Hi,
I'm really worried about my Black Fury, yesterday evening at the feeding frency headcount after garden time, she sat in a corner, hadn't left the hutch, and instead charging the food bowl sat there as if she didn't know there was food, it looked like "I m contently sitting here til I die, let me alone..." :shock:
Took her in for the night, in a cage in an unheated 7C cold room, and gave her all possible food and water. Checked at 0430-nothing eaten or pooped, nothing drunk or peed.
Found the homemade electrolyte solution here and syringed her 50-60ml, really liked it, must have been thirsty. Tried to stuff some oats in her mouth, with little success.
Then I massaged her belly for half an hour.
Note: I didn't bleed to death up to this point - she really just isn't herself. No fight, not at being picked up or handling (although she didn't like it), just pulling back when I tried to feed.
Ok, called at work that I'll come late, put her in a box and off to the vet we went.
She palpated her thoroughly, checked teeth, eyes, temperature and every orifice, ausculated her here and there, but nothing out of the ordinary. Looks good.
Only really alarming thing was that Fury sat there on the table without any sign that she would object to this treatment :x
So she got a shot for more appetite, and I have 6 bags with powder to syringe feed her.
That was a drama first, but now, after the first half hour of refusing, she gobbles it down - the clou is that I have to let her chew on the syringe, then it works.
Let her out in the garden, well, looks somewhat better, but still very inactive and uninterested in solid food. The only thing I saw her eat were a few leaves of dried nettles (most yummy hay ever).
Still didn't find any poop, but she was outdoor for some hours.
How to proceed? Syringe feed her till she starts pooping (she does pee, baptised my car), give electrolyte or water if she doesn't drink, massage her now and then (SHE lets me touch her belly :! she tolerates it, even her ears went up.
So, adding pumkin to her diet? Make her move now and then? Reduce syringe feeding at some point to see if she gets hungry (not before I'm sure she poops)?
I'm currently reading all relating threads, but anyway, if someone has sugestions - shoot.
EDIT: Normal diet is hay, half a handful pellets per day, a 1/4 apple in the morning and about the same amount of carrot or topinampur in the evening. And whatever they find in the garden 2-3 times a week.
I'm really worried about my Black Fury, yesterday evening at the feeding frency headcount after garden time, she sat in a corner, hadn't left the hutch, and instead charging the food bowl sat there as if she didn't know there was food, it looked like "I m contently sitting here til I die, let me alone..." :shock:
Took her in for the night, in a cage in an unheated 7C cold room, and gave her all possible food and water. Checked at 0430-nothing eaten or pooped, nothing drunk or peed.
Found the homemade electrolyte solution here and syringed her 50-60ml, really liked it, must have been thirsty. Tried to stuff some oats in her mouth, with little success.
Then I massaged her belly for half an hour.
Note: I didn't bleed to death up to this point - she really just isn't herself. No fight, not at being picked up or handling (although she didn't like it), just pulling back when I tried to feed.
Ok, called at work that I'll come late, put her in a box and off to the vet we went.
She palpated her thoroughly, checked teeth, eyes, temperature and every orifice, ausculated her here and there, but nothing out of the ordinary. Looks good.
Only really alarming thing was that Fury sat there on the table without any sign that she would object to this treatment :x
So she got a shot for more appetite, and I have 6 bags with powder to syringe feed her.
That was a drama first, but now, after the first half hour of refusing, she gobbles it down - the clou is that I have to let her chew on the syringe, then it works.
Let her out in the garden, well, looks somewhat better, but still very inactive and uninterested in solid food. The only thing I saw her eat were a few leaves of dried nettles (most yummy hay ever).
Still didn't find any poop, but she was outdoor for some hours.
How to proceed? Syringe feed her till she starts pooping (she does pee, baptised my car), give electrolyte or water if she doesn't drink, massage her now and then (SHE lets me touch her belly :! she tolerates it, even her ears went up.
So, adding pumkin to her diet? Make her move now and then? Reduce syringe feeding at some point to see if she gets hungry (not before I'm sure she poops)?
I'm currently reading all relating threads, but anyway, if someone has sugestions - shoot.
EDIT: Normal diet is hay, half a handful pellets per day, a 1/4 apple in the morning and about the same amount of carrot or topinampur in the evening. And whatever they find in the garden 2-3 times a week.