kirbyultra
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Toby is starting to worry me. He seems much more calm. He is not coming out of his pen immediately after I open the door. He isn't as excited to come out and run in the living room. 
If anyone in the Infirmiry is not familiar with my baby Toby, he is a hyperactive, spunky, very aggressive to other bunnies, crazy little rabbit. Neutering did not change his hyper/aggressive behavior. To me, this is a pretty drastic change in behavior.
On Monday, I trimmed his nails. I wonder if the nail cutting fiasco hurt him. He was flying all over the place, landing all funny...Toby is chubbier, bigger, and stronger than the last time I had to handle him for nail cutting.He slipped away multiple times, clumsily slamming his tummy into the x-pen fence, the floor, the litter box, flying over the x-pen...The way he landed a couple of timeslooked pretty bad. But immediately after I got him in a steady hold, I clipped his nails in a couple minutes and he wasfree to go.
Afterwards, he atea couple of craisins and even ran around the living room a couple of times.The next morning (Tuesday) he was being crazy, itching to come out of his pen to run again.Tuesday night however, he seemed a touch off. He didn't seem as active. Yesterday night he was downright odd. He stayed in his hidey box most of the night even though his xpen was open for him to free roam. He came out only once, and a minute later he went back in his box. I just got home and he's still in his box. He comes out and sits, just staring around... sometimes he'll even chew on the bars as if he was itching to come out, but he doesn't seem to want to come out and play. He just came out as I was typing this, and hung out a bit, then went back in the pen.
I took advantage of his calm and pet him a lot. He grinds his teeth (I can feel it vibrating through his little head) when I pet him. I thought it was from happiness but could it be from pain?
I also changed half of his hay to Kleenmama bluegrass in the last couple of days. He still gets half Oxbow timothy. He eats his hay but maybe a tiny bit less than usual. I'm going to switch him back to full oxbow timothy tonight. He is still eating his lettuce and pellets, still drinking water. He poops and pees regularly still.
Mostly just his behavior has changed... I don't know why, or if it's cause for concern. Any advice?
If anyone in the Infirmiry is not familiar with my baby Toby, he is a hyperactive, spunky, very aggressive to other bunnies, crazy little rabbit. Neutering did not change his hyper/aggressive behavior. To me, this is a pretty drastic change in behavior. On Monday, I trimmed his nails. I wonder if the nail cutting fiasco hurt him. He was flying all over the place, landing all funny...Toby is chubbier, bigger, and stronger than the last time I had to handle him for nail cutting.He slipped away multiple times, clumsily slamming his tummy into the x-pen fence, the floor, the litter box, flying over the x-pen...The way he landed a couple of timeslooked pretty bad. But immediately after I got him in a steady hold, I clipped his nails in a couple minutes and he wasfree to go.
Afterwards, he atea couple of craisins and even ran around the living room a couple of times.The next morning (Tuesday) he was being crazy, itching to come out of his pen to run again.Tuesday night however, he seemed a touch off. He didn't seem as active. Yesterday night he was downright odd. He stayed in his hidey box most of the night even though his xpen was open for him to free roam. He came out only once, and a minute later he went back in his box. I just got home and he's still in his box. He comes out and sits, just staring around... sometimes he'll even chew on the bars as if he was itching to come out, but he doesn't seem to want to come out and play. He just came out as I was typing this, and hung out a bit, then went back in the pen.
I took advantage of his calm and pet him a lot. He grinds his teeth (I can feel it vibrating through his little head) when I pet him. I thought it was from happiness but could it be from pain?
I also changed half of his hay to Kleenmama bluegrass in the last couple of days. He still gets half Oxbow timothy. He eats his hay but maybe a tiny bit less than usual. I'm going to switch him back to full oxbow timothy tonight. He is still eating his lettuce and pellets, still drinking water. He poops and pees regularly still.
Mostly just his behavior has changed... I don't know why, or if it's cause for concern. Any advice?
