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Mama Doe
** This doesn't concern either Jamie, Kitt or Sapphire**
One of my friends last night phoned me at around 23:00pm saying that her bunny, Snuggles, wasn't well. She was going to pick me up, but instead brought the poor bunny round to mine - I was a bit annoyed because Kitt was only in the kitchen and, at this stage, I didn't know what was wrong with Snuggles.
Anyway, she put Snuggles on the floor and he appeared to flop to one side when he tried to walk... it's almost like his left hand side had given in completely and his head seemed to tilt to one side also. She lifted him up and rested him on her knees - this rabbit is one of the buns who hates being lifted up and is usually very scatty, but he just sunk in to her knee and laid there. To look at I'd say his head looked swollen and he seemed to be holding his back end up strangely. I looked through my bunny book and thought maybe paralysis of the rear end, or pasteurella or maybe E.C (as suggested by Kayj)... so I phoned the emergency vet and, seeing as Snuggles was eating like a hungry hippo, she advised to take him to the surgery first thing (my friend seemed a bit reluctant of this because she can't afford a big vet bill).
Anyhoo, I sent my friend away with some hay, some leaflets about Pet Plan and the vets card and asked her to stay in touch. This morning she text me to say that Snuggles was fine, running around as normal etc etc...
Can anyone explain this sudden change of behaviour? I'm still a bit concerned for him, he's not vaccinated or neutered yet (I've said he'll need to be).. he does have a great hutch which has been built for him (over 2 floors) and he has free run of the enclosed yard, but I'm concerned that he's not growing much.
xx
One of my friends last night phoned me at around 23:00pm saying that her bunny, Snuggles, wasn't well. She was going to pick me up, but instead brought the poor bunny round to mine - I was a bit annoyed because Kitt was only in the kitchen and, at this stage, I didn't know what was wrong with Snuggles.
Anyway, she put Snuggles on the floor and he appeared to flop to one side when he tried to walk... it's almost like his left hand side had given in completely and his head seemed to tilt to one side also. She lifted him up and rested him on her knees - this rabbit is one of the buns who hates being lifted up and is usually very scatty, but he just sunk in to her knee and laid there. To look at I'd say his head looked swollen and he seemed to be holding his back end up strangely. I looked through my bunny book and thought maybe paralysis of the rear end, or pasteurella or maybe E.C (as suggested by Kayj)... so I phoned the emergency vet and, seeing as Snuggles was eating like a hungry hippo, she advised to take him to the surgery first thing (my friend seemed a bit reluctant of this because she can't afford a big vet bill).
Anyhoo, I sent my friend away with some hay, some leaflets about Pet Plan and the vets card and asked her to stay in touch. This morning she text me to say that Snuggles was fine, running around as normal etc etc...
Can anyone explain this sudden change of behaviour? I'm still a bit concerned for him, he's not vaccinated or neutered yet (I've said he'll need to be).. he does have a great hutch which has been built for him (over 2 floors) and he has free run of the enclosed yard, but I'm concerned that he's not growing much.
xx
