Pet Forum / Mammals / Rabbits / December 2004

the vet just called.  dipper had two tiny hairballs lodged in her piloris
(whatever that is -- ronie?) and the contents of her stomach started to go
BAD.  it was past the point of fermentation which often happens.
now here's a little tip from the vet.  she told me there were flakes ...

everyone send vibes for izzy. she is going under the have her teeth
checked thursday. marri is worried for her because of her stomach
problems this week. she is still drooling and "spitting" food out. she
does gooble her critical care. so, some stay safe vibes for our girl

What quirks does your bunny have?
Other than trampling cats whenever he gets a chance, The Phooka smacks the
nozzle on his water bottle with his front paw before and while he drinks.
Why?  I have no idea....

Hiyas....
It's been something of a rough year in this little neck of the woods....
That's why I've been sort of a stranger around here. I love APR..... I feel
like I've missed a TON!

Hello All........
I have a question......Since we were talking about how much water a
bunny needs or drinks, I was wondering if anyone has ever gave ther
bunnies any kind of natural vegatable juice?  One of my local grocery

Well, I went for my morning walk today...
Some guys near the bottom of the field behind me were chopping down some
 trees... they had loads of slices of wood and I asked if I could have
some. So, they gave me a really nice big chunck of wood. I asked and

I had two rabbits spayed last Friday, they stayed overnight at the vets.
got them home, I didn't expect them to be 100% far from it, but by following
morning, neither was eating, I suspect that one of them was in pain, went to
emergency vet, sorted the pain out.

why do bunnies do holes in grass

keep those vibes coming big time please.  vet must do a gastrotemy (i know
the spelling is wrong but i don't care!)
she will be having the surgery today and will be in the hospital for a few
more days.

It looks like Bear's abscess is back and moved over to the other side
of the jaw. He's 9 or 10 now, and getting frail (despite the nightly
high calorie mush) so I'm not going to authorize surgery.
We'll try bicillin, but am not holding out much hope for my big brown

Just wondering about your old boy.
Apologies if I've missed an update... not keeping up too well these days.
Michele
Tibs & Tika

Rufus had a C&S and a biopsy done again on his ears.  the bac was a Staph
infection, which is resistant to several drugs.  the biopsy was nothing
exciting.  Doc mentioned CAT scan to find the sorce of the infection.  but we
will try to treat it medically too.  So he started ...

didn't eat a thing since last night.  vet is seeing her at 4PM today.  keep
your fingers crossed my darling daughter gets her there on time and none the
worse for wear!
i have a feeling it's the molar spurs again.

Twilly is doing OK. Not much improvement since the last update, but she
is not getting worse. She is maintaining.
She is eating a lot now but I don't know where it is going as she is not
gaining any weight. She is being very endearing though. She saw the

jenny escaped the other day and got a hold of kirk. i didn't notice how
much.. his eyelid was split open. top and bottom. took him to the vet
sat and they knocked him out and sewed it up. he looks pitiful . poor
baby. they missed a bite mark. it seem a bit infected. i am treating it