Good video. But I highly recommend using a smaller gauge needle than what vets typically give their clients to use! Vets typically use 18 gauge needles. These are quite big and administer the fluids quite quickly, thereby saving veterinary staff time. But larger needles are more painful to the animal upon insertion. The higher the gauge number, the smaller the needle. I use a 20 gauge needle for giving subQ fluids to animals. Sometimes I even use a 21 gauge needle if the animal is particularly nervous or small. The Terumo brand of needles is excellent. They are the sharpest on the market, sliding into the skin like butter! It’s best to slightly warm the fluids, which feels much more soothing to the animal than a bag of cold fluid. It’s difficult for an animal or a human to relax when cold fluid is being administered.
Working with rabbits is amazing. So many kinds. One thing that always made me question reality is when a head tilted rabbit puts there head back straight for like a minute or two. I'm like...but your a head tilt?? X.x
Even a bag at room temp inside a home can be quite cold to the skin. Run some fluid out of the line onto your wrist. It should be pleasantly warm. If not, submerge the bottom half of the bag into a clean bowl of quite warm water and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Be sure to test the temp again before administering to your rabbit to ensure it didn’t get TOO warm.
their ears are cold , they lost weight , their saliva is thick , dehydration can cause G.I stasis . You can also give pedialite , buy a sterile injection WITHOUT needle let your bunny drink the pedialite. I hope this helps you. pls let me know hows your bunny doing .
