crazy daisy
Warren Scout
Hi all, I haven't posted in a very long time but I really need some advice.
My indoor bunny Casper, who is 8, had an op about 3 weeks ago to remove a toe as he had chewed it down to the bone. I'm not 100% sure if he had injured his toe, which caused him to do this. He had it bandaged for about a week and was on antibiotics and pain relief. He was eating and pooping fine. When the bandage was removed almost straightaway he started to chew his foot again, on the toe next to the one he had removed.
I bandaged it best I could at home then took him back to the vets. They cleaned and rebandaged and added tramadol to his meds.
Since then I have been back to vets pretty much every other day for it to be cleaned, assessed and rebandaged.
On one of the visits last week the vet, a different one who I hadn't seen previously, advised that he had found a lump, around the size of a golf ball on his abdomen. I said that Casper seemed fine etc and he said to just keep an eye on and monitor.
Fast forward to this week, Monday check up, vet said lump had grown alot, it is now size of a fist! Casper still eating pooping etc as normal.
When I went today, they removed his bandage and kept it off as it was healing fine and there was no infection in the toe he had begun chewing. Now he is on no antibiotics just Loxicom.
The lump has got slightly bigger since Monday and they have advised they would need to do the following to treat,
- Scan & Xray to determine if the lump is attached to any organs and what it could be, may need to do xray under sedation
- Take a sample using a needle to test, although they advised they may not be able to get a big enough sample. This will need to be done under sedation / anesthetic.
- if needle sample is no good, take a biopsy, again under anesthetic.
- possibly operate if possible.
They also mentioned that he seems to be in no pain when they are palpitating it but he has been on paid meds since his op and he has lost around 0.35kg since his op even though the lump has grown.
He has also chewed the same toe he had previously to the bone again tonight, I've cleaned it and bandaged it up and I will be taking him back tomorrow.
The reason for my post is really to get advice on what I should do. I want to give him the best possible chance at whatever this may be but I dont want to put him through anything unnecessarily. If needed, would he be ok having 2 anesthetics within 3-4 weeks of each other, given his age. Although my other bunny is 12 this year and she was really ill in Jan but pulled through. He is in good health apart from this. Im also thinking that him chewing his toe may be related to the lump, I read that animals can chew on a limb if they have another pain they cannot reach and the lump and affected foot are on the same side. The vet did mention this but said it is very rare even more so in rabbits, but could there be a chance? Any advice would be appreciated, I am going out of mind
Many thanks if you have made it this far xx
My indoor bunny Casper, who is 8, had an op about 3 weeks ago to remove a toe as he had chewed it down to the bone. I'm not 100% sure if he had injured his toe, which caused him to do this. He had it bandaged for about a week and was on antibiotics and pain relief. He was eating and pooping fine. When the bandage was removed almost straightaway he started to chew his foot again, on the toe next to the one he had removed.
I bandaged it best I could at home then took him back to the vets. They cleaned and rebandaged and added tramadol to his meds.
Since then I have been back to vets pretty much every other day for it to be cleaned, assessed and rebandaged.
On one of the visits last week the vet, a different one who I hadn't seen previously, advised that he had found a lump, around the size of a golf ball on his abdomen. I said that Casper seemed fine etc and he said to just keep an eye on and monitor.
Fast forward to this week, Monday check up, vet said lump had grown alot, it is now size of a fist! Casper still eating pooping etc as normal.
When I went today, they removed his bandage and kept it off as it was healing fine and there was no infection in the toe he had begun chewing. Now he is on no antibiotics just Loxicom.
The lump has got slightly bigger since Monday and they have advised they would need to do the following to treat,
- Scan & Xray to determine if the lump is attached to any organs and what it could be, may need to do xray under sedation
- Take a sample using a needle to test, although they advised they may not be able to get a big enough sample. This will need to be done under sedation / anesthetic.
- if needle sample is no good, take a biopsy, again under anesthetic.
- possibly operate if possible.
They also mentioned that he seems to be in no pain when they are palpitating it but he has been on paid meds since his op and he has lost around 0.35kg since his op even though the lump has grown.
He has also chewed the same toe he had previously to the bone again tonight, I've cleaned it and bandaged it up and I will be taking him back tomorrow.
The reason for my post is really to get advice on what I should do. I want to give him the best possible chance at whatever this may be but I dont want to put him through anything unnecessarily. If needed, would he be ok having 2 anesthetics within 3-4 weeks of each other, given his age. Although my other bunny is 12 this year and she was really ill in Jan but pulled through. He is in good health apart from this. Im also thinking that him chewing his toe may be related to the lump, I read that animals can chew on a limb if they have another pain they cannot reach and the lump and affected foot are on the same side. The vet did mention this but said it is very rare even more so in rabbits, but could there be a chance? Any advice would be appreciated, I am going out of mind
Many thanks if you have made it this far xx
I don’t have any experience of this so I can’t advise but I’m sending lots of vibes xx
