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Had little Blossom at the vet

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Blossom hadn't been right for a couple of days, and looked like she was likely to stop eating (getting slow at eating her food, not so active). The vet gave her a thorough examination and thankfully found no signs of the RTI Honey has, although I had heard Blossom sneeze a couple of times.

In fact, other than Blossom's temperature being low, and her heart rate a bit slow, the only thing he found was some mites (she has been itching for a couple of days now, as have all my buns). He seemed to think that she may have had a bad scare from a cat or fox. Do her symptoms sound like a scare or shock?

Anyway, she got an injection to stimulate her appetite, vitamins, and a steroid injection. I did question the steroid injection, since there was no diagnosis, but he said it was fine since her temperature was low.

All the buns are getting treated with xeno 450 for the mites.

We're waiting on results from tests on Honey to see if there is anything that Blossom could be starting up.

Any vibes or thoughts?
 
Sending vibes. Sounds like the vet is trying to cover several possibilities. Hope someone with more medical experience will be along soon.
 
Were her teeth checked???

Yeah, the vet checked everything. We were in there for ages.

She is doing much better now, although still slightly quieter than normal, but back to eating well. She is much more relaxed indoors though, and even done a massive bunny flop earlier :love:

Just don't understand why she was cold and her heart rate slow.
 
Poor Blossom, sounds like you had quite a scare too. Hope she improves more today.

She's doing great today, thanks. Big bunny flops, and has been much more relaxed. She's eating, drinking and pooing fine.

Suppose I'll never find out what was wrong with her, but as long as she is fine now, that's all that matters.
 
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