Stephanie Cutler
Warren Scout
Meet Fiver! Fiver would apreciate any advice on how to deal with his newly aquired paralysed back legs. (although things are looking up! i squeezed his toes and he pulled back his leg- hopeful
)xx
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Advice for a disabled bunny
- Thread starter Stephanie Cutler
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Meet Fiver! Fiver would apreciate any advice on how to deal with his newly aquired paralysed back legs. (although things are looking up! i squeezed his toes and he pulled back his leg- hopeful
)xx
OMG - Me wants He's gorgeous, me must have:lol::lol::lol:
Right, you are doing all the right things at the moment - keeping him warm and dry, making sure he can get to food and water
Best thing for him is lots of rest as he could have just pulled something whilst running around crazy - so although he is eating fine and is looking great, a lot of that can be down to the injection that he had.
Rest is the key here, if he has pulled something then the more he rests the better it will get. Having feeling in his feet is a great sign
He may require another injection in a few days but other than that, he may just go onto metacam which you can wean off him slowly over the days. I would also go with a 6 week course of Panacur just incase he has Ec although I still think its an injury more than a parasite - but it's best to cover all angles
Give him a huge kiss from me, I love him to bits - he is just stunning
He's gorgeous, me must have:lol::lol::lol:Right, you are doing all the right things at the moment - keeping him warm and dry, making sure he can get to food and water
Best thing for him is lots of rest as he could have just pulled something whilst running around crazy - so although he is eating fine and is looking great, a lot of that can be down to the injection that he had.
Rest is the key here, if he has pulled something then the more he rests the better it will get. Having feeling in his feet is a great sign
He may require another injection in a few days but other than that, he may just go onto metacam which you can wean off him slowly over the days. I would also go with a 6 week course of Panacur just incase he has Ec although I still think its an injury more than a parasite - but it's best to cover all angles
Give him a huge kiss from me, I love him to bits - he is just stunning
