Hello.
I ve had my pet bunny for 5,5 years now. During this time he's had GI stasis several times (before we concluded that he has some form of recurring gastritis, so now whenever I see the first signs of it I treat him with Epadoren and he's fine). Due to this, we have taken several x-rays of him, with one doctor telling us that his teeth had started to develop some small problems, and another that there was no real problem.
Moreover, in the past few months he started doing something like sneezing or chocking, shaking his head violently for a few seconds, and then calming down and having no problem at all. I took him to the vet, who gave him antibiotics. They didn't really help him, and since several days had passed and he did not show any other problem or do this very often, he told us not to worry and said that it might be due to some allergy.
Some time ago I noticed that he had created a wound on his (quite large) dewlap. Furthermore, he had started to become very aggressive towards all the members of my family.
I took him to the vet again, who could not explain the cause of this. However, we started giving him antibiotics (baytril) and pain relievers (metacam). He showed some signs of improvement, mainly in regard to his aggressiveness.
In the following days, though, (after we had stopped giving him any medication) he started acting strange again, somewhat like fighting with himself. He rolls sideways or to the front, and makes strange sounds. I also saw that he created a new wound, right below his old one.
I have visited the vet several times, with no solution being offered. Unfortunately, I live in a city in Greece where there are only two vets who have experience with bunnies, I ve visited them both, and have nowhere else to turn to.
From what I ve read on my own, however, the most probable explanation seems to point to either boredom or dental issues, although to be honest, he does not seem either bored or drooling at all.
Could you please offer any explanation or course of action? Thank you very much in advance!
P.S: I will try to post videos of both behaviors, as well as a picture of the wound.
I ve had my pet bunny for 5,5 years now. During this time he's had GI stasis several times (before we concluded that he has some form of recurring gastritis, so now whenever I see the first signs of it I treat him with Epadoren and he's fine). Due to this, we have taken several x-rays of him, with one doctor telling us that his teeth had started to develop some small problems, and another that there was no real problem.
Moreover, in the past few months he started doing something like sneezing or chocking, shaking his head violently for a few seconds, and then calming down and having no problem at all. I took him to the vet, who gave him antibiotics. They didn't really help him, and since several days had passed and he did not show any other problem or do this very often, he told us not to worry and said that it might be due to some allergy.
Some time ago I noticed that he had created a wound on his (quite large) dewlap. Furthermore, he had started to become very aggressive towards all the members of my family.
I took him to the vet again, who could not explain the cause of this. However, we started giving him antibiotics (baytril) and pain relievers (metacam). He showed some signs of improvement, mainly in regard to his aggressiveness.
In the following days, though, (after we had stopped giving him any medication) he started acting strange again, somewhat like fighting with himself. He rolls sideways or to the front, and makes strange sounds. I also saw that he created a new wound, right below his old one.
I have visited the vet several times, with no solution being offered. Unfortunately, I live in a city in Greece where there are only two vets who have experience with bunnies, I ve visited them both, and have nowhere else to turn to.
From what I ve read on my own, however, the most probable explanation seems to point to either boredom or dental issues, although to be honest, he does not seem either bored or drooling at all.
Could you please offer any explanation or course of action? Thank you very much in advance!
P.S: I will try to post videos of both behaviors, as well as a picture of the wound.
