mollie07
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Hi- My rabbits name is Bun. He is a male and he is seven years old. Over the past month he has started limping on his front left foot. At first I thought he might have broken his toe so I brought him to the vet, got an X-ray and nothing was broken. She gave me a anti inflammatory medication to put him on. In about the span of a week he rapidly grew a lump the size of a Ping pong ball in his shoulder almost like armpit area. I Brought him back to the vet and she poked the lump with a needle to get a sample. She put it on a dish and looked at it. She said the cells seem to be in doubles when cells should normally be in singles which means that the cells are producing and they are producing negatively. (Confusing I know) she said I could send the sample out to a lab to get tested but they would probably just send it right back with the same exact answer that she gave me. She's not positive of what exactly it is.. she said it's possible it could be a cancerous tumor. She told me that if I wanted to I could biopsy the lump which would mean putting my rabbit under anesthesia, and doing surgery. She said she wouldn't want to amputate his entire arm she would try to remove the tumor without having to do that or if she cannot remove the entire tumor because of the location of it she could take out a chunk of it which would help him mobilize again to be able to use his foot. I just ran out of the anti-inflammatory medication so the vet told me to see over the next few days if it affects him not being on the medication or if it has no affect at all. I'm worried about the results of him not being on anti-inflammatory..
I am completely torn on what to do...my Rabbit seems happy.. he eats he drinks he sleeps a lot it doesn't seem to bother him it just kind of seems to be in the way. I'd hate to make him get surgery and then have to recover and be in pain. But at the same time I don't want the tumor to spread and it kills me to see him uncomfortable. He is an older Rabbit so I don't know if surgery would be ideal.. I'm not sure if that would be too stressful on him. I thought about taking him to another vet to get a second opinion but all of these vet bills keep adding up and I'm afraid the second that would just give me the same answers.. I love my bunny. He brings me so much joy in the world and I just want to help him.
Can anyone give me any advice or hope. I'm not sure what to do.
I am completely torn on what to do...my Rabbit seems happy.. he eats he drinks he sleeps a lot it doesn't seem to bother him it just kind of seems to be in the way. I'd hate to make him get surgery and then have to recover and be in pain. But at the same time I don't want the tumor to spread and it kills me to see him uncomfortable. He is an older Rabbit so I don't know if surgery would be ideal.. I'm not sure if that would be too stressful on him. I thought about taking him to another vet to get a second opinion but all of these vet bills keep adding up and I'm afraid the second that would just give me the same answers.. I love my bunny. He brings me so much joy in the world and I just want to help him.
Can anyone give me any advice or hope. I'm not sure what to do.