River is eating again

I gave River some painkiller yesterday, but not today... And he is eating again. I have seen him eat hay quite a lot today, his pellets have gone in a flash for the first time in a week! I think the dental worked, eventhough the vet had her doubts. The next few days will show, but I am confident. River seems very happy in himself too.

River doing ok, but still reluctant to eat...

River is doing ok and started eating broccoli and carrot soon after he came home last night. However, he is still not eating hay and has painkillers. I will leave him on metacam for a couple of days to recover properly, then see whether he eats the pellets without it... If he doesn't, then we have to investigate further.

River is having a dental

I did a little experiment with River and gave him some metacam on Monday and Tuesday and he started eating the pellets and some hay again (though not particularly enthusiastically). I did not give the metacam on Wednesday, and he stopped eating the pellets and hay alltogether, though still happily munching away on greens.

So something very specifically in his mouth is hurting him!

So I took him for a dental today as the vet mentioned that he had slight spurs. The vet just called me and said that she has filed down the spurs, but they really were small and didn't appear to cause any problem.

We'll see how he fares... if his eating habits don't improve quickly, then perhaps an x-ray for abscess etc might be on the cards. But for now, I just hope that we have caught it very early... Can't wait to get my baby home tonight.

Still not 100%

River continued to only eat the greens that I provided. So on Sunday morning, I gave him some metacam. This means he then ate the pellets and some hay! However, it is still not very enthusiastically... I keep giving him the metacam, and will stop it tomorrow. If he then does not pick up his pellet and hay intake again promptly, I will get his teeth sorted. I know the vet said that they aren't bad enough to cause any problems, but I know that once they actually look at them properly, it is often a different story (see Apollo, who Mark didn't think was that bad, but turned out to have very messy teeth).

But for now, River is bright and happy, so I am not too concerned just yet. But I am pretty sure that he is due a dental...

River is not eating properly

Last morning, I noticed that River hadn't eaten all the pellets, though most were gone. In the evening, he had eaten hardly any and hardly any hay either. He did however eat his greens without problems.

Today, I took him to see the vet. He checked him over from top to bottom and all looked fine, though he did say that River had some small spurs on his teeth, though he wouldn't expect them to cause any problems for him. River got an injection of motility drugs.

River is still not eating pellets and hay, though has been eating greens happily! I will give him some metacam for the night and see how he is in the morning. I have a feeling that those spurs are causing him more problems than the vet thinks...

Charlie is 8 years old!

It is already seven years on the day that I adopted little Charlie. Charlie is my very first rescue bunny and she is doing so well!

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY and HAPPY 7TH GOTCHA DAY, beautiful girl!

BENJI IS 10 YEARS OLD!

My beautiful boy Benji is 10 years old this month! I can't believe that it is this long since we got him... and he is still doing so very well!

Of course, Benji is not quite so energetic anymore, sleeps a bit more, but he still loves his run around, loves his food and veggies... What a little star he is! And long may he stay like this and give me the joy he does!

Piccies to follow shortly!

Update on Charlie and Benji

I never updated on Charlie. She started eating again fine and hasn't had a problem since.

Benji has been plagued by mites for a few weeks. I treated him with Advantage as advised by my vet's, but it made no difference. So I gave him a bath last week in a special anti-mite shampoo and things have improved. I think I will give him another bath this week just to make sure that every little mite has been killed on his body. At his age (9 1/2) he really doesn't need any freeloaders. :-)

Eating again

When I put the vegetables down earlier today, Charlie wasn't interested at all... but finally she has started eating them. I am going to pick some more fresh grass in a moment and will give her an injection again before I go to bed. I hope she continues to eat well.

Charlie back at the vets today

Charlie had not eaten again this morning so I brought her back to the vet. He couldn't find anything obvious, so gave her another motility injection (and I will give another tonight). I have also put her on metacam.

I have seen her eat some fresh grass I picked. I hope she will get her appetite back otherwise we will be off to see the vet yet again.