The (Un)Sympathetic Rabbit Partner

"Rosie" Happy Bunny Butt Friday from my girl, Rosie! Her mate, Benny, had his first case of GI stasis (since we adopted him last year), and Rosie behaved precisely how you'd expect a partner to: she completely ignored him unless he had food in front of him. Yes, this seems to be par for the …

A Few Words on Bunny Bloat

  I have a chronic stasis bun, Butterscotch. Fortunately, stasis can sometimes be treated at home, and I usually can in Butterscotch's case. Unlike stasis, bloat is a completely different story. Bloat is a condition which is frequently fatal in rabbits that causes excruciating pain. The causes of bloat are not known and it can appear suddenly. …

New Stasis Prevention Protocol

As many of you may know, my Butterscotch is a chronic stasis bunny. For the past several months he's had a lot of trouble and the only thing that seemed to help him was the keep him on a maintenance dose of Reglan. Originally it was a small dose, but kept increasing as he was …

Keeping the Kronenbuns Healthy

My Butterscotch went into stasis again on Friday, three days after dropping his double-daily dose of Relgan to 0.75mls. We medicated him with Reglan, Simethicone and Metacam and fortunately his temp usually doesn't drop below 101. He was eating again in three hours and has been fine since.  After eliminating greens, all I can hope …

Bunny-Stall 1.0

We've been stasis-free in this house for a few weeks now, but I'd like to share some info from when my Charlie last had stasis and a kidney stone. I had been syringe-feeding him Critical Care twice a day for several days. Anyone who has done this knows it a messy and time-consuming process. I …

Always on Stasis Watch

On Tuesday, after I had come home from bringing my foster bun Cameron to the vet, my Butterscotch went into stasis. (Treatment guide) Fortunately after the usual meds were given, and temperatures of over 101 were taken, he recovered and was eating within 4 hours. That's about par for the course for him. Not sure …

When Butterscotch Bunny Doesn’t Want to Eat…

I haven't posted in a few days because my little Butterscotch had a particularly bad bought of GI stasis. He's mostly better now, eating pellets and greens on his own, almost as much as normal. He did loose a couple of ounces, but he's still at a fine weight. I'm not surprised, barely eating for …

Temperature Taking Tantrums

My Butterscotch had another bout of stasis on Tuesday, but is feeling better now. We had cleaned his room earlier in the day and think that may have caused it. Stress is a common cause of GI stasis, and changing out everything in his room could certainly be stressful for the little guy. He took a …

Eye Gunk and Appetites

Even since I've had my Hershey, I occasionally noticed what I thought were bubbles on the sides of his eyeballs. Sometimes they would be there, sometimes not, so I thought they were on his third eyelid membrane. When there was a particularly larger one than I remembered on his left eye last night I looked …

Gimme the Good Stuff!

"Bella" "Butterscotch & Hershey" We got this adorable pillow at Kohl's this week. It's my baby girl! We're trying to bring up Bella's weight so she gets special alfalfa pellets and I made her some alfafa banana cookies. Charlie sure isn't happy that he's not allowed to have them. "Not fair!" It's hard since they're …