RE: GI obstructions in rabbits

Lucy Fleming — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:24:04 GMT

Thanks Marie. Unfortunately bunny had a ruptured stomach already

RE: GI obstructions in rabbits

Marie Kubiak — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:45:05 GMT

Get an ET tube in to assist ventilation as they will have significant diaphragmatic restriction.

Make a big cranial abdominal midline incision and start your search at the pylorus and follow the intestines distally. The impacted pellet will have a build up of fluid behind it and an area of mucosal haemorrhage over it.

Don't cut it out, milk the pellet all the way through the intestines to the caecum.

Give good pain relief and cross your fingers.

Good luck. They are nice surgeries to do but critical patients.

Marie