naturestee
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I'm having a similar problem to Tinysmom with multiple rabbits being off their food. It started with Loki yesterday when he wasn't interested in his breakfast. I left a note for James and he was feeding Loki pumpkin throughout the day, which he ate willingly. Last night he stopped eating pumpkin. He felt only slightly gassy, not as active as normal but not looking too uncomfortable in the way he is sitting or laying. I started gas meds and Pedialyte last night and started syringing Critical Care this morning. He perked up after being syringe fed and I got him to eat a few oats and flax seeds, but no real food on his own.
Mocha is also off her food as of this morning. Last night she ate her pellets and veggies but only slowly and wasn't interested in them at all- I actually had to chase her into her pen for her supper. I never have to do that! She hasn't eaten any of her breakfast and didn't even want pumpkin, although she did eat some oats. I have started syringe feeding her. And Fey hasn't eaten all of her breakfast yet, maybe a little over half of her veggies and the flax seed/sunflower seed/oats conditioning mix I give her (1/4 teaspoon per meal). Pellets looked untouched.
Thoughts? Anything else I can do? My vet is closed for the weekend, and even if they were open I don't think there's anything else they can do except give gut motility drugs which I don't want. I gave Loki some Metacam this morning but it doesn't seem to have helped. I have Nutri-Cal but they seriously hate it, and Critical Care has the same vitamins added plus more stuff like probiotics.
I'm just going to have to nurse them through it. Blah. At least they're all alert and not in terrible pain.
Oberon better stay healthy, darn it! He's still eating like a pig, blissfully unaware that Fey isn't feeling well.
Edit: The only new food is a new bale of hay, from the same farmer I always buy from. Good quality, not dusty, still green, but more alfalfa than his bales usually have so I've been picking a lot of that out. I let everyone but Fey have a little of the alfalfa for a little treat.
Mocha is also off her food as of this morning. Last night she ate her pellets and veggies but only slowly and wasn't interested in them at all- I actually had to chase her into her pen for her supper. I never have to do that! She hasn't eaten any of her breakfast and didn't even want pumpkin, although she did eat some oats. I have started syringe feeding her. And Fey hasn't eaten all of her breakfast yet, maybe a little over half of her veggies and the flax seed/sunflower seed/oats conditioning mix I give her (1/4 teaspoon per meal). Pellets looked untouched.
Thoughts? Anything else I can do? My vet is closed for the weekend, and even if they were open I don't think there's anything else they can do except give gut motility drugs which I don't want. I gave Loki some Metacam this morning but it doesn't seem to have helped. I have Nutri-Cal but they seriously hate it, and Critical Care has the same vitamins added plus more stuff like probiotics.
I'm just going to have to nurse them through it. Blah. At least they're all alert and not in terrible pain.
Oberon better stay healthy, darn it! He's still eating like a pig, blissfully unaware that Fey isn't feeling well.
Edit: The only new food is a new bale of hay, from the same farmer I always buy from. Good quality, not dusty, still green, but more alfalfa than his bales usually have so I've been picking a lot of that out. I let everyone but Fey have a little of the alfalfa for a little treat.
