https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/23735/rabbit-with-anorexia-and-abdominal-pain Dear colleagues, I have a 2 year old FE rabbit with a 4-5 day history of anorexia and not wanting to move. She has abdominal pain. The radiographs were taken shortly after admission although she had been given 30ml critical care mixture. Gut soundsen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/151504?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:55:42 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:af73fe02-fd03-42f8-9a2b-758389f23d6fAndy Elliott<p>A big thank you to everyone who took time to contribute their thoughts with this case. The rabbit was treated for gut stasis in the clinic for 48hours but for financial reasons the client then took her home to continue nursing care. We haven&#39;t been able to establish the outcome.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/151019?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:23:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3afc8f67-af86-4553-bb68-b5c607505488grumpyoldman<p>watch its PCV as well, and look for free fluid with ultrasound if it does not respond&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/150778?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:15:13 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d72ea784-53d5-47bf-815a-6588fb25cb02Hannah Wynne Richards<p>&nbsp;Really useful Marie. Your contribution is definitely worth CPD points</p> <p>Wynne</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/150758?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:57:23 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fa5b80b9-9141-48c4-bf35-50d1712f1890Marie Kubiak<p>That is quite a chunky rabbit - the lovely contrast around the colon is likely to be due to a lot of fat in the broad ligament. Beware lipaemia given the anorexia and weight issue and if serum appears lipaemic prognosis is pretty poor.</p> <p>From the timeframe, dessication of Gi contents is to be expected and IV and oral fluid administration will be needed over a few days to help break this up. The stomach distension is also a nonspecific consequence of stasis and duration of signs and glucose measurement don&#39;t support obstructive disease.</p> <p>On the DV view there is a slightly brighter area of kidney -is this clearer on the original rads as a partial urinary obstruction can lead to nephrolith formation and both stone and causative disease can be painful and trigger stasis. Otherwise no indication of cause and the usual common suspects should be considered and assessed: dental disease, otitis externa/media, psychological stressors, chronic dietary deficiencies. If nothing is evident then I would be looking to work up further with dental radiographs, urinalysis and bloodwork, particularly if no improvement is seen just treating the stasis.</p> <p>Marie</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/150690?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:45:02 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c9d351cf-0cd4-46fb-996d-a99c5c7f58caHannah Wynne Richards<p>&nbsp;Treat the pain, as well as the stasis.</p> <p>Wynne</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>