[Petbunny] Jackie

[Darin Ritchie]

Hi there Melanie,


I'm glad that Jackie has gained back the weight she's lost and her ears
are looking good. :-)  That Jackie is quite the conundrum. :-)

Hopefully more hay will help with the points on her teeth without
needing them to filed right away.  

I am continuing to send Jackie lots of great big vibes!  Also lots of
good luck that the Revolution will take care of any fleas. 


Cheers,

Darin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for folks with companion rabbits
[mailto:PETBUNNY at LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of Melanie Barr
> Sent: August 12, 2009 1:37 PM
> To: PETBUNNY at LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Re: Jackie
> 
> Jackie's vet visit was more expensive that I had thought, and it
didn't
> tell us a lot of new information. Fortunately, there is no really bad
> news, and we learned that she has gained back the weight she lost
(just
> like most humans do).
> 
> The problem with her runny eyes comes and goes, and there is no
> permanent solution that we know of.  She also has a messy butt every 3
> or 4 days. When I offer her the leftovers from the floor she usually
> doesn't want them, but sometimes she will gobble them down. This
doesn't
> make sense to me as to why one day they are desirable, and not the
next
> day.  Her ears look good, and the only unusual thing noted in her
blood
> test results at this point were elevated triglycerides of 223 mg/dL,
> which also doesn't make sense.
> 
> Finally, the one thing that is new is that she is getting points on
her
> teeth that need to be filed, but that means going under anesthesia,
and
> since she is still eating well, and the money going out is less than
> coming in due to Damon's unemployment, we didn't do it yesterday.
> Jackie needs to eat more hay which might help with her teeth, but
> because she is finishing her big salads and all of her pellets it
seems
> she doesn't want to her hay as much. If I make the salads smaller she
> throws her plate around until I wake up and get out of the bed to take
> her plate away.  That is not what she wanted me to do, but she still
> throws her plate around anyhow if she feels the salad wasn't big
enough.
> 
> We didn't see any fleas on her yesterday, but there was flea poop on
her
> back from an earlier infestation (my poor baby!), so we put Revolution
> on her today.
> 
> Melanie


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