Should I be really worried?

[MrBilboBagginsMammy]

In the last few days I have noticed that when my bunny goes to jump up on her shelf (about 6/7″ tall) she loses her balance and struggles to get onto it.. My partner has noticed that he thinks she’s hurt her left front foot/leg. She only seems to struggle when going to jump on the shelf. She hops around normally, she cleans herself normally, she stretches normally and is a completely normal bunny apart from the odd second when like I say she is trying to get up on her shelf. 

She does this when it’s breakfast time as I place her nuggets on it which she is super hyper and excited for, and again at supper time for her veg. She is generally a very skitty (easily startled) yet excitable bunny and will go mad when treats are on the scene. I am just hoping that she has perhaps just applied a little too much pressure herself to it in a mad dash across the room or something (a bit like humans would have a shin splint) and that I don’t have to worry too much and it’ll heal up itself. I doubt it’s broken. She’s not sitting with it raised in the air or anything like that, she still uses it normally. 

Any advice would be warmly welcome. I haven’t taken her to the vets as I don’t fancy paying the £140 out of hours fee.

[Bam]

It doesn’t really sound like an emergency so I personally would think if you need a vet it could wait til after the holiday. She may have sprained it. In that case you don’t do much except monitor for signs of pain+ check so she eats and poops like she should.

[HereComesTheBun]

I agree. While you may need to take her to the vet eventually, since her behavior otherwise seems normal and she’s been eating normally, I don’t think it’s an emergency. Maybe just monitor her and see how it goes. Hope she gets better soon!

[Bam]

Forgot to say, have you felt her feet and checked for possible broken nails? Sometimes they break a nail when they jump and play. If it’s a close break it may hurt and in some cases vet care is needed to extract the nail. My bunnies have broken numerous nails but never required vet care.

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