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Dirty bum, limping and loss of weight

C

Crazyblackwings

New Kit
Hi,
My rabbit Atti is about 8 years old and has recently lost weight. She's a lion head.

She's always had a bit of a problem with a dirty bum and I quite often have to clean it off.
Unfortunately lately she's started limping aswell.
Today I tried to clean her bum and it was well and truely solidly stuck to her! And clearly hurt when I tried to remove it.
I sat her in warm water in the bath and this loosened it a bit however after her getting quite stressed I took her out and this helped a lot and I was more able to remove it. She was biting a lot and she's not a bitey rabbit!

After removing this I noticed that it almost looks like her bum hole was red and exposed. Slight bit of blood.
I've given her 0.5ml metacam and going to give her some baytril I have left from the rats respyness.
I'm going to call the vets and take her on Monday, but does anyone know what could cause this?
 
Have you checked for Flystrike ?

I agree that arthritis may be the primary cause of her problems, but without an examination it is impossible to say for sure. The weightloss and limping may be due to chronic pain, as could her inability to clean herself.

Personally I would be very wary of administering medication dispensed for another Pet, the drug may now be out-of-date if it was dispensed into a different bottle than that supplied by manufacturers. At best it may be useless at worst it may cause gut problems.
 
Personally I wouldn't wait until Monday - I would contact the emergency vet as rabbits go downhill so quickly and if it is flystrike it needs immediate treatment.
 
we have a bun who is also having some weight loss and limping problems - because of the way she is limping and her age we thought arthritis but to my surprise the x-rays came back totally clear (spine and legs all fine) but the EC test for active (rather than just 'present') EC came back incredibly high so this is what is causing the limping.

What has triggered the EC to become very active I am not sure - but we are trying to dampen it down with metacam and panacur and then investigate further. . .

I recommend you try an xray and then EC tet if nothing comes up on xray.
 
Just been vets had full MOT! Been prescribed baytril and loxicom. Had gut stimulant and taking a urine sample back as it is thought to be a bladder infection as there was blood in her urine yesterday.

The limping is most probably arthritis and worsened by the rubbish weather lately.

Since coming back she's not stopped chomping and running about!!
 
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