Stasis vs. Bloat information can also be found on our website: www.ohiohollandlops.com/rabbit-health.html

I lost my first bun to bloat. It broke my heart in a million pieces. He was so beautiful and sweet. And it still hurts to think about it.

When my bun went into stasis. I took her to the vet and by the time i picked her up and took her home it was time to give her nausea medicine, medicam, and critical care. She loved it so much she chewed off the tip of the syringe to get more. It was so funny to see her big personality come back out.

I lost my first bunny to a blockage, and the “rabbit savvy” vet prescribed syringe feeding to “get the blockage to move”. Horrible experience, but I am so glad there is a dedication to spreading knowledge within the bunny community! Videos like these are so great 💗

Thank you for this as a constantly worrying bunny mom this is extremely helpful

Such great timing! My bunny had an awful experience with gas last night, but thankfully, he pulled through & is back to normal today!

Ive tried multiple rabbit vets in my area for my bunnies and they won’t give me any advice or tips over the phone. They force me to make an appointment and then give me incorrect advice and I end up having to come here or bunny facebook pages to find good advice for my rabbits. This video is extremely helpful so thank you. I went through this months ago with my milly and someone on fb told me to keep syringe feeding her water to keep her hydrated. After a couple days she finally started pooping again and eating and drinking herself.

Heat really is a crucial factor in keeping them alive, for sure. Regardless of whether your rabbit is suffering from Stasis or Bloat (especially Stasis).... get them warm, and keep them warm, immediately !

Rabbits really do hide all their pain. It is soooo important to watch them carefully. Thankyou for this vid it's good to put more rabbit information out in the world.

Very informative and nice to have this around. I had a vet say they stopped using metacam because some studies say metacam might not be the best pain medication due to the fact that some rabbits can be more sensitive to it. We used injectable Buprenorphine from the vet and then took home oral suspension Gabapentin, which also helps with stress. The vet said he was still using Metacam/Meloxicam up until a few years ago after some more recent information came out. Just interesting, but again I appreciate all the information and especially that you constantly reiterate that people should contact/go to the vet immediately. Thank you for your time and care for bunnies.

Good information. I hope you dont mind me adding my experience..Some of my bunnies with stasis did have noises coming from their belly...I did not hear any noise when my bunny had bloat. My bunny died of bloat, and I too thought is was stasis and I feel so bad I didnt know the difference and I should have. IMPORTANT for people to know..Learn where your bunnies stomach is.. Most people get it wrong. Feel its underside..Its under the last rib where your bunnies elbow ends. Press it..if its hard and extended they have bloat. Learn how your bunnys belly feels now..this way you can tell the difference. For some reason bunnies want to drink when they have bloat..Remove all food, and water and don't force feed them. Its a different protocol than when they have stasis. No food! Make sure you have a rabbit savvy vet on hand..Dont wait until there's a crises..become a established patient so the vet will see you in a emergency. Rabbits surviving bloat is minimum. So if you suspect bloat or your not shore..bring your rabbit immediately to the vet..better safe than sorry. My vet gives me on hand metcam for pain and reglan to make them poop. Always keep baby simethicone gas relief, and critical care on hand and a heating pad..I find if my bunny looks at me wrong and their ears are cold..I start right away with the meds..the Critical Care food must be fed with stasis and not with bloat. Know the difference.

My rabbitstopped eating and pooping overnight. He was a little cold in the morning, no interest in eating and switching up positions a lot. I had no idea about bunny health conditions as he's always been well but massaged him a bit out of instinct. He regained interest in eating and went back to himself within a relatively short period. That was two days ago now and he is hopping around and eating as usual. I feel like we had a lucky escape having watched about bloat! Thanks for the video. Feel much more informed now.

I had a rabbit with a blockage, very obviously sick, and was lucky enough to have an Dr. Fitzgerald from Animal Planet's Emergency Vets be the doctor on call to take care of him. He did a scan and saw the blockage, kept the bunny warm and comfortable, and told me "There's not more we can do, hopefully he will pull through. You should go in there and pet him in the incubator, because rabbits do a lot better when they are being fretted over!" A bit later he started nibbling on pellets again but still had not pooped at all, and Dr. F told me to take him home and fret over him some more, and that should do the trick. Sure enough, as soon as we got home that bunny pooped more than I have ever seen, and was running around the apartment! It was like nothing ever happened. Rabbits are so sassy sometimes. But that was great advice from one of my TV rolemodels as a kid! Rabbits like to be fretted over and will do better when given lots of attention!

