danielcardiff
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Hi All,
Story so far: About 23:00 Saturday evening, I was playing with our 2 mini-lops (Buddy and Blue - both around 9 months old). They stay in their cage/pen over-night, so I had popped them in to take the rubbish out, only to come back in and my girlfriend say, that she had just found Blue on his back, 4 legs up in the air. She had seen him about 1 minute before and he was eating his hay. She had startled him, coming back into the room and he flipped back over. I went over to see him and straight away could tell he wasn't right. Seemed all limp and perhaps in a little bit of shock. We were at the emergency vets within about 30 minutes and he seemed ok. He was moving around on the floor, there was a tiny amount of him dragging his one leg, but barely noticeable. Me and my girlfriend could tell, but the vet questioned whether his movement was different to usual. Initially she thought he might've been having some of a seizure and mentioned e-cunicculi, prescribed him Panacur (and also for Buddy). However, we also questioned whether he could've perhaps tried to jump out of the cage and landed on his back. especially as he was showing small signs of pain (grinding his teeth) and also, the fact that he reacted so quickly to my girlfriend coming in the room. So he had a pain relief injection too.
9am Sunday morning, his back legs were struggling, so we went back to the emergency vets. We put him on the floor and he was in hell of a state. Really struggling to use his legs at all and dragging them behind him. This vet thought it was probably more of a back-injury, so said they could do x-ray's etc. We agreed for them to be done immediately and they kept him in. There was no sign of any damage to his back or legs, the pathway for the spinal cord was without obstruction. Vet mentioned that this was good news and was likely just to be swelling in his back that was putting pressure on certain muscles, which was causing the issue. Prescribed more Metacam to take away with us for the inflammation and instruction to book with out vets on Monday.
Went to our vets on Monday, I could see a tiny bit of an improvement, but both back legs were still being dragged. This vet who was more Rabbit-savvy (we have seen her before), went back to the opinion that it is more likely to be e-cunicculi and we should continue with both the Panacur and the Metacam. She said everything on the x-ray looked perfect. She then said if we wanted further investigation we could take him over to a Referrals clinic in Bristol who could MRI/CT scan him, etc and fully get down to what the issue is. Obviously, I agreed; I presume the insurance would cover it, but financially we're ok and me and girlfriend had already had a conversation about giving him whatever chance he needed no matter the cost. They said the referral company would be in touch.
Yesterday morning, I noticed that there was an improvement and whilst he was struggling in the cage on the slippy surface (he was using his legs but going backwards rather than forward as he couldn't get this grip!!) he was much more at ease on the rug/carpet. Last night, he went hopping off away from me whilst I tried to get him to take his Panacur and was much more active in terms of movement, still struggling a little but using his legs rather than just dragging them behind him. There was further improvement again this morning and he stood on his back legs to climb up me when he wanted some more Metacam (I think it's his favourite treat!!!! :lol
. He's still has a long way to go before he is anywhere near how he was, but he's gone from not using his legs, to using them again; quite quickly! So, we're pleased with his progress.
I've now heard from the referrals clinic in Bristol and have an appointment for Friday afternoon. I really don't know what to do. It's going to be potentially 90 minutes in the car each way, which will probably stress him out, but if there's something they can do to help him then obviously we're willing to give him whatever it is he needs.
Has anyone had any experience of swelling/bruising around the back/spine, or e-cunicculi; which has seen things start improving so quickly.
In terms of his general health, we've not had any problems with him. He's strong, eats well and whilst can have softer droppings on the odd-occasion, that is usually dietary. Since Saturday evening, his appetite has been good. He's eaten slightly less than usual (seems to be eating more hay than usual, but think that's just because it's easier for him), droppings have been a bit smaller than usual but are solid. He's relatively happy and content in himself, happily licks his brother and also lies down flat for him to return the favour. His movement is increasing on a daily basis, Sunday he just sat still in his litter tray and wouldn't move a lot, but as just mentioned is now lying down in the cage and generally trying to move around a lot more.
Does anyone have any observations/comments?!
