Wonder if anyone can give me some advice please.
Went outside today and checked, as I always do, on my two bunnies. Smudge, 8 year old Netherland Dwarf, male, was lying stretched out in his dark side - which is unusual for him. I went to stroke him and he ran into the day side and was sitting shivering. He felt very cold, his ears were cold. I brought him indoors and wrapped him in a fleece blanket and after a while he seemed to be warmed up so I took him back outside. He immediately went and lay down stretched - as he and his lady friend often do if they have gas. He got up and moved a few times but kept just lying down. So I brought him back in and held him whilst gently jigging him up and down to try and ease what could be a gas problem. After almost an hour I put him back in his hutch but when I went out to check on him he was still lying down and looking sorry for himself.
He is now in my daughter's room in a carry box lying on a towel with a fleece blanket on him. He has had some water from a dropper but seems quite uninterested in anything. He is normally quite a still/scared bunny whenever he is brought indoors (which is not very often) so it is quite hard to tell if he is any different really.
He still feels quite cold.
He as recently lost a lot of his winter fur and I was wondering whether he could be feeling the cold as it has only been about 10 degrees here today.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Went outside today and checked, as I always do, on my two bunnies. Smudge, 8 year old Netherland Dwarf, male, was lying stretched out in his dark side - which is unusual for him. I went to stroke him and he ran into the day side and was sitting shivering. He felt very cold, his ears were cold. I brought him indoors and wrapped him in a fleece blanket and after a while he seemed to be warmed up so I took him back outside. He immediately went and lay down stretched - as he and his lady friend often do if they have gas. He got up and moved a few times but kept just lying down. So I brought him back in and held him whilst gently jigging him up and down to try and ease what could be a gas problem. After almost an hour I put him back in his hutch but when I went out to check on him he was still lying down and looking sorry for himself.
He is now in my daughter's room in a carry box lying on a towel with a fleece blanket on him. He has had some water from a dropper but seems quite uninterested in anything. He is normally quite a still/scared bunny whenever he is brought indoors (which is not very often) so it is quite hard to tell if he is any different really.
He still feels quite cold.
He as recently lost a lot of his winter fur and I was wondering whether he could be feeling the cold as it has only been about 10 degrees here today.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.