My bunnies both had bloat and I didn’t even know it. I saw they were in pain and massaged and got them comfortable and force fed them hay. They are all good now👍🏼

I had to put my precious 5 yr old lop down a month ago because she was suffering from either stasis or bloat :( the vet couldn’t figure out what it was, she tried to help but eventually told us we had to put her down because she was so bloated and hadn’t pooped for days.. it was a devastating experience. I no longer have a bunny but thank you so much for making this video because I’m sure it will help other people and this is the kind of video I would’ve loved to have seen when my bunny was going through this.

Absolutely fantastic video and channel, we need more people like you and less that are here just for youtube attention. Thank you.

I love all the rabbit puns, i have to say thank you for all thr information

Thank you so much for this video. Our sweet little lionhead recently passed away. We thought it was stasis, but it was bloat. Your video is the first that I've seen that talks about this. I so appreciate you educating us

I smile thinking about the bunch of Bunnies who live healthy and are treated with care thanks to you Diane, sharing your great knowledges. How an honourable and laudable commitment 🏆 (Wonderful sweater indeed 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟)

My bunny must of had bloat ,I could hear the rumbling I did all you do with stasis except I fed a cookie from oxbow called digestive support he did the biggest hair ball poo 💩, I made him exercise eat took pallets away for a couple of days we now feed the digestive support cookie once a week and touch wood no problems since GREAT 👍🏼 VIDEO

remarkable tips on Bunny care, ensuring medical caution keeps the rabbits playful & healthy.

Needed this sooo much! Lost bunnies before from bloat. Saving it for when we can have a bunny again. Thanks for all you do!!! Mom & Matt

I have a rabbit who is a little aggressive who had GI stasis and he looked so miserable and in pain and was not moving at all. Fed him simethicone, gave him critical care every 4 hours overnight, fed him plain electrolytes in water with some medicinal honey and he made a complete recovery in 2 days! The most amazing thing though, since then he has not once been aggressive nor nipped at me. It’s like he knows I helped him. Who knew it would take an illness to help us bond 🥲

Thank you for sharing your knowledge to bunny moms . 💗💗💗 Your buns are so precious ☺️

I second infant gas drops! It works really well, esp. in the early stages of stasis. I've used it for both my bunnies with good results. Along with the gas drops, exercise and bunny massages have also worked for my bunnies.

Thank you!! I have a little male angora lop I inherited from my granddaughter. I have had to use KZfaq to educate myself. Your video has been the most helpful of all.

You've helped me so much with my bunny I just want to say thank you

Excellent information, I wished I had this information a year ago so I can get my bunny alive

Thank you for this very informative video! Heartbreakingly my bunny passed last week from what I suspect was bloat but what the (non-rabbit savvy) vet diagnosed as GI stasis. They gave him subcutaneous fluids, pain meds, and motility drugs and sent him home to be fed critical care. Sadly my bunny’s condition only deteriorated even more and when we took him to the emergency room where they said his temperature dropped and he was dehydrated I realized it was in fact bloat and he was misdiagnosed. It’s so important to learn about these things so we can advocate for our babies’ health when we’re not sure the vet has the correct diagnosis. Had I seen this video just a day earlier my baby could’ve still been alive now

Fantastic informative video. My bun is a senior bunny. He's picking up way more sicknesses in the last year or so. It's great to know the difference and what to watch out for. Thank you so much. Love your hoppy bun making friends with the cat.

Thank you so much! My holland lip got GI stasis once the we have her some medicine and she got better. Thank you so much for making this video!

I have holland lop because this channel, thank you 🥰

Thanks for this helpful video! As always the bun was adorable and also as a plus she got a massage this time! lol at 28:42 Paisley was like "I'm out!" Keep up the great work! Keep sending bun videos! Thanks again!

Best video on Stasis/Bloat. I Keep on hand Metacam, Simethicone, Reglan (gut motility), and Sherwood S.A.R. (small animal rescue). About a month ago my female had puffy belly, cold ears, lethargic...had to rush her to vet for overnight stay. Did not want to take chances. One tip I will be taking from this video is when I see those BB sized pellets, cut down greens and unnecessary treats

Thank You for your information. I have a 4ish month old English Angora who was having the symptoms and he pulled out of it in about 7 days and is doing good now. Normal poops everywhere! Yea!!! You have a new fan :-)

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Absolutely AMAZING video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️. It definitely will save a bunny life! Thank you💗🙏🏼

I like the screencap of paisley and the cute bunny. 🐱🐰

THANK YOU SOUCH !!❤

Could you also do a video on snuffles?

