jewelwillow
Well-Known Member
My girl bunny Violet has suddenly started making excessive sounds over the past 2 days. I'm worried something is wrong with her.
Usually she just makes a few clucking noises when she's happy with her food, or the occasional purr, and last night, she was clucking over her food and then kept going with the occasional honking noise in between. She was still making the honking noises an hour or so later, and was still going this morning.
I've been at work all day and this evening, and have just come home, and my husband said, you should go and listen to your rabbit- she's gone nuts.
She's still making noise, almost constantly, but it's a hard noise to describe, kind of like a honking, droning noise.
The only other time she's made a lot of noise is when she had babies (a week after I got her from a highly respected breeder, who didn't know she was pregnant!)
The litter all died, (not sure if she killed them or stillbirth). She is a dwarf lop, approx 2 years old, and was a breeding rabbit prior to being ours, so was quite experienced with birthing. I don't remember exactly the type of noise she made then, but I don't recall it being this constant.
There's no way she can be pregnant now. Topaz (the male) who we got at the same time, was desexed the day after she had the babies, and they were kept separated from when we got them both until 2.5 weeks after his neutering. We got them in April, so its been 4 months since.
Is there a chance there could be something wrong after her pregnancy- this far down the track, or is there anything else that could be an issue?
It doesn't seem to be a phantom pregnancy- no nesting, excessive eating. She's peeing and pooing normally, and eating and drinking similar amounts to normal.
I don't have a vet I really trust with my rabbits, so I don't see any benefit in taking her in for a checkup unless someone more knowlegable than me highly recommends it.
I'd love to hear anyone's input, opinions or experiences with this kind of behaviour, at first it was cute, but now I'm getting worried.
Usually she just makes a few clucking noises when she's happy with her food, or the occasional purr, and last night, she was clucking over her food and then kept going with the occasional honking noise in between. She was still making the honking noises an hour or so later, and was still going this morning.
I've been at work all day and this evening, and have just come home, and my husband said, you should go and listen to your rabbit- she's gone nuts.
She's still making noise, almost constantly, but it's a hard noise to describe, kind of like a honking, droning noise.
The only other time she's made a lot of noise is when she had babies (a week after I got her from a highly respected breeder, who didn't know she was pregnant!)
The litter all died, (not sure if she killed them or stillbirth). She is a dwarf lop, approx 2 years old, and was a breeding rabbit prior to being ours, so was quite experienced with birthing. I don't remember exactly the type of noise she made then, but I don't recall it being this constant.
There's no way she can be pregnant now. Topaz (the male) who we got at the same time, was desexed the day after she had the babies, and they were kept separated from when we got them both until 2.5 weeks after his neutering. We got them in April, so its been 4 months since.
Is there a chance there could be something wrong after her pregnancy- this far down the track, or is there anything else that could be an issue?
It doesn't seem to be a phantom pregnancy- no nesting, excessive eating. She's peeing and pooing normally, and eating and drinking similar amounts to normal.
I don't have a vet I really trust with my rabbits, so I don't see any benefit in taking her in for a checkup unless someone more knowlegable than me highly recommends it.
I'd love to hear anyone's input, opinions or experiences with this kind of behaviour, at first it was cute, but now I'm getting worried.