Kimchilla
Well-Known Member
I have been blessed with a zero health issues eight years of rabbits until the last month. I feel rather clueless when it comes to first hand knowledge of sickness and treatment so I wanted to get some thoughts here.
An 8 year old buck started to drink excessively and progressed to urinating constantly. At home treatment for kidney disease, which was my google diagnosis of him, and oddly enough at the same time had brought a puppy with similar symptoms to the vet who also has renal disease (totally unrelated reason why) When he became obviously uncomfortable and end stage, he was euthanized.
He was with two other bucks who have no symptoms.
FF to this past weekend. We have a colony of does in a stout 20x20 paddock of 4' welded wire, wood posts, with a "run-in" 10x10 stall and hutches. Same sob story... dogs who have been around these guys all of their lives with no issues, terrorized the lot of them. Some rabbits got out but over 24 hours we were able to find them! They were all not eating as well and skittish of sounds that they were otherwise used to
. I have been spending extra time with them, offering snuggles and observing. One 2 year old doe seemed to get thin very fast. After a day I noticed her off alone and though she would eat, it wasn't enough/as much.
When I noticed that I treated her for GI Stasis with probiotics, a little soaked alfalfa to tube in, Gas-X and an aspirin. Since she is a colony rabbit the poop could be anybody's but there was one large log kind of all stuck together which, after researching, looks like it could be GI Stasis poop? She progressed from that to diarrhea and passed less than 24 hours into treatment.
My question is this, does it sound like GI Stasis from the stress, with the doe?
Is there anything that I can do to help prevent that with the others?
They're doing well, they used to spend time in the stall which has a hay rack and eat quite often but now they want to be outside which is currently 15*f and snowy (I think so that they can see)
Even with hay out by them, which gets buried by snow, I am worried about them!
My other question and reason for mentioning the buck was just to rule out, it doesn't sound as though the two are related does it? I want to make sure that I am not missing something contagious.
One more question, the rabbits, having been out of their pen, came into contact with who knows what on the ground. Fortunately, its covered in fresh snow, but, they did roam the barn which has mice I'm sure. Should I wait a bit then have a fecal done or is there a recommended parasite medication to give? I have honestly never had any health issues with them such as these so what knowledge I have from reading online is just that and thought I'd run it by some of you.
I may take one to a vet that I found who is about 45 minutes away and treats rabbits, just to look one over and talk to someone. HOWEVER with the recent stress issue I am not taking one until they're settled. So in the meantime, thoughts?
An 8 year old buck started to drink excessively and progressed to urinating constantly. At home treatment for kidney disease, which was my google diagnosis of him, and oddly enough at the same time had brought a puppy with similar symptoms to the vet who also has renal disease (totally unrelated reason why) When he became obviously uncomfortable and end stage, he was euthanized.
He was with two other bucks who have no symptoms.
FF to this past weekend. We have a colony of does in a stout 20x20 paddock of 4' welded wire, wood posts, with a "run-in" 10x10 stall and hutches. Same sob story... dogs who have been around these guys all of their lives with no issues, terrorized the lot of them. Some rabbits got out but over 24 hours we were able to find them! They were all not eating as well and skittish of sounds that they were otherwise used to
. I have been spending extra time with them, offering snuggles and observing. One 2 year old doe seemed to get thin very fast. After a day I noticed her off alone and though she would eat, it wasn't enough/as much. When I noticed that I treated her for GI Stasis with probiotics, a little soaked alfalfa to tube in, Gas-X and an aspirin. Since she is a colony rabbit the poop could be anybody's but there was one large log kind of all stuck together which, after researching, looks like it could be GI Stasis poop? She progressed from that to diarrhea and passed less than 24 hours into treatment.
My question is this, does it sound like GI Stasis from the stress, with the doe?
Is there anything that I can do to help prevent that with the others?
They're doing well, they used to spend time in the stall which has a hay rack and eat quite often but now they want to be outside which is currently 15*f and snowy (I think so that they can see)
Even with hay out by them, which gets buried by snow, I am worried about them!
My other question and reason for mentioning the buck was just to rule out, it doesn't sound as though the two are related does it? I want to make sure that I am not missing something contagious.
One more question, the rabbits, having been out of their pen, came into contact with who knows what on the ground. Fortunately, its covered in fresh snow, but, they did roam the barn which has mice I'm sure. Should I wait a bit then have a fecal done or is there a recommended parasite medication to give? I have honestly never had any health issues with them such as these so what knowledge I have from reading online is just that and thought I'd run it by some of you.
I may take one to a vet that I found who is about 45 minutes away and treats rabbits, just to look one over and talk to someone. HOWEVER with the recent stress issue I am not taking one until they're settled. So in the meantime, thoughts?
