DigbyRabbit
New Kit
Hi I am new to this forum and seeking some advice regarding my French Lop house bunny. He has just turned 4 years and for approx the past 4 months has progressively struggled with hopping on his back legs. Initially it wasn't too bad and I thought it was due to him being overweight so reduced his food a little but his right leg particularly continued getting worse and during this time he used his litter tray less and less and so had to be confined to a bedroom (with regular trips to the garden) due to the mess. Just over a month ago he started dragging one of his legs and I took him to the vets who told me he is underweight (despite eating 2 bowls of pellets and constantly eating hay or grass throughout the day) and felt nodules in his legs which she said was most likely arthritis. She gave him a dose of metacam and a weeks course of pancur to rule out worms saying he didn't seem to be in any discomfort. He has since got worse and having spoken to the vets on the phone last week I brought Digby in to see a vet who "is more rabbit savvy" who prescribed him 1ml of metacam (he weighs just over 5 kg) daily and said that he should be able to start using his legs again as it begins to work.
A week later he seems worse if not better and not sure whether I ought to trust the vet and give the metacam longer to work or whether he has a different problem which they haven't picked up on and need to find a more rabbit savvy vet??
If anyone has any advice I would be very grateful.
Many thanks.
A week later he seems worse if not better and not sure whether I ought to trust the vet and give the metacam longer to work or whether he has a different problem which they haven't picked up on and need to find a more rabbit savvy vet??
If anyone has any advice I would be very grateful.
Many thanks.