Hi
Was wondering if anyone could give me some advice or even just tell me to calm down.
I have two rabbits, one of which I have taken to the vet twice in the last two weeks.
I took Hubba to the vet two weeks ago as his eye was weeping. The vet gave me eye drops and told me to put them in for a week, which I done and his eye cleared up. The vet also found he was storing food at the same side of his mouth as the sore eye, and had no explanation for it. I then went away for a weekend and the rabbits were taken care of in my house by my flat mate, he his very competent and takes good care of them. When I got home Hubba's face was swollen at the side he had the weeping eye and stored the food, his eye seemed fine. He was also chewing everything, far more than normal. He was also jumping all over me and being very clingy. So I took him back to the vet who checked his cheek teeth and put it down to a change in behaviour through my absence.
I am still not convinced he is perfectly healthy though. Last night he urinated on the sofa, which he hasn't done since he was a baby and today he is wheezing slightly. He is also very quiet and keeps lying against walls, not always at the same side.
I don't know if I am just being paranoid as I have had a rabbit who died through E Cunuculi, but I just know that my rabbit isn't himself. The vet seems very experienced in rabbits, they sell rabbits in the shop and I changed my vet after the misdiagnosis of my last rabbit which lead his suffering to be drawn out.
I would love some advice as to whether I should take him back or perhaps look for another vet for a second opinion or if I am just a fussy mother
Thanks Katie
Was wondering if anyone could give me some advice or even just tell me to calm down.
I have two rabbits, one of which I have taken to the vet twice in the last two weeks.
I took Hubba to the vet two weeks ago as his eye was weeping. The vet gave me eye drops and told me to put them in for a week, which I done and his eye cleared up. The vet also found he was storing food at the same side of his mouth as the sore eye, and had no explanation for it. I then went away for a weekend and the rabbits were taken care of in my house by my flat mate, he his very competent and takes good care of them. When I got home Hubba's face was swollen at the side he had the weeping eye and stored the food, his eye seemed fine. He was also chewing everything, far more than normal. He was also jumping all over me and being very clingy. So I took him back to the vet who checked his cheek teeth and put it down to a change in behaviour through my absence.
I am still not convinced he is perfectly healthy though. Last night he urinated on the sofa, which he hasn't done since he was a baby and today he is wheezing slightly. He is also very quiet and keeps lying against walls, not always at the same side.
I don't know if I am just being paranoid as I have had a rabbit who died through E Cunuculi, but I just know that my rabbit isn't himself. The vet seems very experienced in rabbits, they sell rabbits in the shop and I changed my vet after the misdiagnosis of my last rabbit which lead his suffering to be drawn out.
I would love some advice as to whether I should take him back or perhaps look for another vet for a second opinion or if I am just a fussy mother
Thanks Katie