gastrointestinal tract
Gastrointestinal Stasis: The Silent Killer
It’s an all too familiar story. “My bunny stopped eating, and then she just died.”When we ask for details, we often learn that not only did the bunny stop eating, but she had been producing extremely small or even no fecal droppings, or showed symptoms of “runny stool.” True diarrhea (unformed, liquid fecal matter) is uncommon in rabbits. The runny stool sometimes misidentified as “diarrhea” in rabbits is more often composed of unformed, almost-liquid cecotropes.
Disorders of the Cecum
The healthy functioning of the cecum is critical to the overall health of a rabbit. Gaining an understanding of how …
Ileus in Domestic Rabbits
An excellent article on ileus (stasis) by Dana Krempels, Mary Cotter and Gil Stanzione may be found at http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.pdf.