Recent content by beanbun

Thanks all. Geekgirl, unfortunately the "daytime" vet we see is the only true rabbit-savvy vet in our city. There is no 24 hour/emergency rabbit-savvy option here for us. Believe me if there was, that's where she would have been. We did our best with the resources available to us. It is...

Hi everyone, After a long early morning conversation with our vet yesterday we decided it was time to say goodbye. The quality of life just was not there for her anymore. I'm heartbroken but she went peacefully and I'm glad she's no longer suffering. We did in-home euthanasia so her last...

Sweetie, I have not contacted him as Bean seems to be holding her own (she's stable, maybe somewhat improved from last night) and honestly I just needed to step away for a bit because I was too upset and being 36 weeks pregnant I need to keep my stress levels somewhat under control! :) Now that...

Thank you so very much JBun. She is indeed on Metacam and we are planning to try alfalfa if/when we get her a little more stablized. I tried calling other vets but as I suspected no one will advise over the phone and I just do not think she can handle another trip to a vet today. Everyone just...

Also, our vet is the first Tucson one listed on the rabbit savvy vet list. The second one on the list is the 24 hour place where she stayed the night and they are NOT truly rabbit savvy. All the others on the list are 2 hours away or more.

But we don't HAVE another vet here in Tucson -- that is the problem. She didn't lose all control of her hind legs, if you read my original post I stated that it seemed she's having progressive gradual weakness. Also as I said in my original post, we couldn't do any diagnostics when she was...

We are in Tucson, AZ and to my knowledge only have one rabbit-savvy vet practice in the city (our vet) and neither of them are in today. If someone knows of another that would be great. But I am very nervous to take her in somewhere today even if there is someone because of the stress of...

Hi Sweetie and thank you so much. I sent you a PM with my email address if that's helpful. I am really nervous that it is some kind of paralysis situation. Would be wonderful to get some feedback from your vet friend as we are in the dark and love her desperately.

Oh thank you!! Do you want me to send it to you in a private message or to a personal email address? I am new to this forum and don't really know my way around.

Hi everyone, A couple of months ago we nursed our rabbit Bean through a bad bout of stasis. We've only had her a few months -- she was a neglect/abuse case we found on the side of the road over the summer. We don't know her history but it's clear she's been through a lot. She is at least...

DogCatMom, I am no expert when it comes to rabbit breeds! She doesn't seem to be an angora/cross to me, but I could be wrong. Her coat has a speckled or sable look to it, is short but fairly silky. I thought "molting" refers to the regular cyclical shedding cycle in rabbits in general -- is it a...

Thanks so much to both of you! Yes, I will have to hunt around to find a decent rabbit vet here in Tucson. I will indeed continue to self-educate. Forums like this are so helpful in that regard. Since we took away her pellets she is continuing to eat her hay and greens. She actually does seem...

JBun, THANK YOU so much for your reply! Everything you said makes total sense and honestly backs up my own intuition about the situation. I am highly suspect of the pellets. She has seemed to develop more of a liking for the pellets over the past month... maybe it was that combined with the...

Hi everyone, First time posting here! We found our bunny Bean on the side of the road about two months ago. She has been through a lot -- her hind legs were broken and never reset/treated, her ears were chewed off, and she has what seems to be permanent bald spots around her ear "stumps" and...