It is unfortunate that Fagan only ate well that one time after the metacam, the next couple of doses and days time he went back to not eating. Back to the vet he went, yesterday, and he had a whole series of blood work and X-rays. The blood work came out normal , the only thing levels that were abnormal were conclusive with a bunny that hasn't been eating well. The X-rays of his abdomen area turned out strange, it what hazy and white and Dr.Fijas couldn't see much through it. He let me know this could mean a number of things, a mass, fluid build-up, etc. So we decided to do exploratory surgery, open up that area and see what is found. Not much was found, no mass, no fluid... he started to not do well under the anesthesia so they closed him up and woke him up. We have upped his dosage of Metacam and started a new antibiotic, he still has a rapid breathing rate, but he doesn't have any fluid in his lungs, his lungs look okay ( that X-ray showed up) His whole chest X-ray was perfectly fine. I have been force feeding him baby food ( mainly carrots and bananas) mixed up with critical care, but he still doesn't take it well, he swallows some but most of it winds up falling out of his mouth , oozing out. He is going back to see the vet tomorrow, he is having those molars trimmed , he'll be sedated for a short period we are hoping for no complications. But Dr.Fijas is very sure that the teeth are not the problem, he says they are only a little long , not that bad. And he checked for any sores in his mouth or on his tongue while he was sedated yesterday, and he doesn't have any. Although it doesn't seem to be the cause or will be the cure we are going to go ahead and do it, Fagan seems to be on that thin line right now, and we are worried. There is that small chance that it could be the problem after all. Please keep Fagan on your thoughts and wish him well.
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