Lincoln_bunny
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This is a long story that I am going to try and make as short as possible.
I own 4 holland lops, but recently just lost one over the rainbow bridge from what we aren't exactly sure(my vet and I). Lincoln was about 5.5 years old and in perfect health. I noticed one day the left side of his face looked odd, best way to describe would be droopy? He slowly over a couple weeks started eating less and less, first he wouldn't eat his pellets anymore, then hard treats. I started giving him alfalfa just to make sure he was eating enough. Checked his ear, and mouth everything looks fine. On a Sunday night before bed I discovered his head was staring to tilt, and I freaked and immediately took him to emergency vet. He looked to be in perfect health, nothing in his ears, but his eye was doing the rhythmic flicking, something I never noticed. They put him on medication for inner ear infection and checked his back molars for any teeth issues by nothing. Next day, (Monday morning) it was hard for him to walk, like his balance was off and he kept falling over. So I took him to my vet and they also put him on deworming meds and pain meds. Tuesday things started to look good. He was running around, eating critical care on his own. Wednesday morning, not good again. He couldn't walk at all, spinning in circles(not round and round but over under). Has no balance at all, left eye weeping badly. After work I took him back in and the vet told me he has never seen anything like it. He must have had a stroke or it's something neurological. Basically there was no helping him and I was forced to end my babies life.
Now.... I thought for a while all my bunnies were dying because my poor little Lincolns fate had to be from something? If he had it, they all have it no?
Well now I'm pretty sure something is up with my Izzy, it's starting kind of the same. I haven't stocked her hay in a couple days(that's not like her) and she slowly started to stop eating her pellets. Iv been giving her alfalfa hay and she is eatin that. But I have also been syringe feeding her critical care. Nothing wrong with her ears, she has what looks like her eyes were weeping but its dried now so it's hard but has no color.
Izzy is about 3 years old and all my rabbits are in door.
I own 4 holland lops, but recently just lost one over the rainbow bridge from what we aren't exactly sure(my vet and I). Lincoln was about 5.5 years old and in perfect health. I noticed one day the left side of his face looked odd, best way to describe would be droopy? He slowly over a couple weeks started eating less and less, first he wouldn't eat his pellets anymore, then hard treats. I started giving him alfalfa just to make sure he was eating enough. Checked his ear, and mouth everything looks fine. On a Sunday night before bed I discovered his head was staring to tilt, and I freaked and immediately took him to emergency vet. He looked to be in perfect health, nothing in his ears, but his eye was doing the rhythmic flicking, something I never noticed. They put him on medication for inner ear infection and checked his back molars for any teeth issues by nothing. Next day, (Monday morning) it was hard for him to walk, like his balance was off and he kept falling over. So I took him to my vet and they also put him on deworming meds and pain meds. Tuesday things started to look good. He was running around, eating critical care on his own. Wednesday morning, not good again. He couldn't walk at all, spinning in circles(not round and round but over under). Has no balance at all, left eye weeping badly. After work I took him back in and the vet told me he has never seen anything like it. He must have had a stroke or it's something neurological. Basically there was no helping him and I was forced to end my babies life.
Now.... I thought for a while all my bunnies were dying because my poor little Lincolns fate had to be from something? If he had it, they all have it no?
Well now I'm pretty sure something is up with my Izzy, it's starting kind of the same. I haven't stocked her hay in a couple days(that's not like her) and she slowly started to stop eating her pellets. Iv been giving her alfalfa hay and she is eatin that. But I have also been syringe feeding her critical care. Nothing wrong with her ears, she has what looks like her eyes were weeping but its dried now so it's hard but has no color.
Izzy is about 3 years old and all my rabbits are in door.