Rabbit illness

Question
O.k. The rabbit has now stopped eating, drinking very little amounts of water, not eating any pellets at all. No timothy hay either. We took off a hardened stool that was stuck to his rear end. He has pooping. His urine is clear colored. He is moving around, not quite normal. After we removed the poop today we saw a little tiny dropping. We have not seen droppings for four days. I was told to feed him pedilite with ground greens by a syringe. We can't afford a vet right now.

Answer
Well perhaps you can find a vet who would work out a payment plan.  A vet will be able to do tests that will determine why your rabbit is having intestinal (gi) problems, can give him medicines to help get the gi system going again, provide you with Oxbow Critical Care for syringe feeding, and give him fluids under his skin.  GI problems are very serious and can result in death.

In my experience, the medicines don't cost too much, but xrays and blood work can be costly.  And while critical care is the best syringe feeding food available, you can only get it from a vet.

But if that isn't going to be an option here are some things you can try along with some links that explain gi problems further.

If your rabbit won't drink at all, you may need to try to add some flavor to the water by adding sugar free juice, baby juice, or a little bit of sugar.  You can also try giving unsweetened 100% pure pineapple juice in a syringe to your rabbit.  Many times for gi problems this is a common thing to try.  There is a belief that the enzyme in pineapple helps with gi problems.  This has never been proven, but can't hurt.  Also, this may work because you are forcing fluids into your rabbit.  And fluids are very important for gi problems.

Do not give your rabbit any laxatone or hairball remedy.  Many times this is recommended, but newer insight suggests that this is unnecessary and perhaps harmful.

Over the counter medications
You can try giving baby gas drops to your rabbit.  This can be found at any drugstore and stores like walmart.

Since you're already syringe feeding, I'll just provide some links that have some recipes beyond what you're doing.  Ground greens probably aren't going to give him enough fiber to help his body do his job.

These sites have recipes for syringe feeding:
http://carrotcafe.com/n/syringefeed.html
http://www.rabbit.org/care/recipies.html

And these sites have more information about the causes and treatments for gi problems in rabbits:
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunnystomachhealth.html
http://www.mybunny.org/info/gi_stasis.htm
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.html
http://www.mybunny.org/info/gi_stasis.htm