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bunny not passing droppings

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Question
Samantha

I'm so sorry if many of you have answered this question a million
times already, but I tried doing a post and reading all that I could
online about bunny health.

My bunny, Babette, is a 4 year old sprayed Mini Rex (with taupe/fawn
coloring). I woke up on Tuesday this week to find that she had not
finished her food from the previous night. She was acting strange
(not active, and pushed away her litter, not sitting in her usual
spots) and refused her favorite foods.

I immediately took her into an exotic animals vet, and the Dr. checked
her temp (which was normal), her teeth using a metal prong to keep her mouth open (which looked fine), felt for
any lumps and signs of illness, which he could not find. He sent me
and bunny home with Critical Care, and gave bunny 2 shots--one of vit.
B and vit C.


Force feeding her has been getting more and more difficult. And she
has not passed any bunny droppings since that Tuesday ...making it 6
days now.

I started to give her some pediatric anti-gas medication,  tummy rubs, and I noticed that she's still drinking plently of
water. Her tummy is gurggling a bit.

We returned to the vet today (4 days after the 1st visit), and took an
x-ray to find that her stomach is extended slightly. She has a bit of
gas, but otherwise, everything else looked normal. The vet sent us
home with Papaya enzyme tablets and more anti-gas solution. She told
us to continue to feed Critical care which we did immediately after
returning home.

I still have not seen any bunny droppings even after 24 hours of anti-gas solution.

Any ideas on what could be happening to my bunny? Which tests are absolutely necessary? I don't want to end up with unessary vet
visits. Any home-remedies that you could recommend? I'm puzzled by
why my vet didn't give bunny an intestinal motility agent, laxative,
or enema.  

Answer
She is definatly haveing problems with her GI tract. You may need to get her scanned for an internal tumor. Rabbits have very sensitive digestive systems and not eating for that long is definatly a sign of poor health. A laxative or enema would have done no good if there is no sign of bowel impaction.
Did your vet check for hair balls?? If not make sure they get that checked. Rabbits are really prone to hair balls.
Samantha