LavenderLamb
Young Bun
he had a cyst removed from his neck about a year ago - luckily it was removed / was discrete not attached to anything
he has now got another swelling - we noticed a couple of weeks ago he looked a bit lopsided but when the vet checked him (he had gut problems) she thought it felt like scar tissue so we just kept an eye on him.
It was checked today as he is definitely lopsided on his neck now - she used a needle to check and it is clear fluid (like last time) no blood or pus, but it doesn't feel completely free / encapsulated and she wasn't sure until operated on but I felt it too and it felt lumpy and possibly attached.
He is going for his op Thursday so pray it is just a cyst again and not anything cancerous. He is such a lovely rabbit and couldn't bear to lose him - he is eeven more happy and we see even more of his personality since he got his wife Susie.
On advice we have been giving them their pellets in a dog treat ball and it has been funny to watch them work for his food - yesterday when I went to hutch in morning he rolled the ball over to me and nudged it into my hand as if to say 'come on put some food in their'
this morning I gave him a strip of toast and he grabbed it and ran away from Susie to hide and eat it! They then spent 5 minutes taking it in turns to pinch it off each other.
He is eating and otherwise happy but needs the op. Poor thing - he seems to hate going in the carrier in the car - he really trembles - I think he recognised the vet and when we got him out the carrier he jumped onto my shoulder and when she was trying to examine the swelling he tried in hide under my arm. Bles shim my poor Archie.
he has now got another swelling - we noticed a couple of weeks ago he looked a bit lopsided but when the vet checked him (he had gut problems) she thought it felt like scar tissue so we just kept an eye on him.
It was checked today as he is definitely lopsided on his neck now - she used a needle to check and it is clear fluid (like last time) no blood or pus, but it doesn't feel completely free / encapsulated and she wasn't sure until operated on but I felt it too and it felt lumpy and possibly attached.
He is going for his op Thursday so pray it is just a cyst again and not anything cancerous. He is such a lovely rabbit and couldn't bear to lose him - he is eeven more happy and we see even more of his personality since he got his wife Susie.
On advice we have been giving them their pellets in a dog treat ball and it has been funny to watch them work for his food - yesterday when I went to hutch in morning he rolled the ball over to me and nudged it into my hand as if to say 'come on put some food in their'
this morning I gave him a strip of toast and he grabbed it and ran away from Susie to hide and eat it! They then spent 5 minutes taking it in turns to pinch it off each other.
He is eating and otherwise happy but needs the op. Poor thing - he seems to hate going in the carrier in the car - he really trembles - I think he recognised the vet and when we got him out the carrier he jumped onto my shoulder and when she was trying to examine the swelling he tried in hide under my arm. Bles shim my poor Archie.
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