What should you do if there are no rabbit vets in your area and your rabbit is not eating pellets or using the bathroom and has only had a small amount of celery in over 24 hours?

Rabbits, just like cats, can get hairballs. Unfortunately, unlike cats they cannot regurgitate (vomit) so the hairballs can sometimes cause a blockage. These blockages can be fatal unless treated aggressively.

GI Stasis: When a rabbit isn't using the litter box and isn't eating, that means he's in GI stasis. GI stasis is fatal. Hairball blockages is one possible cause but there are many possible reasons why this might be happening. Without vet care your rabbit will probably not survive.

To help your rabbit you need to treat the GI stasis, and whatever caused the GI stasis may be a separate problem also needing treatment (for example, dental disease).

Treating GI stasis involves pain medications, gut motility medications, hand-feeding (aka force-feeding), subcutaneous fluids, and regular belly massage; enemas may also help. Digestive surgery is often too much for a rabbit to recover from and is only a final option. Vets need to be careful with medications because many that are safe for cats/dogs are dangerous for rabbits.

If your rabbit needs medical help and there are no rabbit specialist vets in your area: your only option is to find a cat/dog vet willing to try. This vet should go online and maybe call up other vets to figure out what to do. Two Excellent websites that vets can use are MediRabbit (lots of technical info about drugs, procedures, etc) and H.A.R.E. Rabbit Health Central (articles written by a professional). See links below.