Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Mark Frost — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:05:43 GMT

We give a dose of oral ranitidine pre op for all rabbit GAs, however would agree post op pain relief is more important.

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Rob Loxley — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:35:39 GMT

[quote user="Sarah Keir"]What about post anaesthetic? Does anyone routine give a pro-kinetic and if so, which one?[/quote]

Not routinely: make sure they're comfortable, syringe when round enough and monitor closely, if not passing droppings then will use prokinetic

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

CatherineThomas — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:42:13 GMT

I use cisapride syrup from Summit. I like it and think it seems to work well. The only problem with it is that the shelf life tends to be quite short, sometimes we use the bottle before the use by date but most of the time we have to throw some of it out. before we had cisapride I used ranitidine, I think we have better results with cisparide but I could be imagining it.

I don't give it routinely after ga, I get my nurses to syringe feed as soon as possible after recovery and monitor faeces and appetite. If not eating and defaecating within a few hours of surgery I will give a dose of cisapride.

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Sarah Keir — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:36:20 GMT

I see that cisapride is available as an oral syrup form Summit now. Does any one have any experience of using this? Is it any better than metoclopramide or ranitidine? I would hazard a guess that potentially it may be better as stimulates large bowel not stomach/small intestines.

What about post anaesthetic? Does anyone routine give a pro-kinetic and if so, which one? We currently give metoclopramide routinely to all rabbits that have been anaesthetised but not sure on the evidence for this.

Cheers,

Sarah

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Miriam Lodewyks — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:12:24 GMT

Yes, thanks for that Rob!

Afraid I don't have dental x-rays, but the Cert Vet Dent does. FYI - apparently the Lactulose got things moving and bunny has started defaecating. Hurray for poo! :-)

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Busybee — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:56:21 GMT

What Rob said!

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Aisling McGrath — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:18:22 GMT

thanks! really useful info!!!

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Rob Loxley — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:20:30 GMT

[quote user="Aisling McGrath"]

Quick question:

How does blood glucose help rule out obstructions???

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22659922

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Aisling McGrath — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:12:40 GMT

Quick question:

How does blood glucose help rule out obstructions???

Thanks!

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

HMC — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:02:22 GMT

do you have any dental xrays?

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Miriam Lodewyks — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:50:11 GMT

Abdomen fairly taught and large (overweight), but not painful to palpate. As I said, she's really bright and seems so well, but no pellets in 48hrs...

Bloods in march, I think, were normal. Probably good idea to do them again.

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Busybee — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:41:56 GMT

Cisapride is a good pro-kinetic but I would be looking at x-rays at this stage if possible. Anything obvious on abdominal palpation?

Also a quick blood glucose to help rule out obstructions?

Re: Rabbit GI stasis - anything new?

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:07:54 GMT

Have you taken some bloods recently?