After getting Maple and Lunar fixed, Lunar didn’t poop. He clogged up entirely. He was eating fine, peeing, drinking, but pooping stopped entirely. Luckily I had an appointment set up for the next day to get his eye checked out. I phoned the vet to let them know that his eye seemed to be OK, it was open and didn’t look damaged. But he wasn’t pooping. The receptionist changed the appointment from his eye to toileting.
The vet took 20 minutes to check him over, then he came out with Lunar and explained that his gut was working, but he had a blockage/constipation. He gave me medication to give Lunar three times a day for three days and I had to start the medication as soon as I got home.
The vet looked at Lunar’s eyes and asked me about the brown colouration in his left eye. He asked me whether it had become bigger over time. I said yes, I explained to him that when I first got him at 5 weeks old it wasn’t as big. He said that he saw a growth behind his eye, and it could be a tumour. He recommended that I take him to an Animal Eye Specialist to get it checked out further, but it will be expensive.
He also said to me that Lunar’s left scrotum was swollen a lot more than the other and I had to keep an eye on it. I asked why it was different, and the vet explained that his left testicle was much larger than the right and it was growing on the inside. They struggled to get it out because it was pressing against his bladder. If I didn’t get him fixed, he would have had problems starting in the next few months. If I had taken him to the vet because he wasn’t eating, he would have been diagnosed with GI stasis, which would have been incorrect and that medication would have done more damage than good. It would not have been found and it would only get worse and cause him to die not long after.
A Little Story about Albert
Back to Lunar
Lunar had his first dose of the medication at 2pm that day, then again at 6pm, then his last dose at 9pm. I designed a schedule of medicines for the bunnies which looked something like this:
That way I didn’t get mixed up.
Lunar didn’t start pooping until Thursday afternoon (he had his operation on Tuesday). They were small, dry and sad looking. And, it wasn’t until then, that my sister realised that the yellow medicine smelled exactly like cod liver oil. It made Lunar’s breath smell fishy. A bunny with fishy breath.
The vet didn’t give us enough yellow fish meds to do his last two doses on the Friday, but luckily I had to take both Maple and Lunar in for their final after-operation exam and I could see if I could get some more.
A young, newbie vet nurse came to collect Maple and Lunar from me, I explained about the meds and she said she will see what she can do. About 15 minutes later a senior vet nurse came out and returned the little ones to me and explained that Lunar’s left scrotum was extra big because they had to make the incision larger to get it out. She said it will be fine and the swelling should go within a week.
She also gave me some more fishy meds for Lunar, which was really nice. Poor bunny, really.
By Saturday, Lunar was pooping normally and he was zoomying around like he usually did. It was as though he had forgotten all of the torture he had just been through.
Maple on the other hand was perfect as soon as I got her home. She was eating, toileting and super friendly. The only real difference was that she was sleepy. That wasn’t a bad thing, it kept my active bunny-girl quiet and peaceful so she could heal. Sleep fixes lots of things.
The Evil-eye
Lunar hated getting medication in the start. I think they scared him with it in the vet clinic. He acted like his mouth was sore. After a few times, though, he didn’t hide his head as much in the blanket.
For some reason he didn’t like the fish medication very much, that one always garnered a reaction from him… the evil eye. He stared at me with one of his blue eyes, clearly thinking evil thoughts. I better watch myself while I’m sleeping. Who knows what he will do…
From Lunar Sat 4th Feb, 10:43am
Lunar hopped over my keyboard and typed this secret message:
; 8^
If you can translate it, let me know!
Flea Prevention
While I was picking the Little Ones from the vet, I purchased some pink Revolution flea control for puppies and kittens. Revolution is the only flea control that is registered as safe to use on rabbits.
I put the Revolution on the Little Ones a week after their operations as the vet nurse suggested.
Revolution is very expensive, but you can buy it in boxes of 15 ampules (containers). It is much cheaper than buying a box of 3 ampules. You can get it on special around August September (start of the flea time), so keep your eyes peeled.