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sarahjohnson

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i am asking on behalf of a friend as she is really worried about her bunny. On friday she took him to her local vet as he was hopping about with a sore leg. The vet checked him over and ended up just giving him slow release painkiller and sone anti biotics, told my friend to let him rest for 2 days then let him out of cage. My friend followed advice she was given but since seeing the vet her bunny hasn't eaten,drunk or been to toilet. She said he is really heavy breathing and hasn't got any strength to even stand up.
Please can anyone help me as this is urgent.
Many thanks
 
Very serious I'm afraid. :(
If rabbit don't eat they go down hill very quickly. I would suggest getting to a vet today.
Bunny is probably in pain, do they know what is up with the leg? It could be so many things. If you're not happy with your vet please get a second opinion. If it were me I would have wanted painkillers to take home. The injections only last 24 hours. :?

I hope bunny is okay.
 
The Rabbit needs to be taken back to a Vet now

There is no other advice we can give, the Rabbit is obviously in gut stasis and the fast breathing is indicative of severe pain and possibly a bloated stomach. Without treatment within the next few hours I am sorry to say that the chance of the Rabbit surviving are minimal :cry:
 
Jenova said:
Very serious I'm afraid. :(
If rabbit don't eat they go down hill very quickly. I would suggest getting to a vet today.
Bunny is probably in pain, do they know what is up with the leg? It could be so many things. If you're not happy with your vet please get a second opinion. If it were me I would have wanted painkillers to take home. The injections only last 24 hours. :?

I hope bunny is okay.
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they said it was sprained. but she has just been to look on him and she said his stomach has sunken and limp, and he won't put any weight on any of his limbs, and she picked him up and his was floppy.
 
sarahjohnson said:
they said it was sprained. but she has just been to look on him and she said his stomach has sunken and limp, and he won't put any weight on any of his limbs, and she picked him up and his was floppy.
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If she doesn't get him to a vet tonight he's probably going to die. Rabbits need to eat constantly to keep their digestive systems going - if they don't they go into gut stasis as Jane mentioned. Gut stasis means their gut slows down and sometimes stops and can be fatal without treatment.

Gut stasis is often brought on by pain or stress so the sore leg may have been what set off the not eating.

Please, please get bunny to a vet now.
 
Coineanach said:
If she doesn't get him to a vet tonight he's probably going to die. Rabbits need to eat constantly to keep their digestive systems going - if they don't they go into gut stasis as Jane mentioned. Gut stasis means their gut slows down and sometimes stops and can be fatal without treatment.

Gut stasis is often brought on by pain or stress so the sore leg may have been what set off the not eating.

Please, please get bunny to a vet now.
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thankyou so much for your advice. i have passed it all on to her and hopefully she will do the right thing as i know i would if it was one of my bunnies
 
sarahjohnson said:
i am asking on behalf of a friend as she is really worried about her bunny. On friday she took him to her local vet as he was hopping about with a sore leg. The vet checked him over and ended up just giving him slow release painkiller and sone anti biotics, told my friend to let him rest for 2 days then let him out of cage. My friend followed advice she was given but since seeing the vet her bunny hasn't eaten,drunk or been to toilet. She said he is really heavy breathing and hasn't got any strength to even stand up.
Please can anyone help me as this is urgent.
Many thanks
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Just want to say thanks again to everyone who replied to my thread but unfortunately my friend didn't follow any of the advice given to her and she found him dead this morning. so she is going back to the vet to complain.
 
Poor Bunny :cry:

What a shame that your friend did not make sure she did all she could to help. It's a bit pointless complaining to the Vet. The Vet could not do anything unless the Rabbit was taken to him/her last night

Sorry, but I get very upset by this sort of thing and find it hard not to show my frustration at those who ignore advice. Although it is of course entirely their right to do so. It often comes at a cost to a Rabbit though :cry:


RIP Little Bunny :cry:
 
:cry: I am so sorry she never took him to the vet, he may have stood a chance if she had taken him.

Binky free little man.

ETA - agree with Jane not much point in complaining to the vet when she didn't take him back.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Poor Bunny :cry:

What a shame that your friend did not make sure she did all she could to help. It's a bit pointless complaining to the Vet. The Vet could not do anything unless the Rabbit was taken to him/her last night

Sorry, but I get very upset by this sort of thing and find it hard not to show my frustration at those who ignore advice. Although it is of course entirely their right to do so. It often comes at a cost to a Rabbit though :cry:


RIP Little Bunny :cry:
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it annoys me too as she was desperate for my help and i spent time getting advice for her and she just ended up ignoring it.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Poor Bunny :cry:

What a shame that your friend did not make sure she did all she could to help. It's a bit pointless complaining to the Vet. The Vet could not do anything unless the Rabbit was taken to him/her last night

Sorry, but I get very upset by this sort of thing and find it hard not to show my frustration at those who ignore advice. Although it is of course entirely their right to do so. It often comes at a cost to a Rabbit though :cry:


RIP Little Bunny :cry:
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Exactly that. Poor wee bun. I'm glad you tried to get your friend to do the right thing. I hope the vet gives them a lecture, this isn't the vets fault, any vet would expect to be contacted if an animal deteriorated rather than improved and anyone that doesn't do so is guilty of neglect in my opinion.
 
RIP bunny. It's not the vets fault the bunny died, sorry to sound harsh but it is your friends for not taking the poor thing to the vet. Makes me so mad.
 
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