newbabybuns
Warren Veteran
I am struggling so much right now, I have posted before about thinking we were about to lose little Frankie, but she seemed to respond to antibiotics and we thought all was well but I honestly think this is it this time and am heartbroken. She is 5 and unspayed as she has had a host of issues in the past and now I am really regretting that decision.
Her symptoms are fast breathing/fast heartbeat when resting. It is like you can visibly see her heartbeat. She is a tiny bunny and has always a very slim and sleek body. She won't let me touch her sides but when I can manage to she doesn't quite feel the same anymore and gets stressed with me touching them. (She has never been one to be handled, but loves head strokes on her terms). I don't know if I am imagining it but when she stretched it looked like her upper part of her body was wider.
She has been a tooth root bunny for a couple of years and had her eyes bulge slightly (not anywhere near to the degree I have seen on google) when she had raced around and got herself puffed out. I reduced her space so she couldn't run laps of the downstairs and get so puffed out and this resolved the issue and has not came back. I know bulging eyes when eating can be a sign but she does not have this either. She is eating/drinking fine and is crazy for when there are treats on offer.
She was on baytril for the fast breathing and seemed to respond, then it came back and she was put on sulfratrim, again she seemed to respond and now it is back she is on sulfratrim (we have to hide it on food) again. What she really needs is an x ray but we can't handle her, she is a slippery little character and evades every attempt to be caught. I had to cancel her vet appointment as I just could not get her in the carrier.
My head is telling me the tooth root issue has masked a tumour growing over these past couple of years, and she has a cancer of some sort instead of an infection that the x ray will confirm but is now at an end stage. But is there a chance it is anything else??
Her sister (live seperately) is also undergoing treatment for ceacal problems, and my third bunny (another sister) is acting quietly today although I don't know whether it is me imagining it. I feel so overwhelmed by it all and the thought of losing little Franks to cancer is absolutely killing me I need to ring the vet to book her in for x ray but I can't stop crying
Her symptoms are fast breathing/fast heartbeat when resting. It is like you can visibly see her heartbeat. She is a tiny bunny and has always a very slim and sleek body. She won't let me touch her sides but when I can manage to she doesn't quite feel the same anymore and gets stressed with me touching them. (She has never been one to be handled, but loves head strokes on her terms). I don't know if I am imagining it but when she stretched it looked like her upper part of her body was wider.
She has been a tooth root bunny for a couple of years and had her eyes bulge slightly (not anywhere near to the degree I have seen on google) when she had raced around and got herself puffed out. I reduced her space so she couldn't run laps of the downstairs and get so puffed out and this resolved the issue and has not came back. I know bulging eyes when eating can be a sign but she does not have this either. She is eating/drinking fine and is crazy for when there are treats on offer.
She was on baytril for the fast breathing and seemed to respond, then it came back and she was put on sulfratrim, again she seemed to respond and now it is back she is on sulfratrim (we have to hide it on food) again. What she really needs is an x ray but we can't handle her, she is a slippery little character and evades every attempt to be caught. I had to cancel her vet appointment as I just could not get her in the carrier.
My head is telling me the tooth root issue has masked a tumour growing over these past couple of years, and she has a cancer of some sort instead of an infection that the x ray will confirm but is now at an end stage. But is there a chance it is anything else??
Her sister (live seperately) is also undergoing treatment for ceacal problems, and my third bunny (another sister) is acting quietly today although I don't know whether it is me imagining it. I feel so overwhelmed by it all and the thought of losing little Franks to cancer is absolutely killing me I need to ring the vet to book her in for x ray but I can't stop crying
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