Hey,
I got two 4 week old lionhead rabbits yesterday. This morning, one of them had a small red protrusion on his bottom (don't know the right word). My mum told me that it might be normal (we just thought the rabbit might be male - too young to know) and that it would be okay.
Long story short, when my mum picked me up from school, she brought both the rabbits with us to take them to the vets right after. I didn't pick him up - I'm really squeamish an it was upsetting enough - but it looked horrible even from where I was, like his bottom was covered in blood. I'm not sure how bad it was. It might just have been a bit. My eyesights quite bad.
The vets told us he had a rectal prolapse. Tey were going to push it back in. They're staying overnight (there's nothing wrong with the other one, it's just for comfort) as they close at 5.
I just want to know what the chances of him surviving are. We got him to the vets in ~6 hours but that feels like quite a long time. I've googled it but there aren't any answers on this. He didn't look discoloure or anything.
What are the chances of him being okay after this? And the chances of it happening again? Would he definitely die if it happened again or would he have similar chances? Can it be fixed when he's older and bigger?
Thank you.
Just a note - I know 4 weeks is too young to be away from his mum but it was accidental. The people who own him basically let their rabbits do their own thing outside. They do look after them though of course. They had too many and sold a lot of the rabbits at the market, then found 5 little 4 week old rabbits who's parents they already sold. They basically gave them away to people they know.
Sorry, just one more thing - does anybody know how to help prevent this happening again? With the poorly one and the healthy one. We're going to change their food to pellets, which the vet recommended. Thank you.
I got two 4 week old lionhead rabbits yesterday. This morning, one of them had a small red protrusion on his bottom (don't know the right word). My mum told me that it might be normal (we just thought the rabbit might be male - too young to know) and that it would be okay.
Long story short, when my mum picked me up from school, she brought both the rabbits with us to take them to the vets right after. I didn't pick him up - I'm really squeamish an it was upsetting enough - but it looked horrible even from where I was, like his bottom was covered in blood. I'm not sure how bad it was. It might just have been a bit. My eyesights quite bad.
The vets told us he had a rectal prolapse. Tey were going to push it back in. They're staying overnight (there's nothing wrong with the other one, it's just for comfort) as they close at 5.
I just want to know what the chances of him surviving are. We got him to the vets in ~6 hours but that feels like quite a long time. I've googled it but there aren't any answers on this. He didn't look discoloure or anything.
What are the chances of him being okay after this? And the chances of it happening again? Would he definitely die if it happened again or would he have similar chances? Can it be fixed when he's older and bigger?
Thank you.
Just a note - I know 4 weeks is too young to be away from his mum but it was accidental. The people who own him basically let their rabbits do their own thing outside. They do look after them though of course. They had too many and sold a lot of the rabbits at the market, then found 5 little 4 week old rabbits who's parents they already sold. They basically gave them away to people they know.
Sorry, just one more thing - does anybody know how to help prevent this happening again? With the poorly one and the healthy one. We're going to change their food to pellets, which the vet recommended. Thank you.
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