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Advice - panicked rabbit

Kermit

Kermit

Wise Old Thumper
Hi guys,

Looking for some advice.

I made kermit an indoor run area, so he could be in it through the day, my grandpa usually comes to let him out in the living room through the day, but he had a bad stroke on saturday and is in the hospital, so he cant come up.
So instead of kermit being in the cage all day, i made a large indoor run......so i just put him in it and he rolled about 20 times, then started really heavy breathing like he has a blocked nose.....he has head tilt, so thats why he would roll.....but im looking for advice on the breathing, should i go to the vets?

Thanks in advance

Kirsty
 
aww poor thing just googled that what ya said hun its says get pet in a carrier an get straight to a vet could be pneumonia hope hes ok xx
 
What is the rabbit doing now can he stand?
how long has he been rolling?
how long has he head the head tilt is it froma middleear infection and is he on any treatment for it at the moment?
 
bluesavannah said:
What is the rabbit doing now can he stand?
how long has he been rolling?
how long has he head the head tilt is it froma middleear infection and is he on any treatment for it at the moment?
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He can stand yes. He had EC but it's gone now. He's been fine for weeks - it's just since we moved him to the new surroundings the severe grunting has been happening. We've ditched the new run and have him back in the other room. He's moving about but still snorting like hell.
 
grunting or snorting?
sometimes rabbits roll to sent new areas could the grunting be growling.
If you have never heard a rabbit growl before it can be quite scary.
is there any nasal or eye discharge and how would you rate his breathing deep or shallow look at his gums and tellme what colour they are ie pink, red, grey, blue.
 
Thanks for the advice guys....i called the vets and she said to monitor his heart rate, it was super fast!

She said that i might stress him out by taking him up to the vets, so to keep an eye on him and see if he calms down.....that was about 30 mins ago.

He seems to have calmed down alot, i was really freaked out by it all. He is just lying down now, no heavy breathing or nasal noises, so i think he must just have been really frightened.

The wee guy doesnt even realise that i was just trying to make life better for him with a new big indoor run!
 
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