gricey2000
New Member
Myself and my partner have a medium sized lop. We keep him in the house and have had him from about 12 weeks of age from a local pet store. He is now 20ish weeks and two weeks ago broke his leg above the knee. He did this overnight in his little run area.
We have kept him in his cage only since then on vets orders while it heals and he has recently began using the leg again and was slowly getting better. Then this morning while confined ot his cage had another of his "crazy" moments and now appears to have hurt himself again. We are taking him to the vets but it looks like a similar injury to his other rear leg now.
He is proned to moments where he just seems to get overly excited and bounces quickly around his cage. I can only imagine this is how he has hurt himself as there is notihng but a food bowl and hay in his cage.
Can anyone offer any advice on this behaviour and also on ways we can protect him from these injuries. I have never known an animal get hurt so severly so often!
Any advice would be great as I am new to rabbits and pets in general and want to ensure im doing whats best for him.
Thanking everyone in advance of any advice or support.
We have kept him in his cage only since then on vets orders while it heals and he has recently began using the leg again and was slowly getting better. Then this morning while confined ot his cage had another of his "crazy" moments and now appears to have hurt himself again. We are taking him to the vets but it looks like a similar injury to his other rear leg now.
He is proned to moments where he just seems to get overly excited and bounces quickly around his cage. I can only imagine this is how he has hurt himself as there is notihng but a food bowl and hay in his cage.
Can anyone offer any advice on this behaviour and also on ways we can protect him from these injuries. I have never known an animal get hurt so severly so often!
Any advice would be great as I am new to rabbits and pets in general and want to ensure im doing whats best for him.
Thanking everyone in advance of any advice or support.