Maybellana
Member
Hello, so i am new to this forum but i really need some advice or thoughts on my situation.
a week ago i found my bunny Xayah limping, he is a year and 4 months old netherland dwarf bunny. he hadn;t done anything that i was aware off so i thought maybe it would be a sprain like his brother had in december (and unlike his brother he was still eating) so i left it for 2 days. by the third day my motherly insticts for my bunny kicked in and i just phoned the vet to make sure it wasn;t more serious, and she said she was pretty sure it was soft tissue issue HOWEVER she was concerned it could be a minor fracture based on how he was holding it and range of motion he could manage. you could touch it without him reacting.
its been 5 days of him on pain meds and he just returned to the vets today, and the news was worse then ever expect. he had been getting worse over those 5 days, not drasticly, just less weight on it, less bouncy and happy but still eating, drinking, and pooping and happy to see treats. However the vet now thinks its unlikely to be a minor fracture because it got worse instead of better, she now believes a possible nerve issue near the spine or neurological issues could be the cause...
diagnostics would be £400 for X-ray to rule out fracture possible spine/hip issue and/or £1,500 for Ct scan referal. i thankfully have the money to spend on both of these, the issue is, it seems like there isnt a solution to either of the problems she believes he has. she says doing nothing will potentially leave him paralysed and needing to be put down, but the two other options did seem much better. when i asked about what solutions to either spine or neurological issues would be, she didnt say just said they would have to see the results to see what future steps would be and apologizes multiple times and nothing online gives me hope.
has anyone had a bunny with these issues? or similar situation? i just wanna know that im not paying to stress my bunny out, make him refuse to be near me more then he already is cuz of pain meds, just to find out theres nothing i can do to improve his quality of life.
a week ago i found my bunny Xayah limping, he is a year and 4 months old netherland dwarf bunny. he hadn;t done anything that i was aware off so i thought maybe it would be a sprain like his brother had in december (and unlike his brother he was still eating) so i left it for 2 days. by the third day my motherly insticts for my bunny kicked in and i just phoned the vet to make sure it wasn;t more serious, and she said she was pretty sure it was soft tissue issue HOWEVER she was concerned it could be a minor fracture based on how he was holding it and range of motion he could manage. you could touch it without him reacting.
its been 5 days of him on pain meds and he just returned to the vets today, and the news was worse then ever expect. he had been getting worse over those 5 days, not drasticly, just less weight on it, less bouncy and happy but still eating, drinking, and pooping and happy to see treats. However the vet now thinks its unlikely to be a minor fracture because it got worse instead of better, she now believes a possible nerve issue near the spine or neurological issues could be the cause...
diagnostics would be £400 for X-ray to rule out fracture possible spine/hip issue and/or £1,500 for Ct scan referal. i thankfully have the money to spend on both of these, the issue is, it seems like there isnt a solution to either of the problems she believes he has. she says doing nothing will potentially leave him paralysed and needing to be put down, but the two other options did seem much better. when i asked about what solutions to either spine or neurological issues would be, she didnt say just said they would have to see the results to see what future steps would be and apologizes multiple times and nothing online gives me hope.
has anyone had a bunny with these issues? or similar situation? i just wanna know that im not paying to stress my bunny out, make him refuse to be near me more then he already is cuz of pain meds, just to find out theres nothing i can do to improve his quality of life.