Thanks Snowbery, I really hope so as he seems very uncomfortable. When he's sitting he's got one back leg stretched right out in front of him, as if he's trying to relieve the pressure, although he's not grinding his teeth..
He really scared me last night though; he was laid in his litter tray with his chin on the lip of the tray, his neck stretched out & his mouth open :?
Do rabbits do this sometimes? I was really worried thinking he was mouth breathing, so I called to him & offered some food.. he moved & closed his mouth, his nose was twitching & he took the food from me to eat.
Afterwards he didn't have his mouth open again, but if he's gonna do that a lot I swear he'll give me a heart attack or something :roll:
Poor thing fought against me this morning when I was checking he was healing, I hardly touched him at all, just checked his swelling wasn't getting any worse & his woulds weren't pussy or anything, buth e has soo much fur I have to try & move it out of the way to see properly.
I think I hurt him because he squealed, but I was trying soo hard to be careful & not distress him, poor baby
Then he didn't wanna take his Metacam, I had to hold him tight whilst my son gave him it - when I put Phillip down (he was on my knee) he jumped off me & nipped my arm through my jacket. I guessed he was cross @ me & I felt soo bad for hurting him.
I decided not to give him his Baytril @ the same time as he was obviously stressed as he was breathing very fast, he went back in his cage & I left him to settle on his own.
So later I tried Baytril in pineapple juice.. he wouldn't drink it.
S I tried to give him water & grass, he wouldn't eat or drink!
Gave him a bit of carrot (his favourite) & he sniffed it & ignored it.
I was feeling awful by this time (& worried) :?
He was sat with one of his back legs stretched right out in front of him.
After an hour or so he started moving around & had some water & hay, then nibbled on the carrot, but still wouldn't have the pineapple juice.. so I removed it & instead mixed baytril with some mashed carrot.. & he STILL wouldn't take it.
In the end I had to inject it into his mouth this evening; fully expecting him to fight against me & get really cross; but he just sat there & lapped it up.
contrary bunny :lol:
Then he was chinning me for the 1st time, butting his head against my arm & my knee, was soo cute
& after that scare he's eating & drinking fine now, although he still looks very uncomfortable.
I can tell he's not happy in himself as he's not binkying & hardly 'flopping' & I feel sooo sad for him, he must be in some pain as his testes are still as swollen as yesterday.
Vet thought he could be having a reaction to the sutures rather than an actual infection so the Baytril is precautionary.
Anyway I'm not gonna check him @ the same time as giving meds now, I think I'll do Metacam in the morning..
Then a little later check his wounds (once pain meds have kicked in)
Then later in the day give him Baytril
Fingers crossed it works like this
I want to cause him as little discomfort or pain as possible, poor thing.