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Shaking rabbit super stressed
- Thread starter Graciee
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Harlequin was super stressed going into the bathroom for bonding and kept throwing her self at me and the walls. In the end I caught her as she launched her self at me and just held her firmly stroking and talking to her which helped quiet a bit or some where dark and quiet might help.
Do you have any clue what possibly spooked her?
Yea she does I held her for 10 mins and her breathing did seem to slow more but I've put her down and she's back to being super hard heavy breathing :'( she's all floppy too..
They both got spooked by people coming into the house for no reason and I wasn't there quickly enough like normal
Apricot isn't normally phased by this kinda thing though and Penelope is back to normal Sent from my LYA-L09 using Tapatalk
Yea that's exactly what we've done, but Idk how long this should go on for..? Its been nearly 45 minutes.. I feel like I should take her to a vet but that might make things worse.. Idk if they'll be able to do anything either :'(I'm sorry to read this
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Personally, if you're absolutely sure that it has been caused by being spooked by visitors, then I would not take her out of her normal environment. However, I don't know if a vet could do anything and so this might not be right. Perhaps ring the OOH vets and ask for advice.
Maybe call the vet for advice,hope she calms down soon.
Thanks both, yes definitely caused by that
may do that, Idk how good the advice would be though tbh, so worried about her :'(Sent from my LYA-L09 using Tapatalk
Thanks both, yes definitely caused by that
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I can understand this. They should be able to confirm whether or not they could treat her in any way though. If their usual procedure would be to keep quiet and monitor, then you could make a judgement based on that information.
She won't eat anything :'(
I was worried about that I'm staying calm, we're in their room, it's dark, I put a towel over the cage she's laying in, and I'm laying down next to her, Penelope is more than okay she keeps jumping on me, she has groomed Apricot a bit too
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Yea will do, that's what's worrying me the time, well over an hour now, Idk I hoped she'd snap out of it you know?
No not at all, Penelope can be shy and spooked sometimes (not like this though) but Apricot is very confident normally, she's the one who would run up and greet people and jump all over them.. She's the most chilled one.. When I came in they were kinda running around in circles obviously spooked, then I realised and went to do the distraction thing with treats which normally ends it (it can happen every so often) Penelope saw the treats and raced over but Apricot slumped down in the litter tray and just looked really odd, breathing very heavy, eyes closed, then she stretched out, but still didn't look relaxed
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Idk exactly but her ears are really warm, Idk if that's good or bad tbh
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Her breathing has improved
I put her back on my lap and she's eaten one treat, and has groomed a little, Penelope has kept coming over and grooming her face more too, so I'm hoping this is good news, thanks for asking xx Sent from my LYA-L09 using Tapatalk
