My bridge bunny, Dexter, was disabled. I wasn't on the forum then or I'd probably still have him with me
Anyway, my boy was paralysed in the hind legs due to EC (according to the vets/emergency vets I used to use who couldn't tell their bunny paw from their bunny tail :roll
I only had him for four months when I was advised to have him pts
but those 4 months were definitely worth it for the privilege of spending time with him.
On a daily basis, I would give him his medicine, bath him (to avoid urine burn as he was unable to avoid soiling himself), dry him (obviously) & generally be there to help him get to his food & water. I would also exercise his hind legs to avoid muscle wastage in the hope he would walk again. He did, and lived a happy three further months with us. They were still weak so he would fall over if he tried to run too fast and he couldn't sit up to wash himself or jump about, but he was loved & happy.
Then he began to deteriorate again and I woke up one Sunday morning to find him laid on his side, very shallowly breathing. I rushed him immediately off to the emergency vets who took one look at him, heard the history & said he was now completely paralysed and there was no guarantee they could do anything to cure him & so we should have him pts. So out of the blue & afraid he was suffering, I agreed. I wasn't there with him when he passed as they took him away from me and brought him back afterwards and I hate that I wasn't there with him. I'll never know if I did the right thing or not. Sometimes I think well he's not suffering any more and I did more for him than most people would (excepting RUers of course). Then I hear and see and read so many things about bunnies on here and EC and I wonder if it was really EC or something else and that if I'd been here then and if I'd had a rabbit savvy vet like I do now, I think I did the wrong thing and I shouldn't have given up on him so easily, I should have fought for him and maybe he'd still be here now. I'd have done anything for him to keep him safe and happy and healthy. I see Julie on here & Dolly on Facebook and that he could have adapted to a life like that if only I hadn't stolen it from him
My baby boy:
A video showing the first time he started walking again: