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foxy2279

foxy2279

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Today my two boys went for their vaccination (2nd). My Boy Buster was fine at the vets but when i let him out of the carrier when we got home was a different story.

He was breathing so rapidly has ears were bobbing with his breathing. He started shaking and at this point i thought he was going to have a fit. His hole body was moving. He would lay down then get back up and then lay down again repeatedly. I rushed him back to the vets but by the time we got there it was just the rapid breathing which she put down to being scared.

It scared the life out of me. Has anyone had this happen with their bunnies? I am in two minds about next years now.
 
Oh gosh :shock: that sounds so frightening. We are bringing Persie to the vet on Saturday for his first vaccination & this has frightened me now. Is your bunny ok now? Did it last long? Could it have been fear or was it some sort of reaction? Big cuddles for your little guy :love:
 
Buster had his first one with no problems and his Brother Brownie who was vaccinated at the same time today had no issues at all. My other two rabbits had no issues either. Please don't let this scare you with your little bunny. Most rabbits breeze through with no issues.

It lasted about two hours and then calmed down. He is fine now. To tell you the truth i think a lot of it was because it wasn't our normal vets who he knows it was some locum vet. My vets put the boys on the floor to examine them (they like to run around the consult room) this one did it all on the table. I am thinking it was more fear then reaction as we had a different vet and were in a different room to the normal one.
 
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