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Bunny update
Jul. 27th, 2023 09:08 pmMy beautiful girl Juniper has been a very poorly girl this last few days with a gut obstruction/gut stasis.
She spent Monday night in our local veterinary hospital for overnight monitoring, and we were genuinely afraid we might lose her that night. There was talk of surgery on Tuesday if she didn't improve but luckily she did. The following morning when I spoke to the vet, they told me Juju had nibbled through her drip line, and I thought 'that's my girl!'
We think (hope) we may have turned a corner yesterday as she has been eating well and is pooping more, although not quite as much as I would like yet. She even had a little run around in the garden today, but we're keeping a close eye on her and still medicating her - four medicines given orally by syringe four times a day! Tomorrow is her last day and I'm very glad of that. She's a little cow for taking meds and medicating her is stressful for everyone involved!
Nutmeg has been a wonderful brother and he kept Juju company through the night she was in hospital. Having him there would have helped manage her stress levels and may well have been the difference between her making it through the night or not.
I'm cautiously optimistic that she's over the worst. and is going back for a vet check up on Saturday morning, but I won't be taking my eyes off of her for a good few weeks!
She spent Monday night in our local veterinary hospital for overnight monitoring, and we were genuinely afraid we might lose her that night. There was talk of surgery on Tuesday if she didn't improve but luckily she did. The following morning when I spoke to the vet, they told me Juju had nibbled through her drip line, and I thought 'that's my girl!'
We think (hope) we may have turned a corner yesterday as she has been eating well and is pooping more, although not quite as much as I would like yet. She even had a little run around in the garden today, but we're keeping a close eye on her and still medicating her - four medicines given orally by syringe four times a day! Tomorrow is her last day and I'm very glad of that. She's a little cow for taking meds and medicating her is stressful for everyone involved!
Nutmeg has been a wonderful brother and he kept Juju company through the night she was in hospital. Having him there would have helped manage her stress levels and may well have been the difference between her making it through the night or not.
I'm cautiously optimistic that she's over the worst. and is going back for a vet check up on Saturday morning, but I won't be taking my eyes off of her for a good few weeks!
