Poorly bunny Rolling

Hi my bunny was diagnosed with head tilt and has been rolling.
Although the rolling has stopped and she is alot brighter and happier now, I was wondering how this wobble she has will affect her?

My vet said its unlikely she'll fully regain her balance and I'm wondering how this will affect her quality of life?

She is even starting t binkey again so I know she is feeling alot better but she ends up crashing into a wall or when she cleans her bottom by bending forward, she topples over.
Will she live happily with this condition?

She is chinning everything like she used to and my thoughts are turning once again to getting her speyed.
Not right now of course.. I will wait until my vet advises it to be safe enough but I wanted to know if this will still be an option for her?
When she is stressed she rolls and I know from experience its a very stressfull time for them.

I have an adult speyed female already and in an attempt to get my two girls as best of friends their temperments will allow, I need to get the poorly one done too.

Any advised regarding the above or if anyone else has had a bunny with head tilt, I would appreciate any advise on how to keep her happy and safe.

Thank you for the link.
Its gave me some great tips and as I'm off to the vets again today, I have some meds I can ask for so she gets the best care possible.
When my older lionhead was speyed I went to the vets and demanded certain items like metacam and some feed i could syringe to her as she stopped eating for a while and my vet did not take too kindly to this at all so I feel quite nervous about asking.
I just wish I lived near a good rabbit vet.

Wish me look with the vets.. I think I'll need it.

lauraocal said:

Thank you for the link.
Its gave me some great tips and as I'm off to the vets again today, I have some meds I can ask for so she gets the best care possible.
When my older lionhead was speyed I went to the vets and demanded certain items like metacam and some feed i could syringe to her as she stopped eating for a while and my vet did not take too kindly to this at all so I feel quite nervous about asking.
I just wish I lived near a good rabbit vet.

Wish me look with the vets.. I think I'll need it.

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There are a few folk on here in Nottingham. If you put a thread up in 'Rabbit Chat' asking for help locating a Bunny savvy Vet in your area I am sure someone can help

Hope you get on OK at the appointment today. Please keep us posted

xx

the appointment went well, and my bun is alot more energetic and eating normal again.
She has just started rolling again though.
I lifted her to put her in another room so i could hoover but it set her off rolling once more and we went outside and all sorts today without any problems but now...?

Is this a case of she could start doing it at anytime, for the rest of her life now?
If it is then at least I wont feel so shocked about it. I was expecting a wobble to remain but .. thats it.
if someone can just tell me if this is her getting worse or the new normal?

I'm glad your bun seems to be improving

My rabbit developed headtilt in November and was on medication for about a month. She was very dizzy to start with and could not take more than about 2 or 3 hops without rolling and if I picked her up she would roll when I put her down again.
She started to noticably improve after about 5 days and was able to move better and only rolled occasionally. She didn't improve any further after that but was able to move quite quickly again and coped fine with the wobbles.
Now in this last week (a month after her treatment finished) her head has straightened and she is almost back to normal :shock: She is the only bun I have had with headtilt though so I don't know how common that is.

It is normal for then to suddenly roll because if they go a bit of balance it is difficult for them to right themselves. It can take several weeks to see a significant improvement. It is true that some rabbits never regain there balance and continue to roll sometimes but they learn to cope. You will just need to take it each day at a time.

sorry not heard of head tilt before what is it? is it serious?
Diane:?::?

Hello,
My bunny has had quite severe head tilt since april last year, he still rolls about 5 - 20 times a day. He manages to pick himself back up straight away now, but for a few months after he first got it he would topple over and be wriggling about, and i would have to help him back up. He also used to topple over when he was grooming.
At the end of this vid you can see how he was, its quite hard to see as its dark!
http://s374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/kirstykermit/?action=view&current=P1011095.flv
He now runs about like a nutter at top speeds, but then can just be walking and roll over...dunno why!
He has a normal bunny life apart from the head tilt and rolling, he has coped very well.
I also find that if i pick kermit up then that sets his balance off and when i put him back down he struggles to get upright straight away, so i try to pick him up as little as possible, i just go down on the floor for cuddles now!
Im just off out for now, but if you wanna ask anything feel free and ill get back to you in the morning, or check back through my early posts and youll be able to read about kermit's head tilt etc.
K xx