yesheadjon
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We have two rabbits Ralphie who is about 6 and Rosie who is about 3. They have been very happy together, sitting together etc until about a week ago. Ralphie is getting old and has some arthritis in his right front foot, he had also become incontinent and not being able to clean himself we ended up having to bring them in and give Ralphie a bit of a bath once a week and dry him off with towels and a hairdryer. Our local vet gave us a worming syringe and said that the incontinence might be down to that, we therefore took him in each night to dry him and give him the medicine leaving Rosie in the hutch for about 15 minutes.
Well the worming stuff worked and although he still wees all over the place it is not half as much and he is now pretty much dry and looking a lot better. The problem is that suddenly Rosie has started growling and won't let Ralphie near her, she also growls sometimes when we go near her. Sometimes it is an outright growl and sometimes more akin the the noise a ginea pig makes. Although she isn't really agressive and fighting (although we did find a tuft of fur in the hutch this morning) she just seems to avoid Ralphie and runs away whenever he trys to go near her. It is curious because although she has always been timid she lets us stroke her and doesn't try and box us or anything. She is also eating and drinking normally.
Sorry for such a long ramble but we really don't know what is wrong or what to do. Should we take her to the vet? Has anyone experienced anything similar?
Any advice would be much appreciated as it is so sad to see Ralphie sitting on his own looking dejected.
Thanks
Jon
Well the worming stuff worked and although he still wees all over the place it is not half as much and he is now pretty much dry and looking a lot better. The problem is that suddenly Rosie has started growling and won't let Ralphie near her, she also growls sometimes when we go near her. Sometimes it is an outright growl and sometimes more akin the the noise a ginea pig makes. Although she isn't really agressive and fighting (although we did find a tuft of fur in the hutch this morning) she just seems to avoid Ralphie and runs away whenever he trys to go near her. It is curious because although she has always been timid she lets us stroke her and doesn't try and box us or anything. She is also eating and drinking normally.
Sorry for such a long ramble but we really don't know what is wrong or what to do. Should we take her to the vet? Has anyone experienced anything similar?
Any advice would be much appreciated as it is so sad to see Ralphie sitting on his own looking dejected.
Thanks
Jon