karimacat
Young Bun
Hi not an urgent question but wondered if anyone has any similar experience and could possibly shed any light.... My dutch rabbit Jessie is 2yrs old now. I got her when she was 6months old - a rescue bunny with no previous medical history. She was very shy when I got her and not very agile at all. Even though she has improved a lot and it is a real joy to see her jumping in/out of things and up/ down on the furniture I am concerned that she doesn't hop very well. She does hop but it seems laboured. It doesn't flow naturally and looks like hard work. She also tends to walk rather than hop. She also doesn't sit up on her back legs and look around like most rabbits do, in fact I have never seen her do this. While she can jump up and down on the furniture she can't jump as high as George and you can tell she isn't very confident. I have spoken to the vet about her and she didn't think that she was in any pain. She said the only way to check everything is ok would be to put her under anaesthetic and check the leg movements. She didn't really think this was necessary though. I guess my biggest concern is that Jessie is in fact in pain/ discomfort but is hiding it. I have often heard that animals will hide any injury so as not to show weakness. I often wonder if maybe she didn't have a lot of space to run around when she was little so maybe didn't develop properly and that makes me feel sad! Has anyone got any similar experience or advice? Thank you.