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To your original question and spondylosis, some additional therapies that might help are cold laser therapy or even acupunture.  It would be ideal if a  practitioner could give the therapy in the home, so you can avoid stressing an animal taking them to a clinic. During a pandemic, home visit are obviously not an option!  Or with cold laser, it wo…[Read more]

Yay Teddy!  I hope this was just a short episode and he continues to improve. I was happy you reported some positives you were seeing with the CBD oil. As I was reading, I had wondered if it was something you could increase dose of after vet visits since they seem to stress him and prolong gi stasis. Then by the end of the thread I see you had to…[Read more]

I’ve been trying to find the courage to write here and to think about my bun. It really just is so sad, she had been with me for 8 years and to die of cancer, she went into progressive paralysis which was so fast, one day her legs started flaying, and next she couldn’t hold her head up, third day she was gone.

She was the sweetest bun, would run…[Read more]

It is quite possible… usually something like Zantac (ranitidine) is prescribed for long-term metacam use, to help prevent ulcers. This is currently of market but there are alternatives like famotidine and omperazole. If ulcers are present, another medication rather then a preventative may be needed.

The poops do look like they’re is a gut i…[Read more]

That does not sound like a nice experience, to say the least. ☹ I hope you can call them and get a prescription for more meloxicam. They mustve made a mistake when they prescribed only 5 days worth.

I dont know if any vet would treat a true rabbit stroke with anything but simple blood thinning meds. Gina.Jenny, who I mentioned in my first post,…[Read more]

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Her eye looks the same. I asked the vet to look at it the day she was spayed but I guess they forgot. I’ve tried to make another appointment but the rabbit vets are only there a few days a week and they’ve been booked up. But the vet didn’t seem too concerned so I’m ok waiting another month as long as she doesn’t have any other symptoms.

Thank you so much, Hazel!!  🙂

I’ll be sure to share what the vet says once I hear from her.  Because we’re in the US, they can’t officially give any advice on CBD (apparently it’d have to be legalized at a federal level before the veterinary board would be able to incorporate it into standards of care) but I’m hoping to get at least some sort o…[Read more]

So cute! I love the pictures of her beds.

How’s her eye doing? I know there were some concerns with the uveitis and possibly EC.

Another heads up just in case, sometimes rabbits from mill breeders, (if that’s where you plan on getting one from, I’m not sure) have underlying genetic issues that can cause different health conditions.

I do not know a lot of rabbit breeds, but am a huge fan of the Rhinelander and the Netherland dwarfs. 😉 She definitely looks like a mix of those two, a very pretty rabbit! 🙂 I hear you, they are just begging us to pet them with those fluffy little cheeks, and that adorable twitching nose – they were asking for it! 😆 Give her a pet for me!

Vet basically said everything that was said here, sounds like a stroke, she thinks meloxicam sounds fine. Nothing else will help.

she said that dose “seems fine” agreed he can be on it for the rest of his life and sent me home with 5 days worth.

she didn’t want to treat for EC without doing the test.
they then made me wait and hour to get him ba…[Read more]

Ooh, maybe she has a Rhinelander or part-Rhinelander relative! I’m thinking her parents might have been mixes as well so I don’t think she’s half of one breed and half another. Thank you for your input and for the compliment! She is very cute. I just wanna hold her all day (but she hates being held lol). Your buns are adorable too!

Broken pattern has been introduced into a lot of breeds, so I wouldn’t go off of pattern. I’d say she’s likely a Nethie mix. Perhaps she’s mixed with a smaller fur breed like Havana?

It is very puzzling. From what I can gather I am doing all that I can at the moment but the only thing left is a strict no veggies for a while just to rule that out as a definite…if it happens again and she hasn’t had veggies at least then I will know..

I have been meaning to get a UTI check on her but struggle for the pee sample for it, is it…[Read more]

It depends on the rabbit, unfortunately. Some rabbits go through life with very few problems, while other rabbits suffer from chronic health issues. These issues can be anything from dental issues to EC episodes, digestive issues (GI stasis episodes) to sore hocks, and more. Bunnies can also become sick with URIs, UTIs, syphilis, ringworm, etc.…[Read more]