Hi, I posted a while ago about my bun Holly losing use of her legs and treating her for e.cuniculli, she recovered well but a couple of weeks ago her left leg went ‘floppy’ so I took her back to the vets and they thought she could have dislocated her knee joint.
She went in for her x rays yesterday and it’s her hip, the ball and socket joint have completely come away and the ball part looked to me like it was facing the wrong way.
I am waiting for the vet to speak with other vets and an orthopedic surgeon as to what can be done for Holly. My vet said he had never seen bones quite like it, and the other hip had grown in a strange way too.
We discussed popping it back in but he doesn’t know the extent of the damage to surrounding nerves/muscles etc so doesn’t think it’s an option.
Another option I suggested was amputation but he said as rabbits are quite back heavy she might not do so well with that, so I’m waiting to see what else he suggests at the moment.
She is home and on Metacam twice a day for the pain.
Does anyone else have any experience with this? Thanks
She went in for her x rays yesterday and it’s her hip, the ball and socket joint have completely come away and the ball part looked to me like it was facing the wrong way.
I am waiting for the vet to speak with other vets and an orthopedic surgeon as to what can be done for Holly. My vet said he had never seen bones quite like it, and the other hip had grown in a strange way too.
We discussed popping it back in but he doesn’t know the extent of the damage to surrounding nerves/muscles etc so doesn’t think it’s an option.
Another option I suggested was amputation but he said as rabbits are quite back heavy she might not do so well with that, so I’m waiting to see what else he suggests at the moment.
She is home and on Metacam twice a day for the pain.
Does anyone else have any experience with this? Thanks