Errol_Finn
New Kit
Hello,
We have 1 rabbit, who lives in an outdoor hutch through the day and at night is always brought in to the house and put into a big cage, he has never spent the night outside.
Approximately 1 month ago, we noticed that he was very slow and not hopping about as normal. We watched him for a couple of hours and then his condition got slightly worse, he was only able to sit in the same spot and was unable to use his back legs. By the morning he was unable to use hi front legs and was just lying down. I thought he was going to die so took him to the emergency Vet. The Vet said they didn’t know what was wrong and gave him an anti-inflammatory injection and we took him home. By the morning he was worse and was lying on his side unable to lift his head. We took him straight back to the Vets and he was put on a drip with anti-biotic. We were warned that he may not make it.
After 3 days, he pulled through and it was as if there was nothing wrong with him. We continued to give him anti-biotic once a day for 5 days and everything was fine. We monitored his food and water intake and everything was great. We kept him in the house at all times and he never once went outside.
A few days after the anti-biotic finished he seemed to have a re-lapse, this time his condition worsened so quickly I was convinced that he would not make it, we rushed him to the Vets and he was back on the drip and medicine. 5 days later he was back to normal. The Vets took a blood sample this time which has come back all clear and we continued to give him anti-biotic for 5 days and all was well.
It has now been 5 days and he started to show the symptoms again so this evening I whizzed him down the vets and they are going to keep him.
I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this before, symptoms are. Back legs all floppy and un-usable, moving on to the front legs and then completely unable to lift the head.??
Thanks
We have 1 rabbit, who lives in an outdoor hutch through the day and at night is always brought in to the house and put into a big cage, he has never spent the night outside.
Approximately 1 month ago, we noticed that he was very slow and not hopping about as normal. We watched him for a couple of hours and then his condition got slightly worse, he was only able to sit in the same spot and was unable to use his back legs. By the morning he was unable to use hi front legs and was just lying down. I thought he was going to die so took him to the emergency Vet. The Vet said they didn’t know what was wrong and gave him an anti-inflammatory injection and we took him home. By the morning he was worse and was lying on his side unable to lift his head. We took him straight back to the Vets and he was put on a drip with anti-biotic. We were warned that he may not make it.
After 3 days, he pulled through and it was as if there was nothing wrong with him. We continued to give him anti-biotic once a day for 5 days and everything was fine. We monitored his food and water intake and everything was great. We kept him in the house at all times and he never once went outside.
A few days after the anti-biotic finished he seemed to have a re-lapse, this time his condition worsened so quickly I was convinced that he would not make it, we rushed him to the Vets and he was back on the drip and medicine. 5 days later he was back to normal. The Vets took a blood sample this time which has come back all clear and we continued to give him anti-biotic for 5 days and all was well.
It has now been 5 days and he started to show the symptoms again so this evening I whizzed him down the vets and they are going to keep him.
I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this before, symptoms are. Back legs all floppy and un-usable, moving on to the front legs and then completely unable to lift the head.??
Thanks