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Tumors in rabbits

bluebunny

Wise Old Thumper
Last year my white rex lilac started loosing weight,i took her to the vets in sept,they had her in for xrays as the vet said she could feel a mass in her tummy,she has a 4cm tumor the vet said she would only live for another few months but she is still here,i took her back to the vets last sat for a check up and it hasnt grown at all,Has anyone else had another bunny with a simaliar thing?
 
Last year my white rex lilac started loosing weight,i took her to the vets in sept,they had her in for xrays as the vet said she could feel a mass in her tummy,she has a 4cm tumor the vet said she would only live for another few months but she is still here,i took her back to the vets last sat for a check up and it hasnt grown at all,Has anyone else had another bunny with a simaliar thing?

Yes, is the mass anywhere near where her Uterus would have been?

Janex
 
They said its near her bladder and bowel,Hence the weight loss
But they dont want to remove it incase its attached to anything
 
They said its near her bladder and bowel,Hence the weight loss
But they dont want to remove it incase its attached to anything

I have had 2 Does with masses attached to the bladder. They were not operated on either. One Doe suffered bouts of bladder infections due to the mass and eventually it did spread to her intestines. But she coped for about 18 months after diagnosis.
The other Doe had no symptoms at all apart from weight loss. She lived for about 2 years after the mass was first discovered.

Janex
 
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