wendymac
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone. I'm from Pennsylvania. The bun that isn't doing well is a French Lop doe, born on October 26th. I purchased her (and a half brother, born on October 19th) on December 10th. Before I get flamed, I did NOT know she wasn't even 8 weeks old. I just found out her actual birth date when their pedigrees came in the mail this afternoon. I'm VERY upset about this, but that's getting sidetracked.
I'm fairly new to rabbits (had pets throughout the years, but never any show/breeding stock).
There aren't any vets that do rabbits (that I can find, still trying to locate one).
When I first brought them home, I had her and her half brother in the same cage. Yesterday, I put her in her own cage. Same pellets they were getting at the breeder's, free choice timothy/grass mix hay, and water.
This morning, when I went to the barn to feed, she had diarrhea all over her under side. She hadn't touched her feed all night/early morning. What wasn't diarrhea was a clear jelly-like mucus mess.
I immediately ran to the house, and mixed up Neomycin (which the breeder told me to keep on hand, for diarrhea). I filled her water bowl with it, then used a syringe to get a few CCs in her. I also gave her simethicone drops (3 cc), and clear Pedialyte (around 3 cc).
I ran back to the store for Romaine lettuce, canned pumpkin, banana baby food, and an indoor cage. She's now right beside me, where I can closely monitor and continue force feeding her the liquids. I've also been gently massaging her belly.
In the last few hours, she has eaten about 1 1/2 large Romaine leaves and a few nibbles of watermelon (I figured that would help with the fiber and water content). She's also taken a few drinks of water (with the Neomycin in it). I didn't force feed her either the pumpkin or the baby food yet.
What I don't know is whether I should stop the Neomycin, continue what I've been doing, or do something more. Right now she's still passing jelly masses, but the more recent passage had some flecks of green (like 9 teenie tiny particles) along with the mucus/jelly mess.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! I know that diarrhea in a rabbit (especially one that shouldn't have been weaned yet) is serious. But until I can find a vet that will see her, I don't have any other option. :-(
Edit: I forgot to add that she's hardly moving around, not really eating (although now at least attempting to nibble), and not drinking (a few licks, a few times, in the last 4 hours).
I'm fairly new to rabbits (had pets throughout the years, but never any show/breeding stock).
There aren't any vets that do rabbits (that I can find, still trying to locate one).
When I first brought them home, I had her and her half brother in the same cage. Yesterday, I put her in her own cage. Same pellets they were getting at the breeder's, free choice timothy/grass mix hay, and water.
This morning, when I went to the barn to feed, she had diarrhea all over her under side. She hadn't touched her feed all night/early morning. What wasn't diarrhea was a clear jelly-like mucus mess.
I immediately ran to the house, and mixed up Neomycin (which the breeder told me to keep on hand, for diarrhea). I filled her water bowl with it, then used a syringe to get a few CCs in her. I also gave her simethicone drops (3 cc), and clear Pedialyte (around 3 cc).
I ran back to the store for Romaine lettuce, canned pumpkin, banana baby food, and an indoor cage. She's now right beside me, where I can closely monitor and continue force feeding her the liquids. I've also been gently massaging her belly.
In the last few hours, she has eaten about 1 1/2 large Romaine leaves and a few nibbles of watermelon (I figured that would help with the fiber and water content). She's also taken a few drinks of water (with the Neomycin in it). I didn't force feed her either the pumpkin or the baby food yet.
What I don't know is whether I should stop the Neomycin, continue what I've been doing, or do something more. Right now she's still passing jelly masses, but the more recent passage had some flecks of green (like 9 teenie tiny particles) along with the mucus/jelly mess.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! I know that diarrhea in a rabbit (especially one that shouldn't have been weaned yet) is serious. But until I can find a vet that will see her, I don't have any other option. :-(
Edit: I forgot to add that she's hardly moving around, not really eating (although now at least attempting to nibble), and not drinking (a few licks, a few times, in the last 4 hours).
