lordbobba
Member
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this community. It's nice to meet all of you and see what great, supportive members are on here. Unfortunately my first posting is not a happy one.
One of my rabbits, Peter had a stroke last night. I took him to the vet today and he prescribed him some treatments and a decent prognosis. I think eventually he'll lose most or all of the side effects. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
He's about a month old, ~1#, male dwarf. He hasn't been alive long enough to have any other health issues.
Last night when I looked into his cage after not looking after him for ~20 minutes I noticed he was acting very, very strangely and exhibiting classic signs of a stroke: paralysis of one half of the body, paralysis of the face, eyes wouldn't focus, stopped eating/drinking and going to the bathroom. He couldn't stand himself up on his legs, he would just flop over and kick at the air when he tried. I wrapped him up in a blanket, would periodically force-feed him water and critcal care and kept him close for the rest of the night, fearing I would lose him. I couldn't get to a vet.
He's been doing much better today after the vet visit this morning. He can stand on his own feet, his eyes focus, he's blinking, he's tolerating the force feed. He doesn't appear to be in pain while on the pain meds. While typing this I noticed he can even hop in a straight line rather than flopping over or hopping around in a circle. I'm beginning to have hope that he'll be my ever playful, happy rascal again who licks my fingers and bites my toes.
Have any of you had any experience with one of your babies stroking? What treatments did you use? What was the outcome? What was the cause? Did they ever get "back to normal"?
I apologize if this post seems to be jumping around a bit. I'm a bit stressed out. He's just a baby.
Let me know if I can clarify anything.
Thank you in advance, -Matt
I'm new to this community. It's nice to meet all of you and see what great, supportive members are on here. Unfortunately my first posting is not a happy one.
One of my rabbits, Peter had a stroke last night. I took him to the vet today and he prescribed him some treatments and a decent prognosis. I think eventually he'll lose most or all of the side effects. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
He's about a month old, ~1#, male dwarf. He hasn't been alive long enough to have any other health issues.
Last night when I looked into his cage after not looking after him for ~20 minutes I noticed he was acting very, very strangely and exhibiting classic signs of a stroke: paralysis of one half of the body, paralysis of the face, eyes wouldn't focus, stopped eating/drinking and going to the bathroom. He couldn't stand himself up on his legs, he would just flop over and kick at the air when he tried. I wrapped him up in a blanket, would periodically force-feed him water and critcal care and kept him close for the rest of the night, fearing I would lose him. I couldn't get to a vet.
He's been doing much better today after the vet visit this morning. He can stand on his own feet, his eyes focus, he's blinking, he's tolerating the force feed. He doesn't appear to be in pain while on the pain meds. While typing this I noticed he can even hop in a straight line rather than flopping over or hopping around in a circle. I'm beginning to have hope that he'll be my ever playful, happy rascal again who licks my fingers and bites my toes.
Have any of you had any experience with one of your babies stroking? What treatments did you use? What was the outcome? What was the cause? Did they ever get "back to normal"?
I apologize if this post seems to be jumping around a bit. I'm a bit stressed out. He's just a baby.
Let me know if I can clarify anything.
Thank you in advance, -Matt