Hey, our newest member is seemingly off colour.
She had her food and was playful this morning as usual - she takes food from the pot before I get chance to put it in their bowl
Not interested in free play time this eve (usually she is up to LOTS of mischief!)
Flopping out a bit more than usual, though she does enjoy to flop
I cleaned out her scent glands which were blocked, all I could see was abnormal (though maybe for her, I've not looked there on her before)
Eyes bright, ears ok. Not sure on teeth as she wriggled sooo much when holding her I thought I would let her be after cleaning her bits.
Her abdomen is soft and squishy but I may have felt a lump briefly.
Her breathing was fast but I was freaking her out.
Her spaying scar has fur along it, could it be ingrown? - the only other thing I can see that could possibly cause issue.
She wasn't into her food at bed time and is loafing in a small area she likes to relax in.
She doesn't seem to be showing signs of pain either
The food hasn't changed.
Only other thing is that we began a new hay bale from the local farm place last week - there is some dried brown oak leaves and some twigs we may have missed - we are removing them as well as possible. I've looked online and seen that the brown ones are ok so I'm no longer worried about toxins as their levels drop as the leaves die and dry out. Plus she and Malteser are eating the same and he is fine
She is full of fight as I have scratches all over my hands and chest!
I'm bothered about the emergency vet as it is outsourced to a place that told me they don't have bunny specialists when I was looking for a vet (Its a new fancy place with all sorts of fancy stuff but I feel it is more cat/dog oriented). I want to go to my usual vet first thing in the morning so any advice on how I can help her this eve would be good.
I have baytril, lapizole and Metacam from last year when Malteser was poorly. I can also syringe feed her some pellets - if she will allow that is
She had her food and was playful this morning as usual - she takes food from the pot before I get chance to put it in their bowl
Not interested in free play time this eve (usually she is up to LOTS of mischief!)
Flopping out a bit more than usual, though she does enjoy to flop
I cleaned out her scent glands which were blocked, all I could see was abnormal (though maybe for her, I've not looked there on her before)
Eyes bright, ears ok. Not sure on teeth as she wriggled sooo much when holding her I thought I would let her be after cleaning her bits.
Her abdomen is soft and squishy but I may have felt a lump briefly.
Her breathing was fast but I was freaking her out.
Her spaying scar has fur along it, could it be ingrown? - the only other thing I can see that could possibly cause issue.
She wasn't into her food at bed time and is loafing in a small area she likes to relax in.
She doesn't seem to be showing signs of pain either
The food hasn't changed.
Only other thing is that we began a new hay bale from the local farm place last week - there is some dried brown oak leaves and some twigs we may have missed - we are removing them as well as possible. I've looked online and seen that the brown ones are ok so I'm no longer worried about toxins as their levels drop as the leaves die and dry out. Plus she and Malteser are eating the same and he is fine
She is full of fight as I have scratches all over my hands and chest!
I'm bothered about the emergency vet as it is outsourced to a place that told me they don't have bunny specialists when I was looking for a vet (Its a new fancy place with all sorts of fancy stuff but I feel it is more cat/dog oriented). I want to go to my usual vet first thing in the morning so any advice on how I can help her this eve would be good.
I have baytril, lapizole and Metacam from last year when Malteser was poorly. I can also syringe feed her some pellets - if she will allow that is
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