I bought a baby dwarf rabbit (7 weeks) 4 days ago. For 3 days it was great, eating playing, happy. Yesterday morning it didnt move, just sat. 2oclock i come home. The same. I take it to vet. They dont know, but heart is fast and weak, bad circulation. referred to specialist. by now not repsponsive at all. It stayed in pet hospital on drips and survived the night, but hasnt improved. any body had this before with their bunny? Does it have a chance of recovery???
2006-11-15 21:12:23 · 5 answers · asked by sannyspain 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I seriously doubt that it has any heart problems. Baby rabbits are more prone to dying due to stress than adult rabbits are. Normally its one of only a few ailments:
1.) Diahrrea due to the stress of moving and new feed. Try to use the same feed that the person you bought it off uses at least at first. Buy some feed off the owner if it is not sold around your area. Take the rabbit off of it's food for 24 hours and give it plenty of water to keep it from getting dehydrated. Removing the food from the rabbits stomach removes the food that the bacteria feed on that cause the diahrrea. Can also be treated with neomycin placed in the water. (normally recoverable)
2.)Pnuemonia especially if you have your rabbit outside around this time of year and don't have your hutch properly enclosed on 3 out of 4 sides. Rabbits can take the cold but not a draft. This can normally be determined by the rabbit breathing harder than normal or taking deeper breaths. (rabbit normally dies in a day or two)
3.) A cold, can be cause by the new environment (allergies) or can be gotten from other rabbits. This can be determined by a runny nose, sneezing, or wet or matted looking fur inside the front paws from wiping its nose with its paws. If the rabbit doesn't get over the cold in a week take it to the vet to get treated with antibiotics. (recoverable)
4.) Goes off feed due to stress. Cut the feed back to half rations for a day or so and feed the feed the person used that you bought the rabbit from.
5.) Coccidiosis. This is more common in rabbits that are kept on solid floor cages and not wire floored cages. It particularly affects younger rabbits. Normally it's more prevalent in the summer but can also occur in the winter. Coccidiosis is also normally associated with diahrrea. It is normally treated with liquid amprolium or liquid sulfaquinoxiline added to the water. The powder form of amprolium added to the water won't work because the particulates are too big to be absorbed in a rabbit. Amprolium is normally preferred over sulfaquinoxiline because an excess or over exposure to sulfaquinoxiline can cause liver/kidney damage to your rabbit.
2006-11-15 22:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the rabbit has GI stasis it is unlikely that drips will help. Is your vet trained in exotic medicine? We lost a little dwarf last year. he couldn't pass waste. Having a pet in the hospital is very costly. If the bunny is suffering too much it would be merciful to put it to sleep. There are thousands of orphaned rabbits in shelters looking for a good home. Good luck with this little guy
2006-11-16 02:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters rabbit had that happen. It was a bad valve in the rabbits heart. It can be fixed by a good vet but very expensive. If your really attached to the rabbit then maybe it would be worth spending the money. But if you can't afford the bill then maybe you should opt to have the rabbit put to sleep and invest in a new one. We went back to the breeder and talked to his kids and they told us that there father use's an inbreeding process to keep from wearing out his rabbits hence the reason we got one with a deformed heart. The cost for our rabbit's heart repair set me back $1,200.00 but it was worth it to see my daughter happy even though I could have bought 80 rabbit's with that. But my daughters happiness is worth more to me. Good luck.
2006-11-15 22:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by xxmack675hpxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are these people even experienced with rabbits? It sounds like he might be in GI Stasis. To find a rabbit savvy vet go to http://www.rabbit.org
2006-11-16 00:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by sugarcarat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why can't youcontinual?? How previous are you?? the single gushing blood will probable die- blood gushing is often not a competent signal.... the different one you may sparkling its hernia with cleansing soap and water and attempt to push it back in- yet likely will come out back and could ultimately die.... they fairly want to bypass to the vet. If any do stay, you should offer them to someone extra to blame, like someone that couldn't have them laying round for a canine to go back and get.... Your canine isn't the stupid one!!!
2016-11-24 22:13:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