petticoat74
Alpha Buck
I am having problems with my Rex bun Isabelle, I really don't know what to do, so thats why I am asking for help.
Isabelle is a standard Rex, she was born in February 2006, making her almost 5.5yrs old, she came to me after she had a litter of 10 babies and the woman no longer wanted her, as she would not tolerate another male bunny..:roll: I was told she was very shy, but not nasty.
So, she has never been an easy bunny, but she has always let me fuss her and handle her for health checks, put her in a travel cage/run etc.. The only thing is she has never tolerated another bun, of either sex near her cage, let alone in it, so I gave up trying and she seemed happy enough as a loner, though she can see the others, she does not live with them.
Anyway, a few months ago, she went into stasis and I also noticed her dewlap had got really big, so we dashed down to the vets, as I got her out of the cage in the vets surgery, she went nuts and screamed... she leapt onto the floor and we waited ages for her to calm down, when she finally did, the vet said he thought the dewlap had a tumour in it and also he thought her stasis was tooth related, so the next day she went in for surgery.
I had no problem getting her in or out of the travel cage, she was the same old Issi. But when I went to collect her, the vet said she had attacked the nurse before the op and when she came round and he thought she may be ill somewhere else, that they couldn't detect, as she had never been this aggressive before. The dewlap had no tumour its just fat, which is a surprise as she is not that big really and she did have a spur on her back tooth.
I thought she was just showing off, because she was at the vets, but her behaviour at home has got worse too... She hates being touched now, if I go to her, she hides in a corner or grunts and attacks. I can't even pick her up, I try and she attacks, so I resorted to just do it and she screamed, its the most awful noise I know she gets stressed by it, so I leave her be... But her nails need cutting and she is due her vaccs soon, so she needs to go in the travel cage...
Could there be something wrong, she is eating and drinking and weeing and pooing quite normally, she isn't bunched up, but she just seems to hate me and while I can tolerate that, as much as I love her, I need to be able to handle her at times and at the moment all she does is scream as soon as I do.
Please help!
Isabelle is a standard Rex, she was born in February 2006, making her almost 5.5yrs old, she came to me after she had a litter of 10 babies and the woman no longer wanted her, as she would not tolerate another male bunny..:roll: I was told she was very shy, but not nasty.
So, she has never been an easy bunny, but she has always let me fuss her and handle her for health checks, put her in a travel cage/run etc.. The only thing is she has never tolerated another bun, of either sex near her cage, let alone in it, so I gave up trying and she seemed happy enough as a loner, though she can see the others, she does not live with them.
Anyway, a few months ago, she went into stasis and I also noticed her dewlap had got really big, so we dashed down to the vets, as I got her out of the cage in the vets surgery, she went nuts and screamed... she leapt onto the floor and we waited ages for her to calm down, when she finally did, the vet said he thought the dewlap had a tumour in it and also he thought her stasis was tooth related, so the next day she went in for surgery.
I had no problem getting her in or out of the travel cage, she was the same old Issi. But when I went to collect her, the vet said she had attacked the nurse before the op and when she came round and he thought she may be ill somewhere else, that they couldn't detect, as she had never been this aggressive before. The dewlap had no tumour its just fat, which is a surprise as she is not that big really and she did have a spur on her back tooth.
I thought she was just showing off, because she was at the vets, but her behaviour at home has got worse too...
She hates being touched now, if I go to her, she hides in a corner or grunts and attacks. I can't even pick her up, I try and she attacks, so I resorted to just do it and she screamed, its the most awful noise I know she gets stressed by it, so I leave her be... But her nails need cutting and she is due her vaccs soon, so she needs to go in the travel cage...Could there be something wrong, she is eating and drinking and weeing and pooing quite normally, she isn't bunched up, but she just seems to hate me and while I can tolerate that, as much as I love her, I need to be able to handle her at times and at the moment all she does is scream as soon as I do.
Please help!
