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Rectal prolapse in geriatric rabbit?

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Mama Doe
Zinzan's 10 years old and has a bad head tilt from EC plus retrobulbar abscess (stable) and is blind. (I know - lucky girl!! :s)

Today I was giving her a bottom bath which I do routinely every couple of days as she's incontinent and has difficulty cleaning herself due to her headtilt. I noticed that she had what i imagine to be a rectal prolapse - a red circular "rosebud" protruding from her bottom. While I was bathing her it did go back in and seems to have stayed in. She's toileting normally and eating normally.

I'll be taking her to the vet but is there any point treating a prolapse in a rabbit this age and this disabled or is it best to just keep her comfortable and make sure it's clean and doesn't get sore and dry? Is there even anything they would be able to do for her?
 
Essentially because of her age and multitude of issues, you can be fairly sure that the muscle has simply become incompetent, rather than anything more sinister.

Minor prolapses can easily be managed in a number of animals, on the one hand you could view it as being nothing too significant in comparison to the other things you are helping her with, alternatively you could see this as perhaps a point to assess her situation.
 
Jerseylotte said:
Essentially because of her age and multitude of issues, you can be fairly sure that the muscle has simply become incompetent, rather than anything more sinister.

Minor prolapses can easily be managed in a number of animals, on the one hand you could view it as being nothing too significant in comparison to the other things you are helping her with, alternatively you could see this as perhaps a point to assess her situation.
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Thanks. I'm in constant consultation with my vet and with my friend who runs the rabbit rescue in Bradford regarding Zinzan's quality of life. Atm we're all in agreement that as she's eating well and still keen to socialise that she's perfectly happy as she is. I've been told she'll let us know when she's ready to go.

I checked her again last night and the prolapse had not emerged so I'm just going to keep an eye on it for now.
 
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