles on the xray are abnormalities. The larges one is the mass in his stomach they are concerned about, you can see how much less visible it is in the 2nd xray. It's still there but not nearly as dense so the vet thinks he'll pull through on his own 
The smaller dots are gas build up, poor guy. 
The smaller dots are gas build up, poor guy. 
Imbrium
Jennifer
Edit: I totally missed that there was a second page! What a traumatic ordeal for both Peter and you guys. I've lost two rabbits to GI stasis over the years and treated it a number of times successfully. In fact, we lost our beloved Layne to something similar in late January after we were able to get him to the vet but didn't have the money to go for the most aggressive treatment options. There's little in life that's more worrisome to me than a rabbit shunning their favorite foods entirely. I really hope this story has a happy ending - please keep us updated! Hubby and I and our little warren are sending lots of positive thoughts Peter's way!
Original response:
3 1/2 weeks ago (can't believe that's all it's been!), we adopted a big ol' Californian boy ("meat" rabbit breed; devours anything and everything, especially if it's leafy and green) and a finicky little Dutch girl. We've got them bonded already and housed near our other two (non-bonded) girls. The other day, I attempted to feed the rabbits edible flower pedals in lieu of their small nightly ration of fruit. Alice got offered one first and looked at me like I was crazy, shunning it instantly... but when she saw Nala and Big Bunny (the Cali) both destroying theirs, she pressed her face to the cage bars like she was asking for some - when I offered again, she inhaled the pedal! I went to the other end of the duo's enclosure to offer Harley a pedal and she had zero interest in it... until Big Bunny ran up and I gave him a second piece, then Harley was suddenly not only willing but eager to try one.
They're really silly (and much like humans) that way, lol. When someone else gets super excited about something or vouches for it or w/e, we tend to be more open to trying it too - rabbits are the same way. The more he knows and trusts your other bunny, the more likely he is to learn the hay-eating habit from her.
Original response:
3 1/2 weeks ago (can't believe that's all it's been!), we adopted a big ol' Californian boy ("meat" rabbit breed; devours anything and everything, especially if it's leafy and green) and a finicky little Dutch girl. We've got them bonded already and housed near our other two (non-bonded) girls. The other day, I attempted to feed the rabbits edible flower pedals in lieu of their small nightly ration of fruit. Alice got offered one first and looked at me like I was crazy, shunning it instantly... but when she saw Nala and Big Bunny (the Cali) both destroying theirs, she pressed her face to the cage bars like she was asking for some - when I offered again, she inhaled the pedal! I went to the other end of the duo's enclosure to offer Harley a pedal and she had zero interest in it... until Big Bunny ran up and I gave him a second piece, then Harley was suddenly not only willing but eager to try one.
They're really silly (and much like humans) that way, lol. When someone else gets super excited about something or vouches for it or w/e, we tend to be more open to trying it too - rabbits are the same way. The more he knows and trusts your other bunny, the more likely he is to learn the hay-eating habit from her.
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