loobers25
Warren Veteran
Good morning everybun,
So I'm noticing quite a fast onset of what I believe could be arthritis.
Dennis doesn't hop any more but walks. He also prefers to eat hay and forage in a sploot or laying postion. I believe it could be his hips/hind legs?
I was just doing some research and it says that arthritic bunnys are prone to flaky skin as they can't groom properly. This could explain why I thought he had mites!
When we was bonding downstairs we had lots of zooms and binkies on the carpet. I believe he had alot better traction on the carpet. I have now covered the bunny room in hay and I see a small improvement.
Yesterday at 6.20pm we could hear Dennis banging around and crashing as it was feeding time. By the time I'd got upstairs he was puffed out and splootin and wouldn't eat his food. 45 minutes later he was ravenous. I believe when ge gets hungry he starts getting excited trying to zoom around then knackers himself out. Would anyone have any experience?
I have some oxbow joint support but unfortunately Dennis will not eat them. What's the best way of sneaking this to him? I also have a big bottle of Metacam left from Toby and I'm tempted to try him on this to see if there is any improvement. Obviously I will mention this to John at next appointment.
Is there anything else we could try? Supplement or any foods that could help?
Also thank you for putting up with my Dennis worry threads but I have to follow my instinct
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So I'm noticing quite a fast onset of what I believe could be arthritis.
Dennis doesn't hop any more but walks. He also prefers to eat hay and forage in a sploot or laying postion. I believe it could be his hips/hind legs?
I was just doing some research and it says that arthritic bunnys are prone to flaky skin as they can't groom properly. This could explain why I thought he had mites!
When we was bonding downstairs we had lots of zooms and binkies on the carpet. I believe he had alot better traction on the carpet. I have now covered the bunny room in hay and I see a small improvement.
Yesterday at 6.20pm we could hear Dennis banging around and crashing as it was feeding time. By the time I'd got upstairs he was puffed out and splootin and wouldn't eat his food. 45 minutes later he was ravenous. I believe when ge gets hungry he starts getting excited trying to zoom around then knackers himself out. Would anyone have any experience?
I have some oxbow joint support but unfortunately Dennis will not eat them. What's the best way of sneaking this to him? I also have a big bottle of Metacam left from Toby and I'm tempted to try him on this to see if there is any improvement. Obviously I will mention this to John at next appointment.
Is there anything else we could try? Supplement or any foods that could help?
Also thank you for putting up with my Dennis worry threads but I have to follow my instinct
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