Thanks in advance,
Story so far: About 23:00 Saturday evening, I was playing with our 2 mini-lops (Buddy and Blue - both around 9 months old). They stay in their cage/pen over-night, so I had popped them in to take the rubbish out, only to come back in and my girlfriend say, that she had just found Blue on his back, 4 legs up in the air. She had seen him about 1 minute before and he was eating his hay. She had startled him, coming back into the room and he flipped back over. I went over to see him and straight away could tell he wasn't right. Seemed all limp and perhaps in a little bit of shock. We were at the emergency vets within about 30 minutes and he seemed ok. He was moving around on the floor, there was a tiny amount of him dragging his one leg, but barely noticeable. Me and my girlfriend could tell, but the vet questioned whether his movement was different to usual. Initially she thought he might've been having some of a seizure and mentioned e-cunicculi, prescribed him Panacur (and also for Buddy). However, we also questioned whether he could've perhaps tried to jump out of the cage and landed on his back. especially as he was showing small signs of pain (grinding his teeth) and also, the fact that he reacted so quickly to my girlfriend coming in the room. So he had a pain relief injection too.
9am Sunday morning, his back legs were struggling, so we went back to the emergency vets. We put him on the floor and he was in hell of a state. Really struggling to use his legs at all and dragging them behind him. This vet thought it was probably more of a back-injury, so said they could do x-ray's etc. We agreed for them to be done immediately and they kept him in. There was no sign of any damage to his back or legs, the pathway for the spinal cord was without obstruction. Vet mentioned that this was good news and was likely just to be swelling in his back that was putting pressure on certain muscles, which was causing the issue. Prescribed more Metacam to take away with us for the inflammation and instruction to book with out vets on Monday.
Went to our vets on Monday, I could see a tiny bit of an improvement, but both back legs were still being dragged. This vet who was more Rabbit-savvy (we have seen her before), went back to the opinion that it is more likely to be e-cunicculi and we should continue with both the Panacur and the Metacam. She said everything on the x-ray looked perfect. She then said if we wanted further investigation we could take him over to a Referrals clinic in Bristol who could MRI/CT scan him, etc and fully get down to what the issue is. Obviously, I agreed; I presume the insurance would cover it, but financially we're ok and me and girlfriend had already had a conversation about giving him whatever chance he needed no matter the cost. They said the referral company would be in touch.
Yesterday morning, I noticed that there was an improvement and whilst he was struggling in the cage on the slippy surface (he was using his legs but going backwards rather than forward as he couldn't get this grip!!) he was much more at ease on the rug/carpet. Last night, he went hopping off away from me whilst I tried to get him to take his Panacur and was much more active in terms of movement, still struggling a little but using his legs rather than just dragging them behind him. There was further improvement again this morning and he stood on his back legs to climb up me when he wanted some more Metacam (I think it's his favourite treat!!!! :lol
. He's still has a long way to go before he is anywhere near how he was, but he's gone from not using his legs, to using them again; quite quickly! So, we're pleased with his progress.I've now heard from the referrals clinic in Bristol and have an appointment for Friday afternoon. I really don't know what to do. It's going to be potentially 90 minutes in the car each way, which will probably stress him out, but if there's something they can do to help him then obviously we're willing to give him whatever it is he needs.
Has anyone had any experience of swelling/bruising around the back/spine, or e-cunicculi; which has seen things start improving so quickly.
In terms of his general health, we've not had any problems with him. He's strong, eats well and whilst can have softer droppings on the odd-occasion, that is usually dietary. Since Saturday evening, his appetite has been good. He's eaten slightly less than usual (seems to be eating more hay than usual, but think that's just because it's easier for him), droppings have been a bit smaller than usual but are solid. He's relatively happy and content in himself, happily licks his brother and also lies down flat for him to return the favour. His movement is increasing on a daily basis, Sunday he just sat still in his litter tray and wouldn't move a lot, but as just mentioned is now lying down in the cage and generally trying to move around a lot more.
Does anyone have any observations/comments?!
Thanks in advance,
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