GI stasis or bloat? But she flopped. What does it mean?

[Maureen Las]

Pipp wrote:

I try to avoid the stomach area when I'm massaging regardless, which is fairly high up on the rabbit's left side of the body. I try and massage from the area just below the stomach downward towards the anus.


sas

Pipp mae a good point.

I also avoid massaging the abdomen directly althoughI do massage around it hoping that it willindirectlycreate peristalsis.
Putting too much pressure on a distended abdomen (even if it is gas and not bloat) could be painful or possibly harmful to the rabbit if the pressure was too hard.
I try to imagine what it would feel like if someone was massaging my stomach when I was full...not a good thing ...

 

[JeffS]

Pancake's initial gassy spot was just below where her ribs separate and it felt like a balloon. Later her abdomen just felt like it had bubbles.

When I go to the vet next, hopefully just for their yearly checkup, I'll make sure to have the vet teach me what to do when these things happen.