Poor Lucky

Hello to you all, you may or may not remember me and my dawrf rabbit Lucky, she had one of her rear legs amputated about 9 month ago after being attacked off a cat. Well she improved smashingly and adapted really well to the missing leg and began to live the rest of her life in happiness.

I just recently moved her hutch into the shed for the colder nights ciming in and insulated it, however when i went to see her yesterday i noticed she was not using her back leg properly. I cut her nails the other day and as far as i was aware i done a pretty good job. I am lead to think it might have something to do with this as to why she is having trouble using it.

However, i had a look at her this afternoon and ive had a good feel around the joint and all the bones and i cant see or feel any obvious fractures / pain. However, just above the outside toe on her right back foot is a little bump which i am a bit concerned about, i fear she might have broke/fractured one of her toes if not i dont know whats wrong with her. I really hope it isnt because to be honest i dont really want to put her through another operation.

Im going to leave her for a couple of nights and see if it is just a reaction to my nail cutting technique, i hope it is. If not im afraid Euthanasia might be the only option, its so sad as well because she defied the odds when she had her leg removed! (Now i think of it, one of the nurses off here was her nurse when she had her leg removed). I will keep you all updated. She doesnt seem to be in too much pain and she seems happy enough in herself but i dont know if a fractured to will mend itself or not. Only time will tell

Lucky:

If you didn't cut the quick when you cut her nails - ie there was no blood - then you cutting her nails shouldn't affect her that much. Can you not take her to the vet and get their advice on what might be causing the problem? I'm not sure why Pts is an option here as if the toe is broken surely it can be fixed?

Yeah, im just afraid he might suggest pts as when she had her leg removed he warned me that should anything happen to her other leg which might affect her mobility then there really would be no other option because of the strain that is being put on this one foot, in a normal four legged rabbit i dont think it would matter much. When i cut her nails, one of the ones on her back leg she did jump but im not sure if it was this particular toe or not

She will be going to the vets if it doesnt improve in the next couple of days.