bellaterra214
Bellaterra214
My experience that I wanted to share with my fellow bunny lovers. So this past Saturday started off with....sheer chaos. sigh~~
Saturday:
7:25am - Getting out of bed in the morning, I was unawares of the loose bunny and without any warning felt the squish of fur and bones beneath my feet. Bino automatically splayed out his back legs straight out and started with the awful crying. I never knew rabbits could make those kinds of sounds, but I was terrified I had broken his back or crushed him some how. There was blood literally dripping from his mouth. Huge stain in the carpet and all over my sweater. I was hysterical.
7:40am - Luckily there was an emergency vet around the corner who saw rabbits. Boyfriend driving like a madman, we got there in under 10 minutes. Hand off my baby to the waiting vet and starting pacing. Within 20 mins we learned that he had no fractures, pulmonary contusions/edema in the perihilar areas and decreased serosal detail. So the gist, bruised lung and decreased lung function. He got a shot of pain killers and some oxygen. The emergency vet recommended he be transferred to another hospital for oxygen support for the next 24 hours.
8:40am - The emergency vet provided us information to a local vet office that could see him for care. I made the decision to bring him home and if I noticed any negative changes to take him either to that vet or to bring him back to the emer. vet. On the way home, he was still making slight wheezing noises when he breathed, but as soon as he settled into his home he stopped wheezing. He wasn't moving around very much, so starting to worry how bad he is going to feel as soon as the pain med shot wore off.
10:30am - Went to the vet office to get some pain meds and to get a second opinion on the x-rays the emer. vet provided. Vet said he was surprised he was doing as well considering. At this point, I'm feeling SO GUILTY! gah! Praying he was going to be ok. Prescribed Torbugesic .05ml (pain meds), Orbax 0.1 ml.(antibiotic) for the fluid in his lungs, lots of quiet time and limited movement. Vet said it was 50/50 survival rate and it all depends on the rabbit.
First couple of days were stressful. 24 hour watch, made fresh apple sauce and steamed some sweet potatoes, got some fresh dandelions leaves..all his favorites. Surrounded him so the food was just a neck reach away. I even soaked some pellets in warm water and gave him some mush to try to put down. Was worried now about gi stasis, knowing how important it is for them to eat.
Now its Wednesday and Bino is back to his mischevious ways. Today's his back to binkying, but tires easily. Back to eating everything and anything. Planning on taking him off pain meds today, but the Orbax for another week or so. Grateful for the vets and their awesome staff for their great work they did with Bino. Looks like he's out of the woods, but keeping a very close eye on him and learning how to shuffle walk.
Saturday:
7:25am - Getting out of bed in the morning, I was unawares of the loose bunny and without any warning felt the squish of fur and bones beneath my feet. Bino automatically splayed out his back legs straight out and started with the awful crying. I never knew rabbits could make those kinds of sounds, but I was terrified I had broken his back or crushed him some how. There was blood literally dripping from his mouth. Huge stain in the carpet and all over my sweater. I was hysterical.
7:40am - Luckily there was an emergency vet around the corner who saw rabbits. Boyfriend driving like a madman, we got there in under 10 minutes. Hand off my baby to the waiting vet and starting pacing. Within 20 mins we learned that he had no fractures, pulmonary contusions/edema in the perihilar areas and decreased serosal detail. So the gist, bruised lung and decreased lung function. He got a shot of pain killers and some oxygen. The emergency vet recommended he be transferred to another hospital for oxygen support for the next 24 hours.
8:40am - The emergency vet provided us information to a local vet office that could see him for care. I made the decision to bring him home and if I noticed any negative changes to take him either to that vet or to bring him back to the emer. vet. On the way home, he was still making slight wheezing noises when he breathed, but as soon as he settled into his home he stopped wheezing. He wasn't moving around very much, so starting to worry how bad he is going to feel as soon as the pain med shot wore off.
10:30am - Went to the vet office to get some pain meds and to get a second opinion on the x-rays the emer. vet provided. Vet said he was surprised he was doing as well considering. At this point, I'm feeling SO GUILTY! gah! Praying he was going to be ok. Prescribed Torbugesic .05ml (pain meds), Orbax 0.1 ml.(antibiotic) for the fluid in his lungs, lots of quiet time and limited movement. Vet said it was 50/50 survival rate and it all depends on the rabbit.
First couple of days were stressful. 24 hour watch, made fresh apple sauce and steamed some sweet potatoes, got some fresh dandelions leaves..all his favorites. Surrounded him so the food was just a neck reach away. I even soaked some pellets in warm water and gave him some mush to try to put down. Was worried now about gi stasis, knowing how important it is for them to eat.
Now its Wednesday and Bino is back to his mischevious ways. Today's his back to binkying, but tires easily. Back to eating everything and anything. Planning on taking him off pain meds today, but the Orbax for another week or so. Grateful for the vets and their awesome staff for their great work they did with Bino. Looks like he's out of the woods, but keeping a very close eye on him and learning how to shuffle walk.
It was just an accident and it sounds like he's recovering. I'm so glad he's going to be okay.
