Techturnedfarmer
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Hi all,I breed NZW's and Californians. All my cages are suspended on wire. The rabbitry is 13' X 16' roofed but no walls yet [Florida].The day before yesterday something got in the rabbitry at night [I think it was a dog or dogs] the next morning at feed up we discovered [1] adult female missing and found her 40' away dead from head trauma. A maternity cage with mother and [7] 3 week olds [we were just about to move them that day to a community cage] was found open. [1] kit left,dead,`mother OK.We later found [1] kit alive hiding in the corner under some hay. That seemed all, for the rabbits anyway, except [1] dead chicken in the pen[heart attack?] and [1] hog of [13] out of the pen.
That was some brief background for the real reason for this post.
Today we discovered [1] of the pregnant females [2 weeks] is paralyzed in her hind quarters. An open web search indicates that most likely the disturbance of the other night caused her to bolt into her cage damaging her spinal cord.
Our question is this: Is there any condition connected with pregnancy that would cause this paralysis?
Thanks in advance for your response, Techturnedfarmer
That was some brief background for the real reason for this post.
Today we discovered [1] of the pregnant females [2 weeks] is paralyzed in her hind quarters. An open web search indicates that most likely the disturbance of the other night caused her to bolt into her cage damaging her spinal cord.
Our question is this: Is there any condition connected with pregnancy that would cause this paralysis?
Thanks in advance for your response, Techturnedfarmer