Poorly bunny

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Can someone please help, my bun really hasn't been herself this aft. Not eating/drinking. I did manage to syringe feed some water tonight. Shes still doing normal poops. And is just sat quiet and not wanting to play.

You need to get her to a vet OP, when a rabbit stops eating and drinking it’s an emergency. Your vet should have oxbow critical care that you can syringe feed her. Hope she’s okay x

I'm sure you know, but rabbits must have constant tummy movements otherwise they're at risk of gut stasis which ultimately kills. One of my bunnies died from this last year (despite early treatment and days at the vets). Ideally you need to get her to the vets.

If you gently feel her belly, is it soft or hard?

She needs food as well as water. If you don't have something like recovery plus in (I now always have a sachet in, learned the hard way), what I have successfully done in the past is mix some pellets with water so I could syringe feed them (only enough water to ensure it can be fed by syringe, not too runny). Not ideal though and likely only a vet can help.

Her belly feels 'normal'

When did she last eat? Is there anything that could have stressed her out?

Is she registered with a vet?

Yes,all registered with vets. No nothing I can think of has stressed her out. She ate this morning and probably a little at lunchtime.

I can only suggest getting her to the vet asap then, and if you can't get her there now, try syringe feeding some mushed up pellets and leave all her favourite foods out. Hope she starts eating soon!

Thankyou. Will update when I can
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Just to update, went to the vets this morning. Vet couldn't see what was wrong but gave us pain meds. Bunny has had 2 doses and hopping about and eating now and again now. Thanks for all the advice.

Too late now but I have two outdoor rabbits. One just seemed listless and I noticed he didn’t run over when I went to feed them. He just lay there. His playmate nuzzled him but he didn’t budge. I thought I’d leave him for a bit. Stayed like that most of the day but I’m not one to rush to the vets and he wasn’t panting or anything, so decided to wait til morning.
Next day he was back to normal. Needed a rabbit equivalent to a ‘duvet day’ I guess.

This time of year this can be a sign of many things, including heat stress and gut blockages from moulting fur.

One of mine did something similar a couple of weeks ago. He was "stomach pressing", stretching oddly and pushing his tum into the ground, a sign of gut pain. While I was waiting for the vets to open to call and get an appointment, he must have passed the poop, or gas, that was causing the pain and went right back to normal!

It can so easily go the other way, if in his case it had been a fur blockage he couldn't pass, in severe cases that can need surgery to correct.

It's always better to err on the side of caution and seek vet advice, even if it's to be told they're fine!