Hi everyone.. Long time no see but I urgently need some golden RO advice.*
Georgie is a 6 year old neutered male mixed breed, 2.4kg. Healthy active rabbit with a diet consisting largely of grass hay with pellets and veggies as well.*
Over the last couple weeks, he had lost interest in his pellets, still eating hay and veggies. I wasnt too concerned because he only gets a small handful of pellets a day, not much to begin with. Sunday night didnt eat veggies, so gave him 3 cc of oval and a tummy rub. I noticed he was dribbiling a bit of urine, so the next morning I booked him for an appointment just to check incase of kidney or bladder stones.
Monday afternoon at the vets he is given an xray which turns out normal except for lots of gas. Biggest worry was the large amount of gas in his cecum. Was prescribed metacam and cisapride and also given another gut motility injection (can't remember name) and a shot of metacam. Keeping up with oval evey 8 hours as well.
Been force-feeding a pellet slurry and water along with the medication. Up until this afternoon, he has been pooping small amounts and peeing. Still not active but stuff is going in and coming out.
Which brings us to this afternoon. The morning feeding and meds went well, willing but not eager to eat - all good. I get home and find out he can't put pressure on his left front paw. Definitely broken somewhere and there's also a white mucous around his anus with poop as well. Rush to the vet, xray shows a break between his shoulder and elbow. Given a shot of buprenorphine long acting and some to take home with me. Not sure how it happened or when, but recommended course of action is amputation. Happened sometime after Mondays xrays.
Now for questions and concerns (sorry about length). I'm just keeping his temperature up at the moment because he refuses to swallow any amounts of food or water, very doped up. Is this normal based on the painkiller given or is he loosing his will? He can barely keep himself up, his leg is bandaged tight to him. The vet recommends waiting until his gi tract is a bit more stable brfore the operation, but I fear him getting weaker. Is there any recommendations on how I can keep him comfortable and anything I can do to help him in the meantime? Right now it does not look promising, though can't tell if it's from the pain meds that he is out of character.*
Hopefully that's as clear as mud, thanks in advance.
Georgie is a 6 year old neutered male mixed breed, 2.4kg. Healthy active rabbit with a diet consisting largely of grass hay with pellets and veggies as well.*
Over the last couple weeks, he had lost interest in his pellets, still eating hay and veggies. I wasnt too concerned because he only gets a small handful of pellets a day, not much to begin with. Sunday night didnt eat veggies, so gave him 3 cc of oval and a tummy rub. I noticed he was dribbiling a bit of urine, so the next morning I booked him for an appointment just to check incase of kidney or bladder stones.
Monday afternoon at the vets he is given an xray which turns out normal except for lots of gas. Biggest worry was the large amount of gas in his cecum. Was prescribed metacam and cisapride and also given another gut motility injection (can't remember name) and a shot of metacam. Keeping up with oval evey 8 hours as well.
Been force-feeding a pellet slurry and water along with the medication. Up until this afternoon, he has been pooping small amounts and peeing. Still not active but stuff is going in and coming out.
Which brings us to this afternoon. The morning feeding and meds went well, willing but not eager to eat - all good. I get home and find out he can't put pressure on his left front paw. Definitely broken somewhere and there's also a white mucous around his anus with poop as well. Rush to the vet, xray shows a break between his shoulder and elbow. Given a shot of buprenorphine long acting and some to take home with me. Not sure how it happened or when, but recommended course of action is amputation. Happened sometime after Mondays xrays.
Now for questions and concerns (sorry about length). I'm just keeping his temperature up at the moment because he refuses to swallow any amounts of food or water, very doped up. Is this normal based on the painkiller given or is he loosing his will? He can barely keep himself up, his leg is bandaged tight to him. The vet recommends waiting until his gi tract is a bit more stable brfore the operation, but I fear him getting weaker. Is there any recommendations on how I can keep him comfortable and anything I can do to help him in the meantime? Right now it does not look promising, though can't tell if it's from the pain meds that he is out of character.*
Hopefully that's as clear as mud, thanks in advance.
