My bunny is limping

My beloved bunny Kara has started limping and not quite sure how it happened until yesterday I realised she hasn't been jumping up onto the couch like she normally does.
After that I remembered that a couple of days before she tried to jump up next to me and she didn't quite jump high enough and desperately tried to pull herself up before she hit the floor.
She's done it before but now shes keeping to herself and lying down in the corner a lot. But the weird thing is it's her front paw that she's trying not to put pressure on.
There much height from the floor to the cushion so we may think its a slight sprain and she needs to go easy on it. Has anyone else heard of this happening? And also might think of it as a sprain?
I'd take her to the vets but she seems to be moving around a bit more that she did the day before.

Any ideas?

Skitzophrenia said:

My beloved bunny Kara has started limping and not quite sure how it happened until yesterday I realised she hasn't been jumping up onto the couch like she normally does.
After that I remembered that a couple of days before she tried to jump up next to me and she didn't quite jump high enough and desperately tried to pull herself up before she hit the floor.
She's done it before but now shes keeping to herself and lying down in the corner a lot. But the weird thing is it's her front paw that she's trying not to put pressure on.
There much height from the floor to the cushion so we may think its a slight sprain and she needs to go easy on it. Has anyone else heard of this happening? And also might think of it as a sprain?
I'd take her to the vets but she seems to be moving around a bit more that she did the day before.

Any ideas?

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She needs Veterinary attention.
If she is limping she's in pain and at the very least needs pain relief.
Without being able to examin her its impossible to say what the injury is. It may be a sprain, a dislocation or a fracture.
Please take her to your Vet

Please take her to a vet to be checked out to make sure nothing is broken etc - it can't wait another few days to see if it right's itself

Yeah i've booked her in for tomorrow morning.
I thought it might have been hocks on her foot since I didn't see her land on her front paws.
But she is running around a wee bit now.
Thanks for your advice

It's been awhile since i last posted on this thread and i never did post what was the outcome.

Basically one vet diagnosed her as having an inflammation of the joint and put her on a course of anti b's and some anti inflammatory.

Although after a check up trip the main vet was the one who took a look at her and noticed that when she touched just above the joint she seemed to be in a bit more pain. This lead to her going to get x-rays and such, and the outcome was that she had somehow contracted an infection in her ankle bone, how this happened is still unknown and even the vet didn't know how it had happened as there was no break.

The options were that if the infection spread to her hind legs she would have to be put down, and if it got to the point that she would no longer use the problematic front foot it would have to be amputated.

Although it has been a half year later since the accident and after a 3 month cage rest she seems to be doing much better, although the way she walks on it is odd and we feel she became accustomed to this.

Our little Kara is back to her old tricks with her binkying and wanting to be chased about. Although is has been awhile since i posted I just felt I should say some form of thanks and just to let people know what happened.


So thank you

I hope she continues to cope with her disability and that she remains pain free