esupi
Warren Veteran
Hi.
We have two Netherland Dwarf house rabbits. This morning, one of them started acting oddly flopping and rolling around - basically doing a 'bunny flop' over and over. She was then laying fully stretched out, which is abnormal behaviour for her (the other one does this, but this one usually sits in a ball). Moreover, she didn't even move when I approached her in this position and just let me stroke her (normally neither of them do this). Then, whilst laying stretched out, she started circling round with her back legs - it looked like she was trying to get up but her back legs wouldn't support her. However, all of this lasted maybe 10 minutes, then I let them out for a run around the lounge and she was running around just as normal. She did not eat any breakfast though.
Took her to the vet shortly after posting - better to be safe than sorry I thought. As predicted, she exhibited totally normal behaviour at the vets (struggling, trying to escape, generally misbehaving!).
She is 15 months old, and no tilted head.
We don't pay that much attention to the garden, so fertilisers/pesticides are not possible. In fact, we recently stripped out most of the plants so it was really easy to keep them away from the few remaining while they were out. All I can think is that there might have been something growing in the grass that she could have eaten.
Took her to the vets, and the vet couldn't pinpoint anything obvious. We've been given an antibiotic to give her for a week, and a wormer for both bunnies. Vet said to keep an eye on her, and if she's not eating by tomorrow to take her back in. She was drinking water though, which is good, I think. She seemed fine when I took her home after the vets, but I had to leave her to come to work. Since I got home she has been hunched up grinding her teeth under her tunnel (she never normally hides) and I've noticed orange stains (wee?) on her back feet so she's not grooming.
Should I just give her the antibiotics and take her back to the vet tomorrow, or does she need to go now? Never had a sick bunny before, so any advice would be very welcome.
Thanks.
esupi
We have two Netherland Dwarf house rabbits. This morning, one of them started acting oddly flopping and rolling around - basically doing a 'bunny flop' over and over. She was then laying fully stretched out, which is abnormal behaviour for her (the other one does this, but this one usually sits in a ball). Moreover, she didn't even move when I approached her in this position and just let me stroke her (normally neither of them do this). Then, whilst laying stretched out, she started circling round with her back legs - it looked like she was trying to get up but her back legs wouldn't support her. However, all of this lasted maybe 10 minutes, then I let them out for a run around the lounge and she was running around just as normal. She did not eat any breakfast though.
Took her to the vet shortly after posting - better to be safe than sorry I thought. As predicted, she exhibited totally normal behaviour at the vets (struggling, trying to escape, generally misbehaving!).
She is 15 months old, and no tilted head.
We don't pay that much attention to the garden, so fertilisers/pesticides are not possible. In fact, we recently stripped out most of the plants so it was really easy to keep them away from the few remaining while they were out. All I can think is that there might have been something growing in the grass that she could have eaten.
Took her to the vets, and the vet couldn't pinpoint anything obvious. We've been given an antibiotic to give her for a week, and a wormer for both bunnies. Vet said to keep an eye on her, and if she's not eating by tomorrow to take her back in. She was drinking water though, which is good, I think. She seemed fine when I took her home after the vets, but I had to leave her to come to work. Since I got home she has been hunched up grinding her teeth under her tunnel (she never normally hides) and I've noticed orange stains (wee?) on her back feet so she's not grooming.
Should I just give her the antibiotics and take her back to the vet tomorrow, or does she need to go now? Never had a sick bunny before, so any advice would be very welcome.
Thanks.
esupi
