I had a litter of dwarf lop bunnies that were 8 weeks today, gone to new homes today. Except 1.
I noticed a couple of days ago that she was not hopping properly and looked like she was holding her left back leg up. Took her into work with me on Thursday and the vet said she had probably damaged her metatarsal - tarsal joint and being a young rabbit it would probably settle down in a few days, but to keep her restricted and give pain killers.
I decided yesterday to get one of the other vets to look at her as she was not using her leg at all. He thought it would be best to x-ray her as he couldn't move her leg. Turns out she has a broken hip!!! Poor little girl must have been in agony. She is now on high dose of pain killers and the vet is going to do surgery on her leg on Monday or Tuesday. She is having an excision arthroplasty which is going to be major surgery for her , but I think I have to give it a go as she is still eating and looks remarkably bright considering. He said he has never done surgery like this on a rabbit before and doesn't know how she will cope, but he thinks she should be able to manage.
Has anybody had anything like this done on a rabbit?
This is her last week.
I noticed a couple of days ago that she was not hopping properly and looked like she was holding her left back leg up. Took her into work with me on Thursday and the vet said she had probably damaged her metatarsal - tarsal joint and being a young rabbit it would probably settle down in a few days, but to keep her restricted and give pain killers.
I decided yesterday to get one of the other vets to look at her as she was not using her leg at all. He thought it would be best to x-ray her as he couldn't move her leg. Turns out she has a broken hip!!! Poor little girl must have been in agony. She is now on high dose of pain killers and the vet is going to do surgery on her leg on Monday or Tuesday. She is having an excision arthroplasty which is going to be major surgery for her , but I think I have to give it a go as she is still eating and looks remarkably bright considering. He said he has never done surgery like this on a rabbit before and doesn't know how she will cope, but he thinks she should be able to manage.
Has anybody had anything like this done on a rabbit?
This is her last week.