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eating

22 10:20:45

Question
my bunny is eating less and has a few small pellets. i talked to my doctor the
other day and he said she's probably sick. i don't know how to fix it or if its life threatening and she looks tired. What should i do? Should i give her any medicine? Will she die?

Answer
This could be potentially fatal.
It sounds like your bunny is having gi problems.

You will need to work with your vet to get your rabbit through this.  If you're not comfortable with your vet's response to this problem, you'll want to find another rabbit saavy vet.  
You can find some recommended vets here:
http://www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html
or here:
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/PB_vets.html

This is something that needs immediate attention.

These reference documents describe the gi problem your bunny might be having and also detail how a vet may treat your bun:
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.html
http://www.mybunny.org/info/gi_stasis.htm

There are things you can do to help.  If you get into a vet quickly, you discuss some of these things with the vet so the vet is comfortable with any supplementary care you are giving.  If you can't get into a vet right away, I would start trying to get more food and water into her system.

These methods are also listed in the reference documents above:

Always have hay available
Try to entice her to eat by offering some of her favorite vegetables.  If you rinse them with water right before giving them to her, that will help with her water intake

If she still isn't interested in eating, you'll need to syringe feed her.  You can get syringes from a drugstore or a vet.  You can use one of the recipes listed in the documents above.

Fluids are also important.  The first reference gives some info on how much water or pedialyte to give.

But the first thing to do is get her into a vet.
Then work on getting more food and water into her system.