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bunny with sore foot

donstapley

donstapley

Young Bun
I have a beautiful 9 week bunny called JP. he was born with a deformed back leg (there is only a couple of cms of foot, no toes, etc) i was told that due to the fact rabbits dont normally carry weight on this part of their foot that it would get sore from time to time......however over the last 3 days he has been hopping round with it held up so it is obviously causing him discomfort. i just wanted to know what a vet could do if i took him there and its not an injury but a birth defect, and i was unsure about what exactely they would be able to do for him.
 
donstapley said:
I have a beautiful 9 week bunny called JP. he was born with a deformed back leg (there is only a couple of cms of foot, no toes, etc) i was told that due to the fact rabbits dont normally carry weight on this part of their foot that it would get sore from time to time......however over the last 3 days he has been hopping round with it held up so it is obviously causing him discomfort. i just wanted to know what a vet could do if i took him there and its not an injury but a birth defect, and i was unsure about what exactely they would be able to do for him.
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The Vet can do lots to help starting off with giving pain relief if necessary.
If the deformed limb is causing him pain then he would probably be better off without it. I have 2 'tripod' Bunnies , one missing a front leg the other missing a back leg. They cope perfectly well and binky about like any 4 legged Bunny.

You need to get Baby Bun vaccinated against Myxomatosis and VHD anyway so you can combine the consultation

Good luck :)
 
agree with jane..but also you could possibly get dressings that would save the leg if thats what you were wanting to do that would cusion the weight put onto it..however if its causing a lot of pain it might be best not being tehre at all xx
 
yeah the vet might suggest removing it, they can do very well on three legs. good luck with him, hope you get something sorted.
 
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