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Pain posture and signs

KCG

KCG

Warren Veteran
How do we know if the rabbit has pain? Also, what does hunched posture and painful posture look like? Also what are pain signals?

I'm asking this because I'm curious. I'm asking this to find out if there is something I don't know.
 
Possible pain postures

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Grimace Scale

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Jane, I'm always wondering if there's something about Cookie that I've overlooked. I say Cookie sleeps standing all the time, here it happens in the same writhing position. Cookie is not comfortable but no one can find the reason, nothing on examination or x-ray, looks healthy. He eats well and poops, examination is normal. But I suspect Cookie has pain, but I can't do anything, no one knows why.

I'll mark what's in the pictures in Cookie, can you take a look?
https://imguh.com/image/CNho1
https://imguh.com/image/CN5KB

PS. Cookie is currently using Melox (painkillers), but this continues though


For example, now he sleeps standing up again. But his ears and eyes are fine, generally fine. Even when he sleeps standing up, when I pet his head, he immediately lies down. But sometimes his ears and eyes fit as I marked in the picture.
https://imguh.com/image/CN4q2
https://imguh.com/image/CNQks
 
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I would need to see him irl to get full context . From the photos he does not look hunched, his ears are in a normal position and he isn’t squinting.
 
InspectorMorse said:
I would need to see him irl to get full context . From the photos he does not look hunched, his ears are in a normal position and he isn’t squinting.
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Now if I have the chance, I'll send Cookie to his auntie Jane on vacation. :lol: It would be nice if he could spend some time with you and observe, I am very curious about his observations. :D
 
KCG said:
Now if I have the chance, I'll send Cookie to his auntie Jane on vacation. :lol: It would be nice if he could spend some time with you and observe, I am very curious about his observations. :D
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No room in the Warren I am afraid :lol:
 
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