Pancakesmummy.
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Hi fellow bunny lovers,
I have two lovely bunny sisters, Miss Waffles and Miss Pancakes. They are dwarf chinchilla rex rabbits. We have had them since they were babies. They live in the lounge of our bungalow and we are always with them. They are a huge part of our lives and come everywhere with us. They come into the garden, the hall, all the bedrooms. They particularly love to snuggle under the covers and go to sleep. - The warmer the better! Especially for Miss Pancakes.. She's the boss of the two and always the one we thought would be more likely to outlast her sister who always seemed more fragile. Then cancer struck last week.. We took her to the vet who diagnosed her with a tumor in her hip ball joint. She wasn't using her leg very well for a few months prior but the last vet told us it was "arthiritis" Last week she became completely lame in her back legs. She can use one leg but she wont unless you support her. (Which i often do) because of the pain radiating across her hips. I want her to use her good leg as much as possible so that she doesn't loose the muscle tone in that leg. Her right femoral head according to the x-ray is completely disintergrated, we're not even sure her leg bone is attached to anything anymore..
It may just be free floating due to the cancer eating away at the bone, however we are waiting back on a rabbit bone specialist to confirm this. We are absolutely devastated, it's thrown our world upside down.The bottom has literally dropped out! We don’t know what to do with ourselves and life for us has stopped. We were already giving Waffles antibiotics twice a day for mild “snuffles" We were so worried about Waffles and now this..
I remember when we had to put our Daisy dog down, we were told she had Cancer and we weren't given any option other than than to put her to sleep immediately. It was a decision we have always regretted. We should of at least attempted surgery as we really to this day have no idea if it was infact cancer (The vets point blank refused to operate). - Coincidentally the same vet who mis diagnosed pancakes with arthritis, diagnosed Daisy with terminal cancer and put her down.
Anyone who has had animals will know the immense joy they bring to your life, Pancakes is no exception. She comes running for treats and will always give you a thorough wash of your face if she can. She’s much more like a dog than a rabbit.
Pancakes does have hope! Her x-rays were sent to Noel Fitzpatrick referrals. (The Bionic Vet/Supervet) We have been advised that she will need a CT Scan and following that she will need a hemipelvectomy. There is a possibility she may need a saddle prothesis, however apparently bunnies cope very well on three legs without the need for further intervention. So we will see.
After the CT scan, she may need Chemotherapy, which can be done if needs be. She has been on tablet Tramadol twice a day for pain relief along with a liquid pain relief once a day. - It's really hard to get a syringe happily into a bouncy buns mouth, even a half lame one.. they move their faces a lot! Unless they are the docile sort.. these buns are not.. I have taken to crushing the tablet and hiding the powder in her favourite cruncy liquid centered bunny treat. She seemed to be taking it fine until she began to become cute to it and has now started to spit it out. We have remedied this by letting her sniff the clean treat and sticking the old one in. Of course it is followed by a good treat!
I can't put her to sleep! I can’t. We took her away for a day and Waffles sat under the straw and wouldn't come out all day because she missed her sister. She is exactly the same as on the video's. She's still full of life and i'm going to do all i can to help fund her treatment with Noel Fitzpatrick Referrals. My thought is that, when a human gets cancer we do all we can to save them we don't deny them treatment if at all possible and the same should be applied to our animal best friends, after all they are part of the family as any animal lover would know.
If i thought she couldn’t cope with the extensive surgery and chemotherapy then i wouldn’t put her through it, however her character is not such that i believe she wouldn’t thrive on three legs. We are always at home as my mother is registered disabled and therefore would have nothing impeding us caring for her 24/7.
When she has surgery, we will need to get another indoor cage in order to temporarily separate her at times from her sister, who being bouncy may tend to tread on her. We will be with her every step of the way.
It's going to be a long fight! Love to you all xx
I have two lovely bunny sisters, Miss Waffles and Miss Pancakes. They are dwarf chinchilla rex rabbits. We have had them since they were babies. They live in the lounge of our bungalow and we are always with them. They are a huge part of our lives and come everywhere with us. They come into the garden, the hall, all the bedrooms. They particularly love to snuggle under the covers and go to sleep. - The warmer the better! Especially for Miss Pancakes.. She's the boss of the two and always the one we thought would be more likely to outlast her sister who always seemed more fragile. Then cancer struck last week.. We took her to the vet who diagnosed her with a tumor in her hip ball joint. She wasn't using her leg very well for a few months prior but the last vet told us it was "arthiritis" Last week she became completely lame in her back legs. She can use one leg but she wont unless you support her. (Which i often do) because of the pain radiating across her hips. I want her to use her good leg as much as possible so that she doesn't loose the muscle tone in that leg. Her right femoral head according to the x-ray is completely disintergrated, we're not even sure her leg bone is attached to anything anymore..
It may just be free floating due to the cancer eating away at the bone, however we are waiting back on a rabbit bone specialist to confirm this. We are absolutely devastated, it's thrown our world upside down.The bottom has literally dropped out! We don’t know what to do with ourselves and life for us has stopped. We were already giving Waffles antibiotics twice a day for mild “snuffles" We were so worried about Waffles and now this..I remember when we had to put our Daisy dog down, we were told she had Cancer and we weren't given any option other than than to put her to sleep immediately. It was a decision we have always regretted. We should of at least attempted surgery as we really to this day have no idea if it was infact cancer (The vets point blank refused to operate). - Coincidentally the same vet who mis diagnosed pancakes with arthritis, diagnosed Daisy with terminal cancer and put her down.
Anyone who has had animals will know the immense joy they bring to your life, Pancakes is no exception. She comes running for treats and will always give you a thorough wash of your face if she can.
She’s much more like a dog than a rabbit.Pancakes does have hope! Her x-rays were sent to Noel Fitzpatrick referrals. (The Bionic Vet/Supervet) We have been advised that she will need a CT Scan and following that she will need a hemipelvectomy. There is a possibility she may need a saddle prothesis, however apparently bunnies cope very well on three legs without the need for further intervention. So we will see.
After the CT scan, she may need Chemotherapy, which can be done if needs be. She has been on tablet Tramadol twice a day for pain relief along with a liquid pain relief once a day. - It's really hard to get a syringe happily into a bouncy buns mouth, even a half lame one.. they move their faces a lot! Unless they are the docile sort.. these buns are not.. I have taken to crushing the tablet and hiding the powder in her favourite cruncy liquid centered bunny treat.
She seemed to be taking it fine until she began to become cute to it and has now started to spit it out. We have remedied this by letting her sniff the clean treat and sticking the old one in. Of course it is followed by a good treat!I can't put her to sleep! I can’t. We took her away for a day and Waffles sat under the straw and wouldn't come out all day because she missed her sister. She is exactly the same as on the video's. She's still full of life and i'm going to do all i can to help fund her treatment with Noel Fitzpatrick Referrals. My thought is that, when a human gets cancer we do all we can to save them we don't deny them treatment if at all possible and the same should be applied to our animal best friends, after all they are part of the family as any animal lover would know.
If i thought she couldn’t cope with the extensive surgery and chemotherapy then i wouldn’t put her through it, however her character is not such that i believe she wouldn’t thrive on three legs. We are always at home as my mother is registered disabled and therefore would have nothing impeding us caring for her 24/7.
When she has surgery, we will need to get another indoor cage in order to temporarily separate her at times from her sister, who being bouncy may tend to tread on her. We will be with her every step of the way.
It's going to be a long fight! Love to you all xx
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