Thank you as always for making this kind of video. Really helpful and informative😊 Lots of love💕💕💕

Thank you Diane! This is a very good topic to touch on!

Thank you so much!! This was great. So informational and thorough

Bunfest??? Oh I wish we had that here!! Thank you for the information so much important information!!

This is completely brilliant. It's so difficult with my bun as his seizures stop his gut working. He's had bloat and gi but gi more. Less often now as an hour after a seizure he is fed by syringe so to prevent the go stasis. The bloat Binky had he eventually had no gut sounds at all! I don't know how he survived. This video is impressive and brilliant you are a bunster guru. Binky is on one turn of fibreplex daily one because he's not keen on hay and two for the good bacteria . He likes fibreplex though and takes it easy. The other reason he is long haired and it binds up fur shedding

This is extremely helpful thank you ♥️

I love your channel so much you give me so much information and of course to the other people to it help me a lot for things I do not know I have two Hollyn lop’s their sisters one is white and one is gray I can watch your channel all day ❤️❤️❤️

This video is the most amazing video I have seen yet

Thank you! I'm getting a bunny soon so thank you so so much for this helpful video!

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I miss timmy 😔

Thanks Diane, that was really helpful. I think my very first bunny died as a result of bloat. I didn't know as much then about rabbit care as I do now. I continue to learn as much as I can so that I never have to go through that again. Your information is always great to supplement what I have learned along the way.

Thank you for this video Diane ❤️❤️

Thanks also can the next video be about morning rountin and night roution please for 2020

Love your videos!! Can you do a new best rabbit pens?

There's a lot of bad information out there. I have been under the mistaken impression that stasis is cause by them not eating for too long. So I've been giving them plenty of pellets and greens since they are resistant to eating hay. When I was cleaning their pen the other day, I did notice some smaller poops. I'm not sure which bunny it was since they both use the same spot. They had been eating the pellets from Rural King that said "feed as much as they want", but it got wet and we had to throw it out. I decided to get a more timothy based pellet which led to Oxbow from the nearest pet store. It says to measure, but we've just been keeping it available and letting them eat what they want. Now that I know the truth and I'm seeing smaller poops ( They both still have their appetite as they devour the greens when I bring them to them ), I'm going to limit the pellets. Will that be good enough at this possible early stage? They will eat the new hay, just not very much of it. If I limit the pellets, they might eat more hay. Or do I need to look into one of these other treatments since the poops are already shrinking? Or is it normal for some poops to be smaller?

Great video! Very educational. xx

My rabbit recently had bloat. Noticed he stopped eating, took him to the vet and the vet xrayed him. He told me it was very dangerous and to just keep him warm but that he could die within the next few days. Surgery wasn't an option because that vet office doesn't do it. They gave him some subcutaneous fluids and I took him home to give him cuddles and keep him warm and the SECOND he got home he started running around and pooping and eating.... dunno what happened there.

Our girls love to bloat and usually go through this twice per year, they just all of a sudden stop eating and turn into a loaf. I would like to add a note of caution on administering gas drops before knowing what your bunny is experiencing. Most gas drops are thick and can coat a blockage, making it very difficult to pass or penetrate with fluids. We've had poop pass which were coated and very sticky, and likely quite painful for the bunny. For us, it's usually a 12hr turn around from when we notice a change of behavior to when the first signs of normalcy have returned and our girls seem like themselves, followed by 24hrs of rest and recovery. The after care is hugely important and we only feed our girls hay and critical care during this time. Im very happy that you've laid this all out in clear terms for us. We love your channel.

Your cat is so cute! ❤️

Thank you this video helped me ❤️

I'm so sorry about your bunny. It's so hard to know what's wrong sometimes. We didn't know Binky was having seizures until he was a year old cos a lot of the symptoms cold ears stiffness ect mimicked bloat but Binky has an extreemly noisy tummy all the time so that's even more difficult

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First, love ur video's 💜😊

Thank you for the break down! This helps a lot. I no think my mr cinnamon has bloating rather then g.i .

I lost my second bunny to what think was bloat now that I watch this video. I mean if she started showing symptoms at bedtime and passed away at like 6:30 in the morning. Of course I didn’t know that there was bloat in rabbits at that time and we didn’t even have any resources like pain medication or anything else to treat it.

What about urination during bloat and stasis? Does that change?

