Pulled an all-nighter with my wife trying to get one of our bunnies to eat. Turns out sometimes they just decide to stop eating. And then their digestive system stops digesting and fills up with gas. And then they keel over fast, like sometimes in a matter of hours.
That bunny is now at the emergency vet and we are tired. Signs are hopeful, but he's not out of the woods yet.
Our current pair of bunnies, Lord Butterscotch (the patient) and Lady Buttercream (his patient wife) are approximately 10 years old. We're fuzzy on the timeline.
They've done very very well for bunnies, came along with us through several house and cross-country moves. We're hoping they do very well for awhile yet.
Positive bunny news: Lord Butterscotch's body temperature is up - a good thing, since it had fallen precipitously and he's been in an incubator since last night
And though he hasn't eaten anything voluntarily yet, he's getting fluids and food and meds administered. An xray shows that things are moving in his gut, which hopefully means he's headed in a mend-ward direction.
Word is he's staying one more night and hopefully discharged tomorrow morning.
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