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Rocky's GI Statis

anyar.dris

anyar.dris

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As a lot of you know, Rocky had GI statis on Wednesday last week and we almost lost him. We were going to put him to sleep that afternoon but our local vet didn't do it since she saw he was pooping. They did xray him and saw that even though he was full of gas, they saw it was starting to shift. Anyway, he still managed to live through it all.

On Saturday, we went for an emergency appointment at Cat & Rabbit to get meds and for Rocky to be checked. Simon said that there was no gas/bloat and that he was quite empty, so told us to give him full feeds. Simon also did some dental work to make sure there's no problem. But he started drooling a bit after the dental and still does today.

So Sunday, we were giving him around 15 to 20mls of syringe food every 3 hours or so. Then last night, around 8pm, he passed a lot of cowpat poo. He was struggling to poo a bit during the day and was releasing only some tiny and a bit hard poop, then the cowpat poops happened at night. Around the last feeding time, 1:30am, his poop has already formed a bit, albeit still soft, I fed him around 15-18mls of CC and mushed pellets, and a couple syringes of liquid.

This day, his poops are back to tiny and a bit hard ones. He's also not losing weight much and was quite struggling to poop really. There are some passing but it's only few. We are feeding him only a couple syringes of CC and water w/ probiotics, and 1 or 2 mls of blended carrot. He is also on the massager and we went for a drive 2x to encourage movements. He is peeing fine, it's just that he isn't pooping much.

We don't know what else to do. 😭

@Wiebke is there anything you can recommend us doing? He has all the meds needed. We tweak how much we need to feed to make sure we have the correct balance of food he needs to get his guts working. He still washes himself from time to time and still loves taking the Loxicom (he grabs the syringe when it's meds time). But he would just stay inside his house all the time. He fights us during feeding time, which is normal for him. But we can see him being uncomfortable especially when we was trying to poo.
 
He has Loxicom, Emeprid, Zantac and Cisapride. He hasn't really been eating since March because of the jaw abscess he had (there is still some puss leaking from his open wound in the neck). So the GI statis was because of the antibiotics he's been taking for the abscess.

Anyway, we are giving him lots of fluids today. His poops are only few, tiny and a bit dry. So we think he is a bit dehydrated as well. It's just that we don't know what else to do for him. I'm afraid we will lose him tomorrow if he is still not passing much poops. 😭
 
Oh I’m so sorry to read this. I hope he picks up soon. Sounds like you really are doing all you can. Xx
 
He just started passing poops now..soft ones this time. Like cowpats again. And it flipping stinks. He started chattering his teeth with me when I feed him.
 
Rocky update. His poops are back to tiny solid forms. He is still accepting syringe food but he is fighting me. It is still a good sign right? He isn't floppy when he is in his house, he does turn around when he wants. Hubby said he ate a piece of spinach by himself. He came out of his house and grabbed it. He keeps on drooling though. Not sure if it's really because of the dental he had on Saturday or something else. But it started after his dental.

I'm not really sure if we are just forcing him to live or if he is still fine fighting. But we are still trying to do everything for him as long as he allows us to.
 
I think you are amazing and are doing everything you can. Him grabbing and eating food for himself has to be a good sign. Fighting the syringe I’ve always thought was a good sign too, as in he has the will and energy to fight. Does he eat the syringe food when it’s in his mouth?

Big hugs to you. You must be exhausted xx
 
Yes he eats it when it's in his mouth already. He would drool some liquid like water or the blended carrots but he eats/swallows the CC. We are giving him little amount of food at the moment just to not overwhelmed his guts again. Coz we think after the cowpats on Sunday night, we thought he needed loads of fibre and we gave him 18mls of it. Then he had the problem of pooping again yesterday, until he had the cowpats again last night.

So today, we are just giving 5mls of CC, 2mls of blended carrots, 2 mls of blended cucumber and 2mls of water with probiotic. That's every 3 hours. And then he goes to his massager after every feeding.

Hubby just gave the girls some salad leaves and grass and Rocky just started grabbing the butterhead lettuce and grass. He bites it but can't eat it yet and then he gives up. Must be his teeth. But at least he is showing interest!

Hubby and I are tired but it's a good thing it's both of us. Hubby does the early morning to lunch time feeding (he works from home thankfully) and I do the afternoon till around 2 or 3 am feeding (I'm a night person 😁).
 
Yes if he’s eating the CC you get in his mouth that’s a good sign.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Is he able to eat salad leaves, if you post them into his mouth stalk first, so he can grab it with his back teeth?
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He managed to eat one spinach by himself, Keith said. But he can't really eat. This morning was the first time since after the dental on Monday last week that he managed to do that. But he doesn't really like eating the spinach stalk. He leaves all the stalk of the salad leaves. 🙄

After our emergency appointment on Saturday, he started drooling after the dental that Simon did. We don't know if it's still because of pain from that or something else.
 
I'll tell hubby to call Simon. He was the one who went with Rocky in the clinic on Saturday. Simon did dentals that day just to make sure his teeth won't cost much problem coz our next appointment is not until Moday next week.
 
