Hello everyone, my name is Simon. I have a rabbit (my sons rabbit) whio has head tilt badly. I am sure you all have been asked and replied on this topic many many times so apologies for the repeat.
Okay, 8 days ago (friday I think) he started to wobble, so to the vets (i am very lucky in that a good friend is a vet), Baytrill, Panacur and an anti inflammetry, two days later he can longer stand. I feed him three times a day, he will happily eat his pellets, half an apple, half a pear, bunch of parsley, baby sweetcorn and bunch ofdandelions, But he is still losing a little weight. He will drink from a water bottle if preasented to his mouth. He will roll over if you put him on his incorrect side but that is all he can do. I read a bit about stroke patience and have constructed a frame that we put him in for 15 minutes, this keeps him in the correct bunny posture just like people when they are treated, it doesnt seem to be helping. we massage him three times a day, he likes that but it doesnt help. At the moment, because its a lovely day he is laying on the lawn with the sun on him, but still no effort to move. I am always willing to try something if nothing is happening in his improvement.
He is a fighter as he disappered from our garden for three days before christmas but managed to return, so I owe him a chance. I am a cancer patient and was given a pill called Prochlorperazine (it helps people with spinning heads, vertigo etc, and it works) do you think I could risk scaling down the dose for him.
I feel he has to start making an improvement, or we will have to make a decision in the next day or to.
Any comments would be welcome.
Finally I specialize in Chickens, I have taught at agricultural college and had a business selling poultry, so if anyone has any chickeny related problems please contact me and I will try and help
PPS. The rabbit is nibbles (5yo) and I am Simon (50yo)
kind regards
Okay, 8 days ago (friday I think) he started to wobble, so to the vets (i am very lucky in that a good friend is a vet), Baytrill, Panacur and an anti inflammetry, two days later he can longer stand. I feed him three times a day, he will happily eat his pellets, half an apple, half a pear, bunch of parsley, baby sweetcorn and bunch ofdandelions, But he is still losing a little weight. He will drink from a water bottle if preasented to his mouth. He will roll over if you put him on his incorrect side but that is all he can do. I read a bit about stroke patience and have constructed a frame that we put him in for 15 minutes, this keeps him in the correct bunny posture just like people when they are treated, it doesnt seem to be helping. we massage him three times a day, he likes that but it doesnt help. At the moment, because its a lovely day he is laying on the lawn with the sun on him, but still no effort to move. I am always willing to try something if nothing is happening in his improvement.
He is a fighter as he disappered from our garden for three days before christmas but managed to return, so I owe him a chance. I am a cancer patient and was given a pill called Prochlorperazine (it helps people with spinning heads, vertigo etc, and it works) do you think I could risk scaling down the dose for him.
I feel he has to start making an improvement, or we will have to make a decision in the next day or to.
Any comments would be welcome.
Finally I specialize in Chickens, I have taught at agricultural college and had a business selling poultry, so if anyone has any chickeny related problems please contact me and I will try and help
PPS. The rabbit is nibbles (5yo) and I am Simon (50yo)
kind regards