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Rabbit going in circles
- Thread starter Justin
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he had an op on his teeth and when he came round he was never the same, if he got stressed he would run round in circles or if you stopped him from actually moving his head would still go!! when we took him to the vets a couple of days after his op to see what was wrong with him they thought that during the op he had a stroke making him do this!!
Kermit
Wise Old Thumper
My baby has head tilt, probably caused by EC. Rabbits can recover from this, but early action helps.
Kermits heads tilted, he keeps going in circles and at the early stages his eye moved (nystygmus i think its called)
Honestly, act fast and get your baby seen by a vet and on some panacur and baytil asap.
AnnaDelie
Mama Doe
Hope this helps x
parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
Prompt action with panacur, anti-inflamitories and if necessary CAREFUL syringe feeding of water and rescue mix should result in a lessening of the tilt within days and long slow recovery.
If you have a non-rabbit savvy vet do NOT just let them say 'stroke' and put it on steroids or antibiotics. Act as though it HAS EC even if you are not sure. Do NOT wait for results of blood test.
vengeful.veggie
Alpha Buck
Strangely enough, it seems to have recovered from the involuntary circle wandering and the eye movement - but it still wont go out side. It's eating again and responds when you walk near her.. but normally if you opened the door she would shoot straight outside into the garden.
She's happy in front of the heater.
Honestly I despair. What do some of these people spend there time doing at vets school :?
You can buy wormer in the meantime from here:
http://www.wormers.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh...&PN=Rabbits___Furry_Pets.html#aPAN052#aPAN052
each syringe contains 18 graduations. You give 1 graduation per 2.5 kg of bunny (i.e. if you bunny weighs 1 kg you give them 1 graduation, if it weighs 2.6 kg you give it 2). you need enough for 28 days worth. You can either syringe it straight into the bunny or spread it on a spring green leaf for him to gobble up.
