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The risk does seem to be a bit higher for rabbits than for dogs and cats.  There is a famous study (Brodbelt et al 2008)based on reports from 117 vet clinics during 2 years that concluded that risk of narcosis-related death in healthy animals (which more or less means castrations, since healthy animals as a rule don’t have any other types of…[Read more]

The easiest food to syringe feed is Oxbow Critical Care or other recovery food. It has both fiber and all the nutrients a rabbit needs. You can soak pellets in water and feed the resulting mush, but it is trickier to make it smooth enough to easily feed with a syringe. I had to do this when Critical Care was out of stock at the onset of the…[Read more]

Hi midori-chan!

If the wound looks clean and there are no signs of infection (some signs of infection are seepage, fould smell, marked swollenness around the edges, a lump forming underneath), I don’t think you have to do much. You can cut the hair next to it with a pair of small scissors, but if your bun is very squirmy, don’t do it unless there…[Read more]

OMG – your bun is absolutely adorable! Is that her in your profile pic? ♡

I would definitely check out another vet if that’s possible – you know, just to be on the safe side. It sounds as if maybe the vet isn’t confident enough or something. Do you have any other rabbit-savvy vets in your area?

Yes I agree, that would be a big red flag for me. If it were me I would probably cancel the appointment and ring aroud for recommendations of an exotics vet. Some vets are good with rabbits but that does not mean they are good at surgery, female spays in particular require a properly trained and experienced hand.

It is true that rabbits don’t do…[Read more]

Thank you, that is what my family thinks too. The vets said if we did bring him home, they’d give us oral medication to give him.

Do you happen to have any ideas on what types of mash a bunny might like?

Oh dear, I’m sorry this happened. I think it would probably be best to try to syringe feed him yourself, as long as his pain is being sufficiently managed.

We took him to the emergency vet and he was scheduled for a CT scan in the morning. Unfortunately everything went sideways and now he can only get the scan Monday.

He has been put on pain medication but won’t be syringe fed by the vets. We plan to try to take him home for the weekend ourselves to see if the home environment will make him more w…[Read more]

The doctor called because he found out they are too short staffed and cannot due the CT scan tomorrow. Apparently the doctor who was going to check him was exposed to covid. The hospital called a bunch of other hospitals around the area and none can do the scan either since they’re all booked and short staffed.

Min-Min apparently hasn’t been eat…[Read more]

Hi everyone, my rabbit is having similar wound on his back and I just injected him last month because he was having mange on his feet and it was severe. I didn’t know what causes it at first but after reading your comments I’m having the conclusion that it might be because of the injection. I don’t really know what to do since I’m still a beginner…[Read more]

What about low calcium? And gi sensitive.

Um… I would say that is a red flag.

Thanks for the advice. We ended up taking him to an emergency vet in Massachusetts since every emergency vet in NH we called “wasn’t equipped to deal with rabbits.”

It was a good thing we took him in because he apparently has a broken jaw. He is being held overnight and will have a CT scan in the morning. From there the doctors said they’…[Read more]

I’m sure he’s fine. No need to stress over it. He’s eating and he’s pooping. As your vet said, poop varies and sometimes seemingly for no reason.

He is eating hay and just ate a handful of basil that I soaked in cold water. The nearest 24/7 emergency vet that will see rabbits is 3 hours away, and I really don’t want to subject him to the stress of that drive and being at the ER unless it’s necessary, but I certainly am worried as I feel like they should have gone back to normal by now.