Hi All
I haven't posted for a while (mainly due to a lack of problems fingers crossed). Bubble is my 7 year old Netherlands Dwarf with a long history of dental problems and also a gammy right back leg which impairs her mobility slightly. The condition with her leg has never been properly diagnosed as the first vet I took her to was quick to recommend pts after consulting with her boss and I just did not like their attitude. That was in December 2009 and as you can appreciate she is still here and snoozing under a warm radiator after having had a breakfast of mature rabbits pellets, cauli greens, dried plantain, dried dandelion and a carrotbake. She lives in the house although has an outside pen for the summer (not that we have been able to use it much this year lol!!). She is not a hay eater and this along with disreputable breeding has contributed greatly to her poor dental health. She had an extraction of an upper right molar at a rabbit savvy vets in Manchester recently and since the operation we have noticed several changes in habit as follows. Firstly she seems to suffer from wind as evidenced by noise from her tummy on eating and a forward hiccuping motion on eating which she eases by moving forward and licking her front paws. Secondly her caecotroph production has increased (it has always been large due to her not eating hay) and she seems to have largely stopped eating them. Consequently there are usually uneaten ones in the morning which she manages to have sat in and which usually results in a clean up operation on the back of her rear back legs most mornings, although her bottom is largely clean. Thirdly she seems to have become incontinent both ways and is weeing underneath her and also doing her droppings of both types where she sits, although we have developed the habit of putting her in the litter tray every hour or so and put a wet mat and towels or old bathroom mats and an old face cloth underneath her. Prior to her tooth extraction we had no problems with her using the litter tray, although she usually sits and feeds on the settee and has fallen off a couple of times and we think there is a possibility that she may have lost her confidence in jumping on an off the settee to get to the tray. As you can appreciate we spend a lot of time in sorting her but that does not matter as we are both retired and have the time (if not the money lol).She has come through an awful lot (was eating solid food immediately after her extraction) and we would like to make life better for her as well as know what has caused all these problems. Lastly are there any rabbit friendly shampoos we can use on the back of her legs and rear end and as we live in Wigan are they available locally? I once had a job helping to look after 2 circus elephants who were much less of a problem lol...
Thanks
Peridot
I haven't posted for a while (mainly due to a lack of problems fingers crossed). Bubble is my 7 year old Netherlands Dwarf with a long history of dental problems and also a gammy right back leg which impairs her mobility slightly. The condition with her leg has never been properly diagnosed as the first vet I took her to was quick to recommend pts after consulting with her boss and I just did not like their attitude. That was in December 2009 and as you can appreciate she is still here and snoozing under a warm radiator after having had a breakfast of mature rabbits pellets, cauli greens, dried plantain, dried dandelion and a carrotbake. She lives in the house although has an outside pen for the summer (not that we have been able to use it much this year lol!!). She is not a hay eater and this along with disreputable breeding has contributed greatly to her poor dental health. She had an extraction of an upper right molar at a rabbit savvy vets in Manchester recently and since the operation we have noticed several changes in habit as follows. Firstly she seems to suffer from wind as evidenced by noise from her tummy on eating and a forward hiccuping motion on eating which she eases by moving forward and licking her front paws. Secondly her caecotroph production has increased (it has always been large due to her not eating hay) and she seems to have largely stopped eating them. Consequently there are usually uneaten ones in the morning which she manages to have sat in and which usually results in a clean up operation on the back of her rear back legs most mornings, although her bottom is largely clean. Thirdly she seems to have become incontinent both ways and is weeing underneath her and also doing her droppings of both types where she sits, although we have developed the habit of putting her in the litter tray every hour or so and put a wet mat and towels or old bathroom mats and an old face cloth underneath her. Prior to her tooth extraction we had no problems with her using the litter tray, although she usually sits and feeds on the settee and has fallen off a couple of times and we think there is a possibility that she may have lost her confidence in jumping on an off the settee to get to the tray. As you can appreciate we spend a lot of time in sorting her but that does not matter as we are both retired and have the time (if not the money lol).She has come through an awful lot (was eating solid food immediately after her extraction) and we would like to make life better for her as well as know what has caused all these problems. Lastly are there any rabbit friendly shampoos we can use on the back of her legs and rear end and as we live in Wigan are they available locally? I once had a job helping to look after 2 circus elephants who were much less of a problem lol...
Thanks
Peridot
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