MichG
Mama Doe
When my Jack was going through his ordeal cry they said he was in poor condition and very thin, and did I know that.
I knew when I got him and took him to the vets that he had lost quite a bit of weight since getting him and getting his VHD done (about a week) then when he had his abcess he lost a bit more (about another week) and I told my vet he was worried but as he was fine in himself and no teeth troubles etc we put it down to stress of a new home, then an abcess. He had started to put quite a bit of weight back on and was near the weight that I got him at when I left him at the vets. To me he didn't feel overly skinny, he felt fine, I could feel his spine but not at a freaky boney spine sticking out feeling, the same as most of my other bunnies have (apart from my 2 who are a little on the tubby side )
Is this bad?? Should you be able to feel their spine? My normal vet always comments at how good condition my bunnies are kept and that they are good weights, shiney coats and happy healthy buns. I didn't feel Jack was any different. Could it be that over the few hours he was ill that he lost it then?
I feel terrible about that comment, made me feel that he was in bad shape before he got ill, and I am worried I am doing something very wrong and I do not want the others to go that way
I knew when I got him and took him to the vets that he had lost quite a bit of weight since getting him and getting his VHD done (about a week) then when he had his abcess he lost a bit more (about another week) and I told my vet he was worried but as he was fine in himself and no teeth troubles etc we put it down to stress of a new home, then an abcess. He had started to put quite a bit of weight back on and was near the weight that I got him at when I left him at the vets. To me he didn't feel overly skinny, he felt fine, I could feel his spine but not at a freaky boney spine sticking out feeling, the same as most of my other bunnies have (apart from my 2 who are a little on the tubby side )
Is this bad?? Should you be able to feel their spine? My normal vet always comments at how good condition my bunnies are kept and that they are good weights, shiney coats and happy healthy buns. I didn't feel Jack was any different. Could it be that over the few hours he was ill that he lost it then?
I feel terrible about that comment, made me feel that he was in bad shape before he got ill, and I am worried I am doing something very wrong and I do not want the others to go that way