My rabbit was spayed the day before yesterday, she was given to me awake but did not move, the next day she ate some vegetables, a small piece of apple and lettuce in small quantities, in the morning she made two poops with mucus, a few hours later she made a lot of white and orange mucus. The vet is giving him simethicone, metoclopramide, meloxicam and sulfa antibiotic. He did not want to eat, should I give him a syringe?
Rabbit post spayed enteritris mucoid?
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That the poo is wiered is not surprising if she doesn't really eat, imho not necessarely enteritis. By now she should recover from anaesthesia, if in doubt contact your vet.
Getting some food into them can help kickstart their appetite, so getting some stuff into them via syringe might help.
If she doesn't drink either do give her water with a syringe, also the simethicone and meloxicam (can't tell about the other stuff, no experience with that)
What is her normal diet, what is she used to? If you have apple trees around or (untreated) roses I would try to offer the leaves, or grass (rather a small amount if she isn't used to it), or safe weeds like narrowleaf plantain.
I sometimes hold a handful of grass or hay against their nose until they are annoyed and bite into it to move it out of the way - sometimes, once it's in their mouth, they keep munching (I quickly retreat then)
You might want to post this on www.rabbitsonline.net too, a more pet centered forum.
Good luck
Getting some food into them can help kickstart their appetite, so getting some stuff into them via syringe might help.
If she doesn't drink either do give her water with a syringe, also the simethicone and meloxicam (can't tell about the other stuff, no experience with that)
What is her normal diet, what is she used to? If you have apple trees around or (untreated) roses I would try to offer the leaves, or grass (rather a small amount if she isn't used to it), or safe weeds like narrowleaf plantain.
I sometimes hold a handful of grass or hay against their nose until they are annoyed and bite into it to move it out of the way - sometimes, once it's in their mouth, they keep munching (I quickly retreat then)
You might want to post this on www.rabbitsonline.net too, a more pet centered forum.
Good luck
Mucoid enteritis isn't a specific disease, it's more a description of what happens when a rabbit's gut microbiota is imbalanced, giving the rabbit a belly ache and causing the intestines to produce mucous in response to the irritation. Given the amount of drugs this poor bunny has been given in the last few days, I imagine she has the mother of all gut aches!
If at all possible, you should try to get some herbivore probiotics, e.g. Benebac paste/powder.
If you can't find that, even trying to get some plain yogurt into her might be helpful (use a syringe to get a tiny bit in if she doesn't want it). Give her fresh hay and keep it scrupulously clean; same with water. If can find Critical Care for Herbivores, that is a good nutritional aid that you can mix with water and give via syringe if necessary. After a day or two of syringing, many rabbits feel better enough to eat it on their own.
Even though sugar is generally not good for rabbits, when a bunny is off its feed, I offer anything and everything that might be nibble on - apple, comfrey, chickweed, dandelion, grass, anything going in to keep things in the gut moving. Like @Preitler says, sometimes annoying them can make them take a bite.
Another thing we've found can really make a difference is plain old TLC. We've had bunnies that would only eat and drink when they were being held and petted (and they weren't necessarily people-oriented to begin with). Even though it might seem a good idea to leave them quiet and alone, some gentle encouragement has been helpful for ours.
Hope your bunny rallies!
thanks for answering, unfortunately in my country I do not get that probiotic, tomorrow I will buy natural yogurt, I have been giving him apple in a syringe so that he would have something in his stomach, today he only made a mucus once and nothing else.Mucoid enteritis isn't a specific disease, it's more a description of what happens when a rabbit's gut microbiota is imbalanced, giving the rabbit a belly ache and causing the intestines to produce mucous in response to the irritation. Given the amount of drugs this poor bunny has been given in the last few days, I imagine she has the mother of all gut aches!
If at all possible, you should try to get some herbivore probiotics, e.g. Benebac paste/powder.
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If you can't find that, even trying to get some plain yogurt into her might be helpful (use a syringe to get a tiny bit in if she doesn't want it). Give her fresh hay and keep it scrupulously clean; same with water. If can find Critical Care for Herbivores, that is a good nutritional aid that you can mix with water and give via syringe if necessary. After a day or two of syringing, many rabbits feel better enough to eat it on their own.
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Even though sugar is generally not good for rabbits, when a bunny is off its feed, I offer anything and everything that might be nibble on - apple, comfrey, chickweed, dandelion, grass, anything going in to keep things in the gut moving. Like @Preitler says, sometimes annoying them can make them take a bite.
Another thing we've found can really make a difference is plain old TLC. We've had bunnies that would only eat and drink when they were being held and petted (and they weren't necessarily people-oriented to begin with). Even though it might seem a good idea to leave them quiet and alone, some gentle encouragement has been helpful for ours.
Hope your bunny rallies!
should the yogurt be lactose free?
I'm not sure if lactose-free yogurt would be helpful or not. It's the probiotic bacterial cultures in the yogurt that you want to get into the rabbit. I've used regular yogurt.
If you're syringe-feeding, you might think about collecting some of the powder ("fines") that collect at the bottom of the bag of rabbit pellets, and making a slush out of that for the syringe. Just feeding apple might give the bunny more problems than it already has. But if it's only passing mucous, you really need to get something of substance into its stomach.
Does the vet that did the spay have anything to offer other than the drugs? In the U.S. many vets carry the Critical Care for Herbivores (it'll probably be expensive but it might save the rabbit).
