Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I know we should expect this sort of thing happening on a regular basis considering the type of bunnies we take in, but it is still very sad when we find out how life limiting some of the bunnies conditions are.
We had our brilliant rabbit vet Jen round to check on some of the more disabled bunnies today and unfortunately there wasn't much good news.
Lillie( now renamed Lottie) who recently arrived with cataracts and dental problems had a thorough check up and her VHD. Her cataracts are very severe and have caused so much damage to her eyes that they have developed an extra blood supply, which is the bodies way of trying to heal itself. Her eyes are also protruding and jen feels she has tumours behind both her eyes. We don't want to x ray her to confirm as she is severely underweight and would need a GA. Luckily her teeth are ok at the moment.
Her sister Tillie (now renamed Lola) has extremely weak back legs with no muscle tone or reflexes. Her spine has hardened and thickened in the middle of her back causing her significant pain, so she will remain on pain relief for the rest of her life. She also has molar spurs but again is not able to have a GA at present as she is such high risk.
Freddy my lovely little mini lop with the deformed leg had the worst news. His spine is now so twisted and deformed that it is reducing the size of his chest cavity making it hard for him to breathe. His pelvis has completely twisted round and his "good" back leg is also abnormal. He now needs constant pain relief. Jen feels his life expectancy is severely limited, and that I should just spoil him while he is able to enjoy life.
Tegan, Freddy's partner has a similar deformity in the same leg. It appears at some point her thigh bone was broken inwards, while her knee cap was shattered causing the rest of her leg to point outwards. Her spine and pelvis are also twisting in a similar way to Freddys. She will be having x rays to see if amputation is an option although it looks unlikely meaning as she grows her deformities will become more severe. she is only 4 months and Freddy is around 10 months.
Hector is refusing to put weight on even though he eats for England, but his eyes are doing really well and his teeth are ok at the moment.
Some good news though, I thought the stray cat that lives in our garden might have an abdominal tumour as it is so big and hard, turns out he is just really fat :lol::lol: So he can stop looking at me with those sad hungry eyes everytime I walk past
We had our brilliant rabbit vet Jen round to check on some of the more disabled bunnies today and unfortunately there wasn't much good news.
Lillie( now renamed Lottie) who recently arrived with cataracts and dental problems had a thorough check up and her VHD. Her cataracts are very severe and have caused so much damage to her eyes that they have developed an extra blood supply, which is the bodies way of trying to heal itself. Her eyes are also protruding and jen feels she has tumours behind both her eyes. We don't want to x ray her to confirm as she is severely underweight and would need a GA. Luckily her teeth are ok at the moment.
Her sister Tillie (now renamed Lola) has extremely weak back legs with no muscle tone or reflexes. Her spine has hardened and thickened in the middle of her back causing her significant pain, so she will remain on pain relief for the rest of her life. She also has molar spurs but again is not able to have a GA at present as she is such high risk.
Freddy my lovely little mini lop with the deformed leg had the worst news. His spine is now so twisted and deformed that it is reducing the size of his chest cavity making it hard for him to breathe. His pelvis has completely twisted round and his "good" back leg is also abnormal. He now needs constant pain relief. Jen feels his life expectancy is severely limited, and that I should just spoil him while he is able to enjoy life.
Tegan, Freddy's partner has a similar deformity in the same leg. It appears at some point her thigh bone was broken inwards, while her knee cap was shattered causing the rest of her leg to point outwards. Her spine and pelvis are also twisting in a similar way to Freddys. She will be having x rays to see if amputation is an option although it looks unlikely meaning as she grows her deformities will become more severe. she is only 4 months and Freddy is around 10 months.
Hector is refusing to put weight on even though he eats for England, but his eyes are doing really well and his teeth are ok at the moment.
Some good news though, I thought the stray cat that lives in our garden might have an abdominal tumour as it is so big and hard, turns out he is just really fat :lol::lol: So he can stop looking at me with those sad hungry eyes everytime I walk past