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Please could we help this lady

C

Carol X

Alpha Buck
I have been on another forum (guinea pig) and this poor lady is looking for help for her babbit.
This is what she has said
Posted - 29 October 2006 : 18:03:54
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Hi,
I've bathed my bunny this morning and by 3.30pm she has collapsed. She can't hold her head up and when i try to move her, her movements are all wobbly.
She is a house bunny so i've put her in her cage and wrapped blankets over her to keep warm and she hasn't moved since.
Does anybody have any idea what i've done to her. i thought maybe she's in shock from having a bath.

Many thanks
 
I think she needs to call the emergency vet, when a bunny collapses like that it's very sick.

Did she use anything when she bathed it? E.g. shampoo/soap? It's possible it could have had a reaction to that.

Tam
 
No news so far. I think bunny had a dirty bum, not 100 shore.
Thank everyone will let you now when I do.
Carol X
 
Or the water was too cold (or bunny wasn't dried off well) and he got a chill? He definately needs a vet though. And like Tamsin said, what he was bathed with would help too.
 
The bunny was only given a bum wash ,not a full bath and the lady used her normal shampoo she used lots of times before. So
bunny went to the vets this morning. Still very wobbly and weak her gums are pale, her feet and ears are cold.
After being at the vets they were unable to find anything wrong. So the treatment is metacam in case she is in pain and to take her back tomorrow.
That is all so far.
Carol X
 
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