kelliebunny
New Kit
I would just like to share my experience of floppy rabbit syndrome with you. I recently rescued 5 baby bunnies approximately 4 weeks old and already fending for themselves, their mum who had another litter of kits now 3 weeks old . all going well with the older batch until tuesday night. I went to get them in from outdoor run and put into night time area, i found lightening dust flopped on his side lifeless. I immediately thought he had broken his back or neck but on bringing him indoors he began moving his legs so i thought that was unlikely. We managed to syringe feed him a small amount of water and i took him upstairs for the night .I can honestly say i never expected him to be alive in the morning but he was. i went on a rabbit forum and to my friend who shows rabbits for advice.My bunnies eat burgess with mint pellets we made a stew in a pan with crushed burgess pellets, water, one squashed up banana,6 cherry tomatoes peeled and seeds removed, very finely chopped dandelions and clover cooked on a low heat for a few minutes. We allowed this to cool and then popped a vitamin e capsule with a needle and squeezed this onto the first spoonful to make sure he got the vitamin e. Its messy and my bunny had to wear a bib and be cleaned up afterwards but i can honestly say today is thursday and although hes still a little bit wobbly he is amazing for a 8 week old kit who had such a poor start. We made a decent sized batch of stew and fed him the stew every couple of hours but only added the vitamin e every 12 hours . I hope this helps other people out there with this problem .What a tough little cookie lightening dust is and hes so cute a blue harlequin not sure of breed. He was going to be advertised for sale but i guess he might be able to stay here just dont tell my other half!!!