Polka-Pumpkin

One of my females who I'm growing up for the spring breeding, Polka, has been acting strange lately.

Normally she's extremely dominant.  She likes to almost appear as though she's male and chase her siblings around the cage.  She also loves to eat!

My camera's battery was dead, so this is an old picture of Polka

These past few days though, I've noticed that she hasn't been eating that much or really done much exercising at all. 

I decided to put her and her siblings out in the run today so they could get some exercise, eat lots of greens, and get a change of scenery.

I moved her sisters over first, then her.  When I held her, I noticed she felt very bloated.

It then made sense.  She must have been blocked somewhere in her intestines.  That would explain her lack of appetite and why she wasn't terribly active.

Luckily, my mom just bought a BUNCH of canned pumpkin.  So I filled a 6 ml. syringe full and took it out to her.

From all my past experiences, the rabbits LOVE the pumpkin and eat it right down.  This was not the case, however.

Instead, she didn't seem to like it at all!  So I had to put her in a cage by herself (so I wouldn't get scratched), hold her head back and force the pumpkin in. 

I did everything slowly to ensure I wasn't hurting her and also to make sure she wouldn't choke on the pumpkin and had time to swallow, etc.

I'm really hoping it's not too late for her.  I'll just have to cross my fingers and hope she starts improving tomorrow!  If nothing's changed by tomorrow morning, I'll try and give her some more pumpkin.