Thanks everyone.
I did hear from one of the vets on his case today. She said to keep him off antibiotics for awhile and let his gut rest. We will reevaluate his condition on Tuesday next week.
I will probably still call to speak with his main vet tomorrow. She will be interested in how he’s doing anyway.
No fear that I will let his quality of life diminish, Sarita. I am determined that he will have the best chance of a happy life or a considerate death. Today he positively attacked a flake of BB.com oat hay and ate with a gusto I haven’t seen in a few days. He then did his ‘new’ Binky…a mad set of spins to his left. Lolz….
He will not suffer. He will not even get close. I watch him very carefully and have been prepared for it from the day he got sick. I’ll give him every chance to be well and happy and so far he seems to be so…he just doesn’t look at the world the way he used to.
It’s his curiosity that amazes me. He is getting his own runtime each day to discover something new and he makes the most of it. He gets tired, sure, but he was always a snoozy bun. Now he really gets up and moves around more than he used to. Maybe it helps that Pip is not in there with him squishing the life out of him. :-/
Now I just need to rearrange things better for the other two…you can imagine that this whole thing has changed everybunny’s setups now. I have to make extra room that I already did not have.
To make matters worse, our stores no longer sell the x-pen panels I’ve always used and I need to make larger runs. *sigh*
But yeah…life is not without it’s challenges.
And….I’ve missed all the Olympics coverage because our t.v. signals went dead out here. I was looking forward to it…watch…it’ll all come back on in time for the stupid elections junk.

Sorry…just had to whine about something that had nothing to do with headtilt bunnies….lol. It makes things seem ‘normal’ for a moment.

Thanks so much everyone.
I realized this morning I should clarify a few things about his condition:
He is not rolling/unable to gain balance. That stopped after the second week he was ill. He wobbled from then on and eventually got to a point where he could hop a bit on his own with some physical therapy but now is able to take himself around his x-pen without being assisted in any way. Even last night as I was trying to catch him for bed (yes, we had a chase!) he was hopping around his x-pen as fast as he could go and managed to wriggle out of my grasp at one point, landed sideways, went up on two wheels, righted himself and then gave me a disapproving bark. Scared me at first thinking he’d hurt himself but I checked him over (after a few more circuits of the pen) and he was fine. If anything his head was straighter last night and this morning than I’ve seen it in about two weeks.

Head tilt is very much a one step forward two steps back illness and recovery takes a long time. Lots of folks see their bunny as being in pain or miserable and pts, not realizing that with a proper treatment regimen the bun can regain a normal life. Sometimes the tilt goes away and sometimes not, but it doesn’t mean bun can’t be healthy. It just takes effort on the part of the carer and LOTS of patience.
I remember having sudden onset vertigo over a year ago, there was no treatment other than symptomatic and it took three to six months for it to resolve itself. The whole time I had it I feared being mistaken for a drunk. Never mind the constant worry of falling and knocking myself out. I’ve wondered more than once if I went through that to better understand what was to come for Mimzy.

Mimzy’s tilt ranges from 45 to 90 degrees depending on how tired he is. It’s a constant reminder to me that somewhere I went wrong … I feel I should’ve gotten him medication years ago for his pasturella that may have prevented this. It’s probably just stupid on my part but I can’t help but feel that way. This should not have happened to my little boy.
But I’ve also seen him flop for the first time in years in the last few days since having his back and hips go bad. That’s not something he does unless he’s supremely comfy. So although his appearance has changed he is still my Mimzy. If you read my older posts on this I was uncertain about this a month and a half ago.
He lives with his disability better than any human being I’ve ever seen…bunnies have no inhibitions when it comes to handicaps. It is me who lies awake fretting. I wish he could look and move and live the way he used to. But he may never do and so the best I can hope to achieve is to learn to accept him as he is now for however long he has left with me.

I’ve read the short story about the ‘butterfly bunny’ (don’t remember the name of the book…Valiant Hearts or something like that) and cried over it each time. I never thought the person who’d be caring for such a seriously debilitated bun would be me. ‘Special needs’ can actually bring you even closer to your bun than you thought you were before …and Mimzy has always been my heart bun.

So yeah…please don’t think he’s languishing, unable to stand, feed himself or enjoy life. Far from it.
I’ll try to get some pix or maybe even a short video loaded but my connection and my phone are very persnickety…so nobody hold their breath or anything…lol.
Hugs to all. <3