Lillian
Warren Veteran
I was just wondering has anyone had a problem with paralysis in young rabbits?
In 2002 i had a bunny called Harry, he was a very special little thing. He was the runt of the litter and seemed really healthy and as playful as the rest. But after he left his litter mates he started becoming ill, he didn't move around much, we took him to the vets and they said he had some muscle damage in his hind legs. He was given some stuff to try and build up the muscles and such and we had to do little excercises with his legs. He seemed to be making progress then one afternoon i came out of my room and saw my mum sitting on my brothers bedroom flooring hold Harry and crying it was the most heart breaking thing i've ever seen (i was only 12). I asked what was wrong and she said hes going to die isnt he? and i fell down and hugged her and started crying. Harry slowly lost the use of his back legs, and around 10/11 weeks the vets said nothing could be done, he was slowly losing muscle all over and he was pts
Then a few years later the same happened with my grandads baby bunny. And my baby bun Pipkin, who also had snuffles. The vets haven't been able to tell us what caused it or what could be done other than try some medicines but they always end up being pts at a young age.
Has this happened to any of your buns? Or does anyone know what caused it? Because other than my buns Harry, Pipkin and grandads bun i haven't heard of this happening
In 2002 i had a bunny called Harry, he was a very special little thing. He was the runt of the litter and seemed really healthy and as playful as the rest. But after he left his litter mates he started becoming ill, he didn't move around much, we took him to the vets and they said he had some muscle damage in his hind legs. He was given some stuff to try and build up the muscles and such and we had to do little excercises with his legs. He seemed to be making progress then one afternoon i came out of my room and saw my mum sitting on my brothers bedroom flooring hold Harry and crying it was the most heart breaking thing i've ever seen (i was only 12). I asked what was wrong and she said hes going to die isnt he? and i fell down and hugged her and started crying. Harry slowly lost the use of his back legs, and around 10/11 weeks the vets said nothing could be done, he was slowly losing muscle all over and he was pts
Then a few years later the same happened with my grandads baby bunny. And my baby bun Pipkin, who also had snuffles. The vets haven't been able to tell us what caused it or what could be done other than try some medicines but they always end up being pts at a young age.
Has this happened to any of your buns? Or does anyone know what caused it? Because other than my buns Harry, Pipkin and grandads bun i haven't heard of this happening