ShivyRex
Mama Doe
Well I say chilled out - Alice is probably my most highly strung bunny out of the four but we have an issue and I am not sure if it's normal.
I've had Alice 2 years and I think she is about 4yrs old. She is a neutered standard rex and lives with her husbun Winter in a 6x2x2 hutch with 6x6 attached run.
Over the last few months Alice's breathing has become more rapid as in her nose is constantly going/twitching, you can see she is breathing pretty hard looking her torso and her ears wiggle even when she is chilling out in the hutch/run.
Now life is a bit stressful for Alice as her husbun humps her A LOT, especially when I come out to feed them etc. I am trying to deal with this by means of a spray bottle but it's pretty much been like it for 2 years. However they do really love eachother. She eats, poos and wees fine.
I took Alice to the vet today as I was concerned and I thought she had lost some weight as she feels a bit boney in the back. She weighed in at 3.24kg which is more than I thought she'd be and about normal. She checked her breathing and couldn't hear anything. Felt no tumours or obstructions in the gut. Her bum is clean and dry. No discharge through the mouth or nose. Teeth and tonge look fine. Vet was pretty useless if I am honest and said to bring her back in 4 weeks to weigh her again to see if she is losing weight.
Does anyone have any thoughts/experience? I don't want her to be uncomfortable but then don't want to really stress her out by taking her to the vets unneccessarily.
Thanks peeps!
Here is the munchkin in the garden y'day.
I've had Alice 2 years and I think she is about 4yrs old. She is a neutered standard rex and lives with her husbun Winter in a 6x2x2 hutch with 6x6 attached run.
Over the last few months Alice's breathing has become more rapid as in her nose is constantly going/twitching, you can see she is breathing pretty hard looking her torso and her ears wiggle even when she is chilling out in the hutch/run.
Now life is a bit stressful for Alice as her husbun humps her A LOT, especially when I come out to feed them etc. I am trying to deal with this by means of a spray bottle but it's pretty much been like it for 2 years. However they do really love eachother. She eats, poos and wees fine.
I took Alice to the vet today as I was concerned and I thought she had lost some weight as she feels a bit boney in the back. She weighed in at 3.24kg which is more than I thought she'd be and about normal. She checked her breathing and couldn't hear anything. Felt no tumours or obstructions in the gut. Her bum is clean and dry. No discharge through the mouth or nose. Teeth and tonge look fine. Vet was pretty useless if I am honest and said to bring her back in 4 weeks to weigh her again to see if she is losing weight.
Does anyone have any thoughts/experience? I don't want her to be uncomfortable but then don't want to really stress her out by taking her to the vets unneccessarily.
Thanks peeps!
Here is the munchkin in the garden y'day.