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RobArmstrong

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Hi All,

First time here, regular poster at another forum however that forum has gone quiet.

Rocker is 4 years old, around 7 months ago he started to pee outside his pan and i noticed him starting to struggle with his back legs. the vet did some xrays and nothing was found.

this has started to get worse, not laying down as much, when he does lay down he has both his back legs stretched out to the side. i took him to the vet last week and she says he has lost the muscles in his thighs, she gave him a steroid injection but tonight he doesnt seem able to walk without his back legs falling to the left. the vet said she would look into a nerve problem if the steroid doesnt work but i am really worried.

has anyone had any similar experiences ?

Rob
 
:wave: Welcome, sorry you are not joining under the best circumstances (which is how a lot of us find this site).

This is my recent experience:

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=217253&highlight=homer

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=216957&highlight=homer

My bun is currently on a low dose of metacam for inflammation and we have some emergency vetergesic for pain. He goes back to see our vet next week, but for now he is eating very well and hopping around. The leg thing is only when he is sat down. If necessary I will be looking into acupuncture and bunny chiropractor.

I hope Rocker will be OK.
 
sorry i don't have any advice to offer as not experienced anything like this but was just wondering how Rocker was doing.
I remember him form my bunny mad magazine and know he means alot to you.
 
This happened to my miffy rabbit and it turned out to be arthritis but she was much, much older (and a chubby bun too, she used to eat walls)

She was ok being disabled just ment she had to rely on us to pick her up out of the cage and put her in etc and we had to bath her twice a day too so she didn't develop sores and she was very happy like this for nearly a year before it got her down or started to hurt her. I don't think this is what your bun will have at that age (you can see it coming like you would in a human, gradually getting more stiffer) but it does show that they can still be happy if this eventually does happen. See below...Miffy nicking tissues. This was about 3 months before we had her pts. She still had he devil in her!!

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