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Care for immobile rabbit: update she's gone :(

touie

touie

Wise Old Thumper
Ok I need some help with bella she has been progressively losing the use of her back legs over the last year and now is really at the stage where she can only use them if I support her, she drags herself around the garden on the grass!

I have modified her housing so that it is floor level (she now has a playhouse), I have replaced the litter tray with a dog bed (low side) so that she can get in and out easier although its still a struggle sometimes :( I have a puppy pad and hay in the dog bed!

I've been checking her daily, she keeps her bottom clean herself but often lies in wee so I have been shampooing her and towel drying regularly, she favours one side to lie on and I am worried About sores developing and obviously flies where she is damp!

I need advice on what else I can do for her, she's outside and doesn't really like being in the house?
 
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The vet thinks its a spinal problem she's due back in a few weeks for another check, really after advice on making her more comfortable now esp with this heat
 
I assume she's having daily Metacam ?

What is the floor of the playhouse covered with ? Rubber stable matting would provide good traction to assist her mobility and also it may help reduce the risk of sore hocks. Have you checked her hocks ? Unfortunately unless you completely dry her fur after washing her (ie with a hair dryier on a cool setting) she will be at even more risk of developing sores and also at more risk of Flystrike.

Good protection from flies is essential, so fly-netting/fly-strips/an electricity powered fly-zapper/citonella etc
 
I just have Lino on the floor so rubber might be a good idea ill look into the stable matting!

She's looking worse today I think I'm going to need the vet this week, I have to go to work in a min and I don't really want to leave her! I've tucked a puppy pad under her lower half she keeps weeing and lying in it and I don't know how to keep her clean :(
 
touie said:
I just have Lino on the floor so rubber might be a good idea ill look into the stable matting!

She's looking worse today I think I'm going to need the vet this week, I have to go to work in a min and I don't really want to leave her! I've tucked a puppy pad under her lower half she keeps weeing and lying in it and I don't know how to keep her clean :(
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Can you drop her off at the Vet on your way to work ? She really cant be left alone if she is as bad as your description sounds :cry:
 
I started at 7.30 but will be back at lunch, got my mum on the case to fly proof the house!
 
Well she looked brighter when I came home from work yesterday so I delayed the vets appt. she stood up a bit and was eating and seemed to be enjoying the grass but when I looked in this morning, she hadnt moved at all over night and hadnt eaten, so I hand fed her and made a vets appt for this afternoon but I don't think it's going to be good news 😞
 
touie said:
Well she looked brighter when I came home from work yesterday so I delayed the vets appt. she stood up a bit and was eating and seemed to be enjoying the grass but when I looked in this morning, she hadnt moved at all over night and hadnt eaten, so I hand fed her and made a vets appt for this afternoon but I don't think it's going to be good news 
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:cry:
 
The vet said it would be kindest to put her to sleep, she had no feeling at all on her right side, and she drifted off quickly 😢
 
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