Hello everyone. Ok firstly We took Four of our rabbits in April for thier myxo injections but the new vet there (we couldn't get anyone else and the rabbits were due the jab) gave the new Myxo-VHD (or RHD) instead. Well they have been fine. We took the other three for thier injection on wednesday just gone and i was wondering how long would the injection take to start working? I've heard it can take a while before it even protects against the virus.
Secondly Harmony fell out of the hutch on friday night when i went to give the rabbits thier hay. I say fell because we have the hutches stacked. We have three in a row and one big one (used to be two but we combined it) on top. I thought i had closed the door and put the lock across but i hadn't and i heard the door fling back and when i looked down i saw her just landing on the floor. It happened really fast but i saw her land on her feet. She even jumped off the vets table once before which is the same height as the floor of the hutch she fell from and she was fine after that. I think she may have given herself a fright because she has been a bit off since the fall. We checked her feet and they are not broken and she ran around fine when in the run on saturday. She hasn't stopped eating completely but she has preffered to just eat hay and some veg with a tiny bit of pellets. I have seen her drink too. I am just wondering if this is "normal" behaviour if she scared herself or should i be worried? Can rabbits get bruises? I just want to explore every possible reason before making any hasty (and possibly unneeded) vet trip.
Secondly Harmony fell out of the hutch on friday night when i went to give the rabbits thier hay. I say fell because we have the hutches stacked. We have three in a row and one big one (used to be two but we combined it) on top. I thought i had closed the door and put the lock across but i hadn't and i heard the door fling back and when i looked down i saw her just landing on the floor. It happened really fast but i saw her land on her feet. She even jumped off the vets table once before which is the same height as the floor of the hutch she fell from and she was fine after that. I think she may have given herself a fright because she has been a bit off since the fall. We checked her feet and they are not broken and she ran around fine when in the run on saturday. She hasn't stopped eating completely but she has preffered to just eat hay and some veg with a tiny bit of pellets. I have seen her drink too. I am just wondering if this is "normal" behaviour if she scared herself or should i be worried? Can rabbits get bruises? I just want to explore every possible reason before making any hasty (and possibly unneeded) vet trip.