Candiflare
Mama Doe
I totally respect both of your opinions and have called my friend who is a vet and he's coming round tonight and will admit her locally once he's decided how she is.
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hypothermic bun - best thing to do?
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I totally respect both of your opinions and have called my friend who is a vet and he's coming round tonight and will admit her locally once he's decided how she is.
parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
Well Liz and jacks Jane and other specialists will know better than I do - but from experience I have that is not 'normal' scanning but something neurological - perhaps related to the hypothermia????? or the starvation???
Re getting her warm again - warmed subcut fluids and holding her against you are the best things (that is how you warm people - holding them with you skin to skin) but if there is a problem with that (poss mites etc) then wrap her in vetbed or anything else fluffy and warm and place somwhere gently warming - NOT hot.
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
It looks like she has horizontal nystagmus (eyes flicking side-to-side)
To me it sounds as though she is one very poorly Rabbit
Candiflare
Mama Doe
It looks like she has horizontal nystagmus (eyes flicking side-to-side)
To me it sounds as though she is one very poorly Rabbit
Is there anything else I can check for before the vet comes round? I've checked her all over for flystrike, she's done some poos and they look okay. She's taking her syringe feeds, she's on a heatpad and (hopefully) gradually warming up...Her eyes are red and sore and she has a spot (like a stye) on one of them.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Is there anything else I can check for before the vet comes round? I've checked her all over for flystrike, she's done some poos and they look okay. She's taking her syringe feeds, she's on a heatpad and (hopefully) gradually warming up...Her eyes are red and sore and she has a spot (like a stye) on one of them.
Her genitals dont look swollen do they ?
Candiflare
Mama Doe
Just looked. no... thank goodness. Pink and normal sized.
bunny babe
Wise Old Thumper
No advice, but didn't want to read and run. I hope she will be OK.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
I think all you can do now is wait for your Vet friend who will hopefully provide any appropriate treatment.
I really cant understand the other Vet not offering any treatment in this situation :?
Candiflare
Mama Doe
Me neither. She has started eating hay by herself now.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I've just googled it and I think I am about 15 minutes further than alice. But if she is very poorly but well enough to travel I will happily help out if Alice is tied up with all her rescue buns.
Sending lots of vibes for bunny xx
Candiflare
Mama Doe
Theo or Liz I'd be grateful if either of you could take a look at her. I think she will need proper testing somewhere.
At worst there is something wrong with her and that's why she's got those neurological signs and sore eyes and best case scenario she's just been so starved in the cold that it's caused parts of her body to slow down that are gradually warming up now.
Let me see what the vet says tonight. She's brightening up each minute, which is good. The difference to when I first got her is already quite big.
Snowy
Wise Old Thumper
Where are you tomorrow? are you anywhere near me?
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Do you still have my mobile number? Just text me if needed as I wont be around on RU much, :wave:
ETA If Theo is now helping then no problems
Candiflare
Mama Doe
No but I'm in Banbury on Thursday morning at 9.30....
Tomorrow I'm at work in Shipton Under Wychwood.
Snowy
Wise Old Thumper
The thing is I really think she needs a vet asap, did you say you have a vet visiting tonight?, let me know what he/she says and I can come a meet you late tonight or we can arrange something else?
prettylupin
Wise Old Thumper
It's great that she's eating both syringe and voluntarily. There is nothing like food in the tummy to bring body temperature back up to normal. Buns are a bit like horses reliant on food metabolism to manufacture body heat so this is great that she's eating, very positive from the hypothermia point of view. No idea about the rest other than if it is a neurological nystagmus then I suppose active EC or a middle ear infection/cranial abcesses are a possibility :? But this is way beyond me. Good luck and well done for everything you have done and are doing for her. x
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Candiflare
Mama Doe
I'll see what the vets says tonight, he's coming at 9pm. She's drinking and eating and pooing at the moment and is a lot more active than in the video, but she is still doing that scanning/not scanning thing. I've combed out a few of the matts in her fur and I'll give her another hour and make a decision. Can you PM me your mobile number Theo?
