Please help!

Hello,

This is my family rabbit that I have returned home to today for Easter. He had a lump on his skin around 6-8 mon.t hrs ago and it has recently turned out to look like this.



My mother says she took him to the vet recently, but I don't believe her. He apparently cut himself in the last couple of days and it now looks like this. Apparently the vet said it was a tumour and that they could remove it but it would remove his leg, and that the procedure could kill him. He's a 9 year old rabbit and I really need some advice if this is hurting him or if I can do anything.

Thank you.

Valdularo said:

Hello,

This is my family rabbit that I have returned home to today for Easter. He had a lump on his skin around 6-8 mon.t hrs ago and it has recently turned out to look like this.

My mother says she took him to the vet recently, but I don't believe her. He apparently cut himself in the last couple of days and it now looks like this. Apparently the vet said it was a tumour and that they could remove it but it would remove his leg, and that the procedure could kill him. He's a 9 year old rabbit and I really need some advice if this is hurting him or if I can do anything.

Thank you.

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I am afraid the photo is not showing ?

Here is the pic,

Whereabouts do you live? we can make a post asking about your nearest rabbit savvy vet

Thanks T, no idea how you did that !!

Valdularo said:

Hello,

This is my family rabbit that I have returned home to today for Easter. He had a lump on his skin around 6-8 mon.t hrs ago and it has recently turned out to look like this.

My mother says she took him to the vet recently, but I don't believe her. He apparently cut himself in the last couple of days and it now looks like this. Apparently the vet said it was a tumour and that they could remove it but it would remove his leg, and that the procedure could kill him. He's a 9 year old rabbit and I really need some advice if this is hurting him or if I can do anything.

Thank you.

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There is too much fur covering the wound for me to see it clearly, but I suspect it is an abscess which may have burst. It certainly needs cleaning up at the very least. Can you take him to a Vet yourself ?

I sent them here from another website [emoji23][emoji23]

Kavanne said:

I sent them here from another website [emoji23][emoji23]

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Far too technical for me !!

Kavanne said:

Here is the pic,

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Wow this is very clever of you to show the photo!

I can't really see enough with the fur covering. I expect the vet would need to carefully trim the fur down to the skin (or pull the fur aside in first instance) to have a look. It could well be an injury, but I am not sure why the vet feels he would have to remove the leg?

As Kavanne says, it's possible for you/us to put up a post asking for a rabbit savvy vet in your area, which would get the ball rolling.

Does your bunny seem in pain now? Is he still eating?