My bunny just died rather suddenly last week. I'm starting to think it might have been bloat, because it was so fast. I assumed it was stasis, which he'd had before, and gave him some medicine I still had for that. I thought I'd see if he improved by later in the day, and take him to the vet if not. But then he just died. All within about 12 hours or less. I feel so guilty. If there's a next time, I won't make the same mistakes again. 😢

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hello.. my bunny stopped eating last night and I was worried. there weren't deformed poops. so I massaged her and her belly was liquid it seemed. I left food out, turned off the AC and prayed. I woke up and noticed she ate lettuce, a hay chew stick and some pellets. I then changed her litter box to monitor pooping. 1 little poop came out and she did 2 small pee sessions. I was surprised because the only thing she was excited to eat was 2 baby carrots which I rarely offer. I massage her a couple more times and forced her to walk in circles around the cage pin. I used a pizza box to make her exercise. she finally pooped out a bunch more. she's not excited for hay yet. but I saw her drink a little. I will monitor all week because I was terribly worried

Wow I didn't realise stasis and bloat were different. My bun had a bad case of bloat a couple of weeks ago due to a blockage of fur, and the vet didn't actually point out that bloat is different from GI stasis.

It’s frustrating when they say call the vet called the vet because if it’s after five and it’s an actual emergency after hours it’s almost impossible to get help with that or you have to drive really far away to a animal hospital that you hope has somebody that knows anything about bunnies it’s just frustrating

Thanks so much. I got a bunny so good to know . So why even give them ant pellets or treats or anything just hay then. Can they have those pills by Sherwood on a daily basis also .

My rabbit has had stasis twice now and just never syringe feeds. Stressful stuff

i hope my rabbit doesn't die :( hoping for her

I lost my good boy Padfoot to GI stasis a year ago 😢

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I have a problem my bunny has kind of mixed symptoms but he also acts fine at the same time I’m so confused and just want him to get better

I don't know what going on with Tommy stasis for years??? Lately every night he gets in pain 5pm to 7. Vet gave him antibiotic and pain meds. His blood test showed high WBC. Do either of these cause WBC to be high

We lost our bunny to bloat. Vet performed an enama. We force fed him. Gave him simethicone. Nothing mattered. His stomach had very loud gurgling sounds. We lost him on his 2nd night of not eating. Why did he get this bloat that we dont understand. But i know that bloat has very bad prognosis. We are beyond sad. Try to accept his loss.

Help ! So I adopted a holland from the humane society already 3 years old and neutered no information on him but he is completely not social . And I know it takes time but i couldn’t even treat this rabbit if I had to he doesn’t want to be touched either and runs away. So who ever had him first really didn’t do much or something. Maybe it’s because I have little dogs but they don’t even come near him . I have separate locations . My other bunnies I’ve have hand raised as babies were not like this . One holland I had sat in my lap and was fine with being petted picked up and a ton others . What do I do with this bunny ? Give back to the humane society? There are rescues here but they can’t take him and I’m sure I be shunned and walk of shame . I guess I should have stuck with fostering my dogs . I have had many puppy mill dogs not as bad as this . I guess I need take more time but seems it’s too late he already 3 . Is even possible to socialize them . I totally know that rabbits can be way more social and pick up and sat in lap they all say they don’t like it but my lops when I was younger were fine . Ughh . Just frustrating.

A couple days ago my rabbitstopped pooping (like for a couple of hrs) but started pooping again. It happened again but maybe a little shorter period of time, so we took her to an emergency vet that does rabbits and they think it might be gi stasis but they weren’t sure because they usually do X-rays and blood work in the morning and when we got there (39 minute drive) it was around 5:30 pm. So after they were done, they said it could be gi stasis and prescribed some pain killers (gabapentin suspens., meloxicam oral) and critical care and we went home. It’s been 2 days and she is still pooping but not as much as normally, peeing and a little more active and I’m kind of scared that it could be bloat but I’m not sure. Also, the critical care helps her gut move and poop also helps her eat more hay. She SomeTimes also lacks an appetite for hay and veggies. Im force feeding her some water, though yesterday I saw her drink water by herself once, so she may be dehydrated. When she poops most poops are normal sized but a little bit of them are smaller and a little bit that has fur connecting two poops, there was no fur that connects the poop today just not as much poop/ not fully recovered. I’m scared if it’s bloat or GI stasis. Also when I put my head against her stomach you can hear gurgling and her stomach wasn’t hard. (sorry for the long comment)

One of my rabbits died of bloat, in my arms while I called the vet... it can go really really quickly, I had two rabbits and then it is less easy to see who poops and who doesnt. They have different sizes of poop but its not like I check that every day. :(

My bunny got diarrhea so I brought him to the vet. They sad he was dehydrated and there was a blockage. They told me to syringe feed him.Then he stopped pooping all together and got skinny a couple days after. I fed him critical care and water. He’s now pooping a bit, but its not normal poop. He keeps laying down and seems disoriented. The vet said they can’t do anything else.. Idk what to do

My bun is pooping, but its squishy and kinda latge. She also is lethargic bit still lounging about. But the real alarming thing is i think it might be gas.

