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Broken back leg- options.

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halfpenny

Wise Old Thumper
Just a query, but if a rabbit breaks a back leg what are the options.
I know PTS is the obvious one, when the owner doesn't want to pay, and I know you can amputate if its a smaller breed, but can you pin the leg until it is healed. Has anybody tried this or are there any other options to try.
Don't worry, non of mine have broken a leg, but am curious to find out.
 
I had Scouts leg operated on and pinned when she was just 14 weeks old....it was a tricky op but very successful.

The pins were left in and she was cage confined for 3 weeks, I think.
 
Scouts was a clean break of her upper femure, close to the hip. The ends had slid past eachother so that the end were not touching.....we could have opted to let it heal naturally but there was a chance she would end up with a gammy leg.

The vet literally had only millimeters of bone to work in because she was so small, I wish I had kept the x-ray.
 
After a very stressful morning, I am a much relieved woman. I posted about broken legs yesterday because I heard of a rabbit with a suspected broken leg- 4 months old. The owners were thinking about the options, but the cheapest one was PTS. I had mentioned I would take on the rabbit and fund its treatment, if they went for PTS,however they have decided to go for the op, either the pin in leg or amputation, whichever is possible. I am really glad, because my own bills are huge and I am not really set up for anymore rabbits, we desperately need to get our new runs built- all it will take is time and money.:rolleyes:
 
Thats a relief. I paid Scouts in two goes over two weeks to break down the cost.

She had never had any problems with it and as a now 2 year old adult you cant even tell it was ever broken....though she did favout it for several months post-op.
 
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