Hi I’m really desperate for some advice regarding episodes my rabbit has been having over the past few weeks. He is a male mini lop and is 4 years old and is an indoor rabbit who is allowed to play outside in the garden during the day.
He has had three episodes one on 7th May one yesterday and one today. The episodes last around 10 minutes and have been around 7pm each time. He basically starts breathing extremely fast to the point his heart is beating out of his chest and is going so fast it is moving his body with it. His ears feel really hot every time and the blood vessels in his ears swell. Also he goes really lethargic and keeps trying to lie down but it is like he can’t get comfortable. The first episode he ended up flopped on his side not moving and slightly stiff just breathing so fast, the second time he was the same more stiff and actually wet himself as well and the third time today he was slightly calmer and was just in the bun loaf but still breathing really fast and didn’t want us to touch him. The first time we rushed him to the vet and she assumed heat stroke as she couldn’t find anything wrong with him so gave him painkiller to bring the temp down and he was fine. The second time yesterday we took him again the vet assumed it was a seizure and asked if he had been eating any new plants which it turns out he has been eating a new plant (milkweed or petty spurge) over the past few weeks which are actually toxic and we didn’t realise so this made sense and also tied into the time frame so we accepted that it was a seizure due to the plant which we’ve now ripped up. However he had another today and hasn’t went near the plant. I’m going back to the vet tomorrow for another check up so really hoping to get some answers but does anyone know what this sounds like?? I just want to get to the bottom of it!
He has had three episodes one on 7th May one yesterday and one today. The episodes last around 10 minutes and have been around 7pm each time. He basically starts breathing extremely fast to the point his heart is beating out of his chest and is going so fast it is moving his body with it. His ears feel really hot every time and the blood vessels in his ears swell. Also he goes really lethargic and keeps trying to lie down but it is like he can’t get comfortable. The first episode he ended up flopped on his side not moving and slightly stiff just breathing so fast, the second time he was the same more stiff and actually wet himself as well and the third time today he was slightly calmer and was just in the bun loaf but still breathing really fast and didn’t want us to touch him. The first time we rushed him to the vet and she assumed heat stroke as she couldn’t find anything wrong with him so gave him painkiller to bring the temp down and he was fine. The second time yesterday we took him again the vet assumed it was a seizure and asked if he had been eating any new plants which it turns out he has been eating a new plant (milkweed or petty spurge) over the past few weeks which are actually toxic and we didn’t realise so this made sense and also tied into the time frame so we accepted that it was a seizure due to the plant which we’ve now ripped up. However he had another today and hasn’t went near the plant. I’m going back to the vet tomorrow for another check up so really hoping to get some answers but does anyone know what this sounds like?? I just want to get to the bottom of it!
