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rabbit health issue??

M

merlinthebunny

Young Bun
my rabbit merlin is very inactive. during the day he only is awake when hes getting fed, when hes eating hay and ill see him awake for only about an hour or less. for the rest of the time he just sleeps. is this bad? he eats and drinks and is pooping so I don't think its a health issue
 
They usually do sleep a lot during the day, but often interspersed with activity and munching.

My guys are most active around 5am til 10am, then usually up for some mischief and munching around 3pm.

Then running around like nutters from about 7pm.

Mine are 2 and 3 years old. Is yours an elderly boy?

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hes only a year old I thought maybe he was being less active because hes out of the baby stage but im not sure, hes sleeping a lot and he doesn't binky or zoomy hardly at all
 
What kind of set up does he have?

Does he have a bunny friend? When my buns have been single they have always slept a lot more or seemed to be as they get bored easily.

Mine were little daredevil nutters at that age even with some illnesses.

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he has a big set up and I let him out of his cage but he still sleeps he doesn't have a partner but im getting one soon. his stomach is very hard and when I touched it he started kicking away from me..
 
That does sound odd. Especially if theres been a change.

I would probably pop him to a rabbit savvy vet for a check up.

There are others with far more experience with I that I'm sure will reply too [emoji16]

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merlinthebunny said:
he has a big set up and I let him out of his cage but he still sleeps he doesn't have a partner but im getting one soon. his stomach is very hard and when I touched it he started kicking away from me..
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It sounds like you need to ask your vet for advice as a matter of urgency (ie TONIGHT). They will tell you if you need to take him in.

Is he still eating, weeing and pooing as normal?
 
Shimmer said:
It sounds like you need to ask your vet for advice as a matter of urgency (ie TONIGHT). They will tell you if you need to take him in.

Is he still eating, weeing and pooing as normal?
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Agree with this. Sending lots of vibes.
 
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