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My deaf bunny can hear for the first time...

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... and it is causing him problems. He's panicing at the slightest thing - he almost bounced off a wall this morning when I went into their room to feed them. Poor Troy - I mean it is great that my vet has got rid of one of his two ear abscesses by doing an ear canal resection which means that his ear canal is open and not full of gunk but the result has been rather dramatic for Troy! His companion has had the same operation but the only result with Ziggy was that he got even more confident. Maybe his hearing was not so badly affected. My vet is off at a vet conference showing off about the op which is rather unusual and really has solved the abscess problem completely. I guess I need to put Troy in a smaller more enclosed space until he gets used to sound and figures out which sounds to worry about!
 
Are these two of the cashies? :love:

Poor boys. I never realised the extent of the problems the "breeder" bred into these poor innocent bunnies :(
 
Wow Jill I'm thrilled to hear that the operations have been so successful, even if it has resulted in a rather dramatic unintended consequence! I really hope that all will settle down soon and that Troy will soon learn that noises are normal and even add some extra interest to life. Just wait till he discovers he can hear the fenugreek crunchie jar being opened!
 
i think keep him somewhere quiet with his companion and gradually introduce him to noises, make sure you talk quietly to him upon approach and do things subtly until he gets used to it all poor thing it must be very different and scary suddenly hearing noises if you have never before. x
 
Starlight said:
Are these two of the cashies? :love:

Poor boys. I never realised the extent of the problems the "breeder" bred into these poor innocent bunnies :(
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Yes - they are our two white house bunnies. The other two cashie's have no problems (touch wood and everything else!) Troy still has one more big abscess to do - the vet has drained it a few times but it comes back really quickly so we have needed the bigger surgery. I hate having to put them through it but it is really interesting to see how much it is changing their behaviour - they must ahve been really uncomfortable and deaf!
 
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