Hi all!
I've just been to clean out my rabbits (both 2 1/2 - 3 years old), and I'm a little worried about my male lop.
A week ago we re-homed them in a shed with a built-on enclosure. We had previously kept them as house rabbits. Every day I have been going into the shed and feeding them and letting them out to potter around the garden for an hour or so. And every day the male has been keen to come out to explore. Today, however, when I opened the shed door, he was just lying in his cage and wouldn't move until I touched him. Instead of going out the shed door, he just went into the enclosure and lay down again, occasionally grooming a little and then settling again. When I looked in on him just now he was just sat down in his litter tray.
In the last 24 hours he has definitely passed solids and urine and there doesn't seem to be any problems with his legs - I forced him to move about a bit, which he did but kicking his legs out all the while and returning straight back to the shed to sit down. He isn't sitting in any unusual way. There are no visible discharges etc.
Obviously I will keep an eye on him tonight and take him to the vets tomorrow if there's no change, but I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts on this? Thanks!
I've just been to clean out my rabbits (both 2 1/2 - 3 years old), and I'm a little worried about my male lop.
A week ago we re-homed them in a shed with a built-on enclosure. We had previously kept them as house rabbits. Every day I have been going into the shed and feeding them and letting them out to potter around the garden for an hour or so. And every day the male has been keen to come out to explore. Today, however, when I opened the shed door, he was just lying in his cage and wouldn't move until I touched him. Instead of going out the shed door, he just went into the enclosure and lay down again, occasionally grooming a little and then settling again. When I looked in on him just now he was just sat down in his litter tray.
In the last 24 hours he has definitely passed solids and urine and there doesn't seem to be any problems with his legs - I forced him to move about a bit, which he did but kicking his legs out all the while and returning straight back to the shed to sit down. He isn't sitting in any unusual way. There are no visible discharges etc.
Obviously I will keep an eye on him tonight and take him to the vets tomorrow if there's no change, but I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts on this? Thanks!
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