Please send positive thoughts/prayers for Emma...

[Jenk]

Please send healing thoughts/prayers to my husband's and my Mini Rex, Emma. It was just this past spring that she was on injectable/oral Metoclopramide, Cisapride, Metacam, sub-Qs, Critical Care, and other supplements for weeks to pull her out of stasis. Now she's in a similar situation.

This time, the vet wanted Emma switched to oral Metoclopramide after 2.5 days' of the injectable kind. I suspected she needed the injectable kind longer and now worry that I was right. (The overnight fecals I saw in her box this morning are small.) I don't have anymore injectable Metoclopramide and, so, must rely on the oral version today (and hope her body can absorb it for effectiveness).

It's my hope to get Emma through this latest bout, after which I'll likely take her off of pellets entirely and give her some Critical Care daily for extra protein and nutrients. (I suspect that her body doesn't digest pellets properly, and/or she doesn't ingest enough water consistently to moisten them.)


Jenk

 

[SOOOSKA]

Jenk, i'm sorry to hear Emma is not feeling well.

Many prayersray: ray:ray: going out to her.

I sure hope she starts to feel better soon.

Hugs and Bunny Nose Bonks

Susan:feelbetter::hug1:hug:

 

[Jenk]

Thank you, Susan. :hug:

Emma is very stasis prone. Her last bout was just this past spring, and I was hoping to not have to deal with another one for at least a year; no dice.

My husband and I aren't certain how we can keep up this situation. Our other pets--namely Zoe, who's passed on, and our cat, Simon--already cost us a huge sum this year. Emma's other stasis bout this year led me to have her hospitalized because I couldn't deal with the daily schedule of treating her. Even though we didn't really have the money to hospitalize her for 2.5 days, we did so to give ourselves a mental break.

Is it any wonder that I feel jealous of those with rabbits that never had a major health issue by the age of 10 or more? Heh.


Jenk

 

[MILU]

I'm jealous of any rabbit who actually reaches the age of 10. How much does a rabbit actually live? My 1st bunny died pretty young, the second at around what I suppose was his 6th b-day, or 5 years old he was very sick for 1 year before he passed.. his last year was like a "bonus", nobody thought he'd make it.
Congrats if your bunny reached the age of 10!!!!!!

Have you syringed any water or pellet slurry (when she doesn't eat)? That helps a lot, plus any advice from the infirmary here. My bunny only lived more because of this website and the great advice I was given. I hope Emma gets well!! I'll pray for her. If you suspect your bunny needs something the vets aren't doing, you should look for a 2nd opinion (or 3rd, 4th, etc). The 1st and 2nd vets told me things like "your rabbit is only stressed" when he actually had dental issues. RO saved my bunny.. then I found a dentist who could do what my bunny needed. Sometimes we know stuff better than vets..

Anyway, I hope she gets better soon!!!!!

ray:ray:ray:

 

[gmas rabbit]

Lots of prayers for Emma. Benjamin is not a big pellet eater. He prefers fresh food by the heaping handful 3-4 times a day, plus hay. I am now mixing his hays as he is not a fond rabbit of timothy.

 

[Jenk]

hotmaildeal wrote:

Congrats if your bunny reached the age of 10!!!!!!

My husband and I lost our megacolon bun when she was 4 years old. Our other two rabbits are now 3.5 and 4.5 years old.

Have you syringed any water or pellet slurry (when she doesn't eat)? That helps a lot, plus any advice from the infirmary here. My bunny only lived more because of this website and the great advice I was given. I hope Emma gets well!! I'll pray for her. If you suspect your bunny needs something the vets aren't doing, you should look for a 2nd opinion (or 3rd, 4th, etc).

Emma has been through every test except for a dental exam under anesthesia and an ultrasound. The vet recently filed points on Emma's bottom teeth, though she saw no sign of irritation/sores in Emma's inner cheeks or on her tongue. I still don't think teeth issues are the cause, since she can go 3-6 months without a problem, depending on the year.

I syringe Emma watery Critical Care (for extra fluid) when she's eating/pooping less, but just syringing her food doesn't always help. There are times when I must resort to motility drugs and sub-Qs, as I am now.

Emma is a Mini Rex. I've been told that this breed is known for stasis issues due to much inbreeding; due to my experiences, I can believe it.

Jenk

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

I"ll definitly keep praying for Emma. My mini rex (Taffy) had some GI stasis issue this summer but pulled through after a while of it and got better. Maybe its something with mini rexes. ? Idk.
Yeah, I never knew how fortunate I was with healthy buns most their lives til' Jelly got so sick and i lost her and the getting Charlie and having her be sick from the day I brought her home, and now having Ripley and on and off problems with him..

 

[Nancy McClelland]

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[Jenk]

Bunnylova4eva wrote:

I"ll definitly keep praying for Emma. My mini rex (Taffy) had some GI stasis issue this summer but pulled through after a while of it and got better. Maybe its something with mini rexes. ? Idk.

An HRS staff member in my state told me that the Mini Rex breed is notorious for being stasis-prone due to inbreeding. She's dealt with many rabbits over the years; I trust her knowledge on the issue. And my own experience with Mini Rexes--one with megacolon/stasis issues, the other with stasis issues--speaks to this theory.

Yeah, I never knew how fortunate I was with healthy buns most their lives til' Jelly got so sick and i lost her and the getting Charlie and having her be sick from the day I brought her home, and now having Ripley and on and off problems with him..

My husband and I don't know what it's like to have a healthy rabbit; we've never had one. Our Pinkerton comes the closest but gets some serious gas episodes at times; I usually wind up nursing him through part of the night during such times.

After our unlucky experiences with rabbits, we likely won't have anymore after our current crew is gone. (We lost Zoe, our megacolon Mini Rex, this past August.) The money it's taken to keep them chugging along is beyond outrageous and detrimental. We love them dearly, but we choose to not ever nurse another animal from day one again. It's too hard on many levels. (Not to mention that we've given up vacations because: 1) there are no pet sitters near us who are familiar with rabbits, much less rabbit digestive issues; 2) we can no longer financially afford them because the vet bills are usually thousands of dollars per year.)