Blackyrabbit
New Kit
Hi there,
I am hopeing that somebody can help me. My house rabbit Blacky will be 5 this yr. I have had him since 2006 and he was netured in the same year. He was always happy to run around the house and would always eat his food.
A few months ago I posted about him having sore hocks, and as suggested purchased him a soft bed to lie on. His feet have really improved and he loves his bed.......so much that he never leaves it....this is now the problem!!!
He has gone off his food slightly and a family member has mentioned to me that he has lost weight. This really concerns me as he very rarely leaves his matt under the kitchen table so I would have thought he would be putting on weight??? He is drinking and going to toilet ok but he is so protective over his matt. He grunts when I clean around it and will only leave it to eat, go to toilet or for the occasional treat. Yesterday he went for me when I went to pick up one of his toys off of the matt.
My worry is that he could have cancer and was wondering if anybody else had seen this behaviour in their house rabbits??
Many thanks
I am hopeing that somebody can help me. My house rabbit Blacky will be 5 this yr. I have had him since 2006 and he was netured in the same year. He was always happy to run around the house and would always eat his food.
A few months ago I posted about him having sore hocks, and as suggested purchased him a soft bed to lie on. His feet have really improved and he loves his bed.......so much that he never leaves it....this is now the problem!!!
He has gone off his food slightly and a family member has mentioned to me that he has lost weight. This really concerns me as he very rarely leaves his matt under the kitchen table so I would have thought he would be putting on weight??? He is drinking and going to toilet ok but he is so protective over his matt. He grunts when I clean around it and will only leave it to eat, go to toilet or for the occasional treat. Yesterday he went for me when I went to pick up one of his toys off of the matt.
My worry is that he could have cancer and was wondering if anybody else had seen this behaviour in their house rabbits??
Many thanks