Considering how much you obviously love your rabbits and the good care you take of them, I am surprised you choose to continue to feed them pellets. To do so, means it is just a matter of time before they have issues with stasis. It would be better to increase the amounts of fresh salads in their diets than to e to put them at risk. One of my rabbits was underweight, due to his failure to eat hay, because he was likely fed a diet of pellets by a previous owner. I confess, that for a while I was giving him pellets, just to put weight on him. My Exotic Vet, (as in a vet who treats exotic animals) suggested, taking him off pellets 'cold turkey' even if he is skinny, because that is the way wild rabbits are, and they are able to glean all the nutrients they need from a diet of weeds, because their digestive systems are so efficient. So, now all six of my rescued rabbits, including two lops eat unlimited amounts of weedless Timothy hay, along with a fresh salad daily, and unlimited fresh filtered water from a Berkey. They all look healthy without the risk or added expense of buying pellets. And, my Social Security pension does not allow for unnecessary vet visits, although I did take my underweight 4.8 Satin neutered male rabbit for an examination, just to be safe. It is below freezing here in Washington State, but they are cozy in large pens in my double garage. All are spayed or neutered and each has a 'room-mate' so they are not lonely.

Diane, love your content as always. I wanted to ask you who Bloat could be prevented in bunnies?

Did you get a new bunny, who is that bunny pictured at the end? Great video, thank you so much for sharing!

Do Holland Lops have the same capicity of a Rabbit to multiplicate? If the normal Rabbit can have up to 14 children in one go how many can a Holland Lop?

Thank you for sharing I also hve bunny bfre he ates a lot,,, but lter on we notice from the time he got fever he lost his appetite not eating too much like we hve to find food which he likes to eat.. And pop is bcming smaller... I'm worried about him bcoz it's our frst time to have bunny and seems like it's a big challenge for me and my busbnd

Rather than doing a ton of work making screenshots pasting them into Word etc is there any chance you may have the presentation above downloadable or the slides anyway the key ones obv is what I'm after such as the symptoms and then treatments etc this was extremely informational but I'm afraid I've got a bun with one of these issues at the moment and I'm deseratytely trying to find out how to deal with it because we don't have a vet yet and not one in our area by recommendation (Olympia WA) if you have a good reference that would be awesome cuz most for our area list Seattle vets and that is not at all in our area it's about 10 counties say not feasible. Any help would be appreciated thank you so much for spreading this educational vid as it does help so much with us worrying bunny moms like we do :)

Is symithicone the same as the british infacol? I use CBD hemp oil and metacam. I find metacam like kids Calpol!

my doe is very well lately but i am shocked that she is not able to stand afterwards but she is eating and pooping..what happened maam??thank you.

Will a rabbit still chew on something like their toys/wood if they are in stasis? I doubt it but I'm just checking?

Soooooooo my vet said to me in person gi stasis butt on paper it says bloat with information on how dogs get it not rabbits…. And they told me to feed him critcal care, meloxidyl, metoclopramide syrup, and homeopathic tincture. They didnt put that on the after care sheet… and google isnt helping whats that for? And why every hour? How often can i give him the meloxicam (meloxidyl)? Says as needed for pain Should i stop the critical care?

my sweet bunny just died of bloat. I am so sad. He is Holland Log, is this breeder of Bunny suffer GI problems than other breeder?

I hope I can help ..(bloat ) I have over hundred giant rabbits If u ever come in to emergency it could be to late before u get to a vet My advice .... Coconut oil ....2 mil in morning 2 mill at night ....... Heat pad bring rabbit Temperature up...if he still declining then vets ...because there will be a surgery to remove blockadage .. cause is usually no fibre But to much pellet feed ...... Or eaten something can't push throught stomach Always have Coconut oil. And heat pad In cuboard for bloat Metacam is pain killer

Which timothy hay brand and which timothy pellets brand do you use?thank you in advance

/••\ 💕Thank you!!~* This is the best & easiest to understand explanation of these issues that I have encountered!!~*

How would you stop your bunny from getting bloated?