My Rabbit is 3 years old. He has stayed at my Mums house for around 2 years now and recently moved over to my house about 2 weeks ago.
He seems to have settled in okay so far but he hasn't been eating his dry packet food for around 3/4 days now. He usually goes wild as soon as I bring food out for him but he just walks away from it. I have noticed he still drinks water occasionally. I'm not sure if he's allowed to eat bananas but he has taken a couple of bites from one the past couple of days.
I took him to the vet last night. From the FAQ I read on this forum he did the following:
Examined his abdomen.
Listened to him with a stethescope.
Checked his jaw and cheeks along with his front teeth but not the back.
The vet also didn't check his temperature.
He told us that he wasn't sure what was causing him to stop eating but gave him an antibiotic and another injection (I'm not sure what it's called but he said it would help his appetite).
He got infected with mites or fleas in around February and my mum took him to the vet. I'm not sure if my mum picked the vet up wrong or the vet told the wrong information (which seems crazy because I read that Hay is the most important part of a rabbits diet) but supposedly the vet said he should stop eating hay and I think this might be part of the problem. I gave him lots of hay last night when we got home from the vets. He ate a little of it but hasn't touched anymore.
Another thing that concerns me is he has fallen over about 3 times in a strange way the past few days. Two days ago he walked off and fell unexpectedly on his side (in a way I thought he was dead!) and tonight he did the same. I'm not sure if he's having problems with balance and I read somewhere else (I can't remember where) that this is a warning sign.
I realise a big mistake is that he hasn't been getting hay but we've been told so many different things by different vets on how to feed him that it's confusing. I just want the best for him and I'm really worried.
Should the vet have given me more answers? What questions should I be asking? Should I be taking him back to the vet? Should I be taking him to a different one?
He seems to have settled in okay so far but he hasn't been eating his dry packet food for around 3/4 days now. He usually goes wild as soon as I bring food out for him but he just walks away from it. I have noticed he still drinks water occasionally. I'm not sure if he's allowed to eat bananas but he has taken a couple of bites from one the past couple of days.
I took him to the vet last night. From the FAQ I read on this forum he did the following:
Examined his abdomen.
Listened to him with a stethescope.
Checked his jaw and cheeks along with his front teeth but not the back.
The vet also didn't check his temperature.
He told us that he wasn't sure what was causing him to stop eating but gave him an antibiotic and another injection (I'm not sure what it's called but he said it would help his appetite).
He got infected with mites or fleas in around February and my mum took him to the vet. I'm not sure if my mum picked the vet up wrong or the vet told the wrong information (which seems crazy because I read that Hay is the most important part of a rabbits diet) but supposedly the vet said he should stop eating hay and I think this might be part of the problem. I gave him lots of hay last night when we got home from the vets. He ate a little of it but hasn't touched anymore.
Another thing that concerns me is he has fallen over about 3 times in a strange way the past few days. Two days ago he walked off and fell unexpectedly on his side (in a way I thought he was dead!) and tonight he did the same. I'm not sure if he's having problems with balance and I read somewhere else (I can't remember where) that this is a warning sign.
I realise a big mistake is that he hasn't been getting hay but we've been told so many different things by different vets on how to feed him that it's confusing. I just want the best for him and I'm really worried.
Should the vet have given me more answers? What questions should I be asking? Should I be taking him back to the vet? Should I be taking him to a different one?