Mickey had his vet appointment this morning. The vet checked him out, gave him some fluids and made a few suggestions:
1. Cut back on his greens a little to encourage him to eat more hay.
2. If he still won't touch hay, try some different hays to see if he'll eat any of them.
3. Give him pineapple juice twice a day to up his fluid intake and hopefully dissolve any blockage that's there.
She said if there's no improvement, I should bring him back in for an x-ray; she would have liked to do one today, but their machine is in repairs.
I brought in a poop sample for her to see, but while I was waiting for him to get the fluids, I noticed he'd pooped some in his carrier, and that those poops were a little bigger than what he's been doing. Looks like the hay he'd eaten yesterday did make an impact, so I'm definitely going to cut back on his greens and see if that gets him eating more hay. I also picked up some pineapple juice at the store after I brought Mickey home, so I'll start him on that tonight.
The vet also recommended that I keep some Critical Care on hand in case I need to get more fluids into his system. It's something I've been meaning to order because it's good to have in case of emergency, so that's next on the priority list.
At the moment, Mickey is zoned out in his cage. He ate a little bit of hay when he first got home, but hasn't shown much interest in eating since then. That's normal for him after a vet visit; he'll give me the Dread Glare of Sulk for a while, then he'll take a nap and then all is usually well. We'll see how it goes after I'm trying to syringe pineapple juice into him later, though.