rabswood
Wise Old Thumper
When I took Bun Bun to the vets after I found her one morning collapsed and floppy in her hutch the vet said he thought it might be pregnancy toxemia.
It was not my usual vets practice which have rabbit savvy vets but I used this one because they are much closer and quicker to get to and a vet was available.
BunBun was only young, I was fostering her for BARC. She will have become pregnant with her first season as she was kept with her brothers and father before being signed over to the rescue. So basically she was a little scrap herself and didn't even look pregnant.
I have read up on pregnancy toxemia and it says inadequate nutrition during pregnancy and can cause toxemia either during or after birth of the kits. Says they can die within hours. Treatment is with IV fluids and a dextrose drip.
I had BunBun for about 3 weeks before she gave birth to 4 healthy kits on 29th May, during this time she always had a bowl of rabbit museli which I had started adding SS to, to swop her over. As she was possibly pregnant she always had a full bowl but would selective feed from it. She always had hay in her hay rack and everyday would have apple or carrot. For the last week she had probiotic in her water. She was weeing and pooing as normal there were no signs of her being unwell and when free in the garden or run she would skip around. So basically until I found her there flopped out she had been fine and had been weeing and pooing during the night as the evidence was there (I changed her hutch am and pm as she didn't use a litter tray.)
The vet did put her on fluids and a drip and said he would give her a steroid injection but within the hour she had gone.
Any ideas re this floppy rabbit syndrome?
Rabswood
It was not my usual vets practice which have rabbit savvy vets but I used this one because they are much closer and quicker to get to and a vet was available.
BunBun was only young, I was fostering her for BARC. She will have become pregnant with her first season as she was kept with her brothers and father before being signed over to the rescue. So basically she was a little scrap herself and didn't even look pregnant.
I have read up on pregnancy toxemia and it says inadequate nutrition during pregnancy and can cause toxemia either during or after birth of the kits. Says they can die within hours. Treatment is with IV fluids and a dextrose drip.
I had BunBun for about 3 weeks before she gave birth to 4 healthy kits on 29th May, during this time she always had a bowl of rabbit museli which I had started adding SS to, to swop her over. As she was possibly pregnant she always had a full bowl but would selective feed from it. She always had hay in her hay rack and everyday would have apple or carrot. For the last week she had probiotic in her water. She was weeing and pooing as normal there were no signs of her being unwell and when free in the garden or run she would skip around. So basically until I found her there flopped out she had been fine and had been weeing and pooing during the night as the evidence was there (I changed her hutch am and pm as she didn't use a litter tray.)
The vet did put her on fluids and a drip and said he would give her a steroid injection but within the hour she had gone.
Any ideas re this floppy rabbit syndrome?
Rabswood