So so sorry to hear this @anyar.dris You are doing an amazing job with the beautiful Rocky. Hope you can get him back on track. I can fully sympathise with your situation. When Odin was particularly struggling with his dental issues, bouts of GI stasis and his abscess issues, we found that Tramadol got him back on track. We reduced the dosage once he got on top of his dentals, but it really did help him to start eating again as it clearly got rid of the pain in his teeth/jaw.

The boys and I are sending lots of love, and we are here if you ever need to talk. I know how exhausted and worried you must be. Hang in there, you are an amazing mum to Rocky 💗
 
Bradshaw Piggies said:
So so sorry to hear this @anyar.dris You are doing an amazing job with the beautiful Rocky. Hope you can get him back on track. I can fully sympathise with your situation. When Odin was particularly struggling with his dental issues, bouts of GI stasis and his abscess issues, we found that Tramadol got him back on track. We reduced the dosage once he got on top of his dentals, but it really did help him to start eating again as it clearly got rid of the pain in his teeth/jaw.

The boys and I are sending lots of love, and we are here if you ever need to talk. I know how exhausted and worried you must be. Hang in there, you are an amazing mum to Rocky 💗
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Simon told hubby to not give Rocky the Tramadol at the moment. He said it slows down the guts or stomach movements and can cause constipation. We don't want that with Rocky with having GI statis. He was taking it before with the Loxicom. So now we can only give him max of 1ml Loxicom 2x a day.
 
anyar.dris said:
Simon told hubby to not give Rocky the Tramadol at the moment. He said it slows down the guts or stomach movements and can cause constipation. We don't want that with Rocky with having GI statis. He was taking it before with the Loxicom. So now we can only give him max of 1ml Loxicom 2x a day.
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And Simon really is the best, we wouldn't have got Odin as far as we did without him and Kim. They are real life superheroes.

When Odin was struggling to eat, he really enjoyed watermelon (which also helped to keep him hydrated), I also found grated carrot, celery leaves and spinach (as the others have suggested) helped to encourage him to eat. I remember speaking to Debbie at TEAS, who agreed that at the point of him not eating, it was best to feed him anything and everything (despite the usual veggie rules) to get him eating again.
 
We are blending the carrots, cucumber, watermelon and honey at the moment and give it to him alternately just so he has a variety. He was really doing good after his dental Monday last week and was nibbling some grass. We were happy coz it usually takes him a few days after to start nibbling food again. Until the GI statis kicked in in the middle of the night Tuesday-Wednesday. 😔
 
anyar.dris said:
We are blending the carrots, cucumber, watermelon and honey at the moment and give it to him alternately just so he has a variety. He was really doing good after his dental Monday last week and was nibbling some grass. We were happy coz it usually takes him a few days after to start nibbling food again. Until the GI statis kicked in in the middle of the night Tuesday-Wednesday. 😔
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Is he used to having grass? I found Odin would eat grass above anything else when he was poorly, but because he wasn't used to it, that is what kicked off his gut stasis (but he was an exceptionally sensitive boy with a whole list of problems).

We really are keeping everything crossed for your gorgeous boy 🤞💗
 
Bradshaw Piggies said:
Is he used to having grass? I found Odin would eat grass above anything else when he was poorly, but because he wasn't used to it, that is what kicked off his gut stasis (but he was an exceptionally sensitive boy with a whole list of problems).

We really are keeping everything crossed for your gorgeous boy 🤞💗
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Yes, he used to eat loads of grass. He weighed 1500g+ before his jaw abscess started in March and was a chunky boy because he eats loads. His weight was around 1160g-1200g last week. He is currently at 1240g due to us feeding him a lot at the weekend since Simon said fill him up coz he was empty. Then the stuff that happen on my first post because of it.

I went out to go to Morrisons and hubby fed him around 3:30pm. He said Rocky managed to eat half a leaf of spinach and 5 small pieces of grass. :yahoo: When I got back 15mins ago and put him back on his house, he started grabbing the grass and tried to nibble the stalk. 😁 Hubby only saw one poop though but hopefully it's just because he hasn't have much food in him. 🤞
 
Rocky has started eating some small strips of spring greens by himself. He got out from his bed and went to the place where I put the bowl of food for night time feeding. And then he ate some spring greens. He also ate a piece of rocket. He hasn't pooped much though and only tiny small pieces of poo. But if he started to eat some food, then that means he's not in pain like yesterday.

Today we managed to give him around 60-70mls of CC and lots of fluids. His regular food intake before the GI statis is usually around 100-120mls a day.
 
anyar.dris said:
Rocky has started eating some small strips of spring greens by himself. He got out from his bed and went to the place where I put the bowl of food for night time feeding. And then he ate some spring greens. He also ate a piece of rocket. He hasn't pooped much though and only tiny small pieces of poo. But if he started to eat some food, then that means he's not in pain like yesterday.

Today we managed to give him around 60-70mls of CC and lots of fluids. His regular food intake before the GI statis is usually around 100-120mls a day.
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So glad to hear that. Small steps.
 
Not a good news...😭

Fed Rocky last night. Gave him loads of fluids. This morning, he has lost weight nothing at all (I weigh him at night to show the difference in the morning). No poop either, probably just one or two. We are calling the local vets and see what they say, but we are not expecting a good news. We think his body is shutting down, even if he looks shows us he is perky. 😭
 
Oh Rocky.. I'm really sorry. This must be so hard for you.
 
Oh I’m sorry. Much love x
 
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