Hello
I got a new bunny this evening - a 2 year old un-neutured male, from the adoption section at pets at home.
He has a head tilt.
He has been treated at a good vets in Derry while in the adoption section, and his treatment there has finished. He was given treatment for inner ear infection, and an anti-parasite treatment too, his courses of medication have finished.
Apart from the head tilt, he looks fine. Weight is good, skin and fur condition and eyes and rear all look good. His ears look healthy, and he doesn't appear to have any areas that cause him any discomfort, around his head or anywhere else.
he has a gentle temperment, and is easy to handle, the shop staff seem to have been very good to him.
His history is vague, but not good. A man brought several bunnies into the adoption centre, and said that if they wouldn't take them, he was planning to shoot them! All of the group had health problems, which suggests the care given may not have been good, although mine seems to have been the most serious. Shop staff suspect they were used for breeding. A concern is that my bunnies head tilt may have been caused by brutal handling.
Question is, given all above, and the constant head tilt, what do I need to be looking out for? Are there signs that will tell me if he needs further treatment? Is this head tilt likely to be permanent?
Dani
I got a new bunny this evening - a 2 year old un-neutured male, from the adoption section at pets at home.
He has a head tilt.
He has been treated at a good vets in Derry while in the adoption section, and his treatment there has finished. He was given treatment for inner ear infection, and an anti-parasite treatment too, his courses of medication have finished.
Apart from the head tilt, he looks fine. Weight is good, skin and fur condition and eyes and rear all look good. His ears look healthy, and he doesn't appear to have any areas that cause him any discomfort, around his head or anywhere else.
he has a gentle temperment, and is easy to handle, the shop staff seem to have been very good to him.
His history is vague, but not good. A man brought several bunnies into the adoption centre, and said that if they wouldn't take them, he was planning to shoot them! All of the group had health problems, which suggests the care given may not have been good, although mine seems to have been the most serious. Shop staff suspect they were used for breeding. A concern is that my bunnies head tilt may have been caused by brutal handling.
Question is, given all above, and the constant head tilt, what do I need to be looking out for? Are there signs that will tell me if he needs further treatment? Is this head tilt likely to be permanent?
Dani