RABBIT IS NOT EATINGG!!!!! DOES NOT WANT TO EAT!!

[kirbyultra]

Been IMing Riffy...

So, Frosty is an unneutered male, over 1 year old.

Normal diet consists of pellets and veggies. I encourage you to feed him Timothy hay regularly. All buns should eat hay as the majority of their diet, small portion of salad a day and only about a handful (1/8 to 1/4 cup) of timothy hay based pellets a day. {Your 2 babies, 3 and 7 month old bunnies can have alfalfa based pellets but if money is an issue, you can feed all your buns timothy pellets. Alfalfa is recommended for babies because of the richer content}

Provided an address to a place in the city where a lot of NYC bun owners order our hay in bulk at a fairly affordable price. They ship for free. http://1800whiskers.com/

Overall, I worry if he has some other issue that is causing a loss in body weight, then causing stasis. So far he's only presented with "loss of appetite", "small poops" and "sitting behavior."

 

[Riffy]

not really idk his breed,.. all i knwo he is all white red eyes and his nose looks like its gonna turn black soon but its not even brown its just like little dots

 

[Pipp]

How big is he? If he's just a little guy, like two or three pounds, he's probably a dwarf.

And he doesn't get hay, my first thought is that he has dental issues.

They're common in dwarfs and usually appear after they're a year, year and a half old.

Their molars aren't been ground down enough so he's not chewing properly, thus the weight loss and the gas.

I'd start increasing the veggies, especially stemmy ones like carrot tops and hard chewy ones like kale and broccoli stems. Give him apple peel (not apple) as a treat, and maybe try the cat grass you get in trays (although make sure he eats the grass and not the seeds).

Hopefully you can get him eating hay. A lot of rabbits don't always take to it if they haven't been brought up on it, but it really is crucial.

If it is his teeth and the diet doesn't fix it, he'll need some dental work. They'll put him to sleep (or sedate him) and file down the molars. (If you're going to have him neutered, best to do it all at the same time).

Is your other bunny a girl? Have they had kits? Its probably more important to spay the girl than neuter the boy, most (like 80%) unspayed girls will develop uterine tumors that can and will turn cancerous, it's the leading cause of death in females.


sas :clover:

 

[Riffy]

well... im going to show ya'll something.. this is frosty in his glory days [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUnaAhAfo2I[/ame]

(the one doing the humping) both bunnies there are related... i would like to know their breed...and frosty is eating litttle by little...im going to give him another dose in a few...oh yeah couldnt buy pedialyte....all i have is some cocktail juice idk what it is, its in a can....should i give him juice ?

 

[kirbyultra]

The other bun looks like some himalayan mix...

They look like medium rabbits, not dwarfy.

Juice isn't such a great idea. If you can syringe feed him some water, it would be good. If he hates it, maybe some *really waterred down juice*. I mean, it should just baaaarely taste like juice so that he doesn't get too much sugar interfering with his digestive tract balance. If this cocktail juice is colored red or something like fruit punch, I wouldn't bother. Try to get him some plain water via syringe feeding if that's the case.

 

[Riffy]

is givin him the medicine twice every hour good?

 

[tonyshuman]

Well, since he's eating, you can probably stop with the medicine, unless he still seems to be in distress. I give 1mL per hour, for 3 hours, to our dwarf bunnies (less than 3lb each).

 

[Riffy]

hes back to normal thanks guyss.. im going to clean his cage up in a few to see if he is pooping normal..

one of my other rabbits had babies .she is only 4 months old....she waspregnant when i got her it was my friends bun , they feel cold so i put newspapers and a little shirt ontop of dem...it seems as she didnt rip off any fur to cover them and is not feedin dem...they will probabbly die cuz dis is her 1st time ever havin babies

 

[tonyshuman]

I'll start a topic in the Rabbitry about the baby bunnies. Most people who visit the Infirmary don't have experience with babies because we are primarily pet owners and our animals are spayed or neutered. In the Rabbitry section, people who breed rabbits visit. They will know how to take care of them.

If the babies are cold, I would recommend putting them in a shoebox with some bedding. Rabbit fur is the best bedding, so if one of your bunnies is shedding you can put it in there. The mom should pull fur from herself to make a nest soon. I would put a heating pad under half of the shoebox--that way the babies can wiggle onto the warm spot if they want the warmth, and if they don't want the warmth, they can still wiggle onto the other half of the box that doesn't have the heating pad.

You'll need to check to see if the mom's milk came in--the babies should have white bellies that look like they've swallowed ping pong balls if the mom has fed them.

 

[aurora369]

I'm glad to hear your boy is doing better. Cleaning the litter box so you know how much he is pooping is a good idea.

Please make a post in the Rabbitry about your female and her babies. You can help the little babies.

If the babies are cold, you need to warm them up. Put the them on your skin under your shirt for a bit until they feel nice and toasty. Or, take a shoe box and put half of it over a heating pad set on low and put the babies on the warm side. The reason for only half the box is so that if they get too hot, they can wiggle over to the cooler side.

The babies will need to be put in a nest box. A shoe box, small rubber made or a clean litter box will work. Put about an inch or two of shavings or a soft litter in the bottom, then fill the rest of the box with hay or straw. Compact the hay down nicely and make a fist sized hole nice and deep into the hay. Transfer as much of the nest mom built into the hole along with the warmed up babies.

Once the babies are warmed up and in the nest, you can try and help mom to feed them. Cold babies will not feed, so it is very important for them to be nice and warm before starting the feeding. You can help mom feed by placing her over top of her babies that are in the box. Rabbits feed by standing over their babies, not lying down like cats and dogs do. Once she is standing over the babies, they should start nursing from below her and making squeaky noises. You'll have to keep mom distracted by petting her and/or feeding her some treats.

Put mom on the nest two or three times a day for 5 minutes. The babies nursing and suckling will stimulate mom to produce more milk and once she's got a good supply of milk the pressure will make her want to feed on her own.

Again, please make a post in the Rabbitry and post pictures of the babies if you can. We will be able to tell if the babies are fed or not from the pictures. A well fed baby will have a round belly and a baby that is not fed will look shrunken with out a round belly.

-Dawn

 

[tonyshuman]

Please watch for responses from breeders in this thread:
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=54989&forum_id=8&jump_to=745729#p745729