tigerangel
Warren Veteran
Some of you may remember Sora's thread from the beginning of August with her liver lobe torsion. I'm pleased to say that we saw Richard again this morning, who is very happy with how she's doing and has signed her off
Found out a little more about the condition, interestingly it seems that it could potentially be genetic, as all the rabbits to ever have (knowingly) had it have all been lop-eared rabbits in the south west, and Sora is suspected of being part-lop as her ears often flop down. Unfortunately because Sora was a stray handed into the rescue centre, we were unable to give them any information on Sora's genetic background to give any concrete help with that theory But if it is a fault in the genetic line, Sora is already speyed, so her genetic line has ended and poses no further risk of passing it on. We allowed Richard and Sarah to do a conscious ultrasound for them to see what the abdomen looks like post-surgery in a surviving patient, and they were very happy with what they saw She is no more or no less likely to suffer it again (as far as they can tell) so it looks hopeful that this chapter of her life can be closed :wave:
(Me on the other hand...almost passed out in the consultation room I'm blaming the ultrasound machine, as I was fine until that was switched on )
Found out a little more about the condition, interestingly it seems that it could potentially be genetic, as all the rabbits to ever have (knowingly) had it have all been lop-eared rabbits in the south west, and Sora is suspected of being part-lop as her ears often flop down. Unfortunately because Sora was a stray handed into the rescue centre, we were unable to give them any information on Sora's genetic background to give any concrete help with that theory But if it is a fault in the genetic line, Sora is already speyed, so her genetic line has ended and poses no further risk of passing it on. We allowed Richard and Sarah to do a conscious ultrasound for them to see what the abdomen looks like post-surgery in a surviving patient, and they were very happy with what they saw She is no more or no less likely to suffer it again (as far as they can tell) so it looks hopeful that this chapter of her life can be closed :wave:
(Me on the other hand...almost passed out in the consultation room I'm blaming the ultrasound machine, as I was fine until that was switched on )