My poor Rosie has diarrhoa (god knows how its spelt). It started yesterday morning with lots of her soft poo being stuck to her which I cleaned off and this morning when I checked her she has lots of very runny light coloured poo stuck to her and its all spread up her belly. I've cleaned what I can but as you can imagine its all stuck in her fur and started to matt.

I phoned the vets first thing this morning asking for an appointment but they were fully booked all day and could only give us an appointment tomorrow at 3! However they soke to the vet and phoned us back as I'd asked them to do for some advice n what I can do for Rosie till the appointment. I was quite surprised at the advice they gave, the message from the vets was to starve her and only give hay and water but the vet knows Rosie can't eat hay because of al her teeth problems.

The advice to starve her goes against everything I know about rabbits.

All this is happening after I've finally got some weight back on her. Its so upsetting every single time I manage to get her weight up something like this happens.

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Oh no, poor Rose
If I was you I would be insisting on an appointment now or be looking for a new vet, she really needs to be seen as soon as possible -hugs-

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I've tried getting her seen today but they really are fully booked. I know my vet and trust him, most days he doesn't even have a lunch because he's so busy that he fits appointments in through his lunch. He goes out of his way for Rosie all the time so I can understand when they say he's busy he really is.

I'm just wondering if the receptionist that passed on the message has her wires crossed with the advice she gave about starving her. I'm waiting for a call back from Delia to ask her for advice as well as she runs a rabbit recue she'd have the equipment that if she thinks its needed she can shave Rosie to make keeping her clean easier.

Do I go with my gut and give her pellets tonight or do I follow the advice and starve her.

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Please don't starve her hun, it will cause more problems than solve anything.
I know you trust your vet hun but with diarrhoea it is an emergency so the vet should shuffle his appointments to fit you in, I can't believe he is booked up with emergencies until tomorrow afternoon

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Right normal pellets it is then and will be phoning vets first thing in the morning to get her seen.

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I think you would make things worse starving her. Have you got any recovery food? Maybe that would help? It would keep her hydrated at least? Personally if the vet was completely full booked and thats that, and the rabbits was happy enough and you are managing her to keep her clean til tomorrow, then i would probs keep her on her normal food and water and maybe add the recovery mix in for hydration.

Poor bunny, id be panicked what to do x

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I am panicking, she's old and everytime something happens with her I think this is it, I'm going to lose her.

I'm debating whether to bath her or not to clean her as she really is covered in all up her belly and inside her back legs. Its too cold really to bath her and even if I did and then use the hair dryer on her she would get too warm and not able to go back out without making her worse.

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Kammie, the recovery food is just ground up hay, I would get plenty of this down her and some plain old water. The pellets could be a little too rich.

Does she still have an interest in food? If not then I would go for some pain relief too.

How does her tummy feel?

I would also start her on a course of panacur

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She was only panacured about 3 months ago so shouldn't need it again.

She's eating but where she doesn't have front teeth she can't eat hay whether its cut up small or long lengths. I've given her a few pellets for tonight and she's drinking water.

Would a wheetabix help or make things worse?

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does her poo look like its got any fiber in it? or is it just watery?

I dont know if wheat would really help as its a main IBS irritant in people.

Do you have a blender could you not make your own recovery food with some hay water and a few pellets?

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