My Rabbit Is Sick ;_;
<div class="IPBDescription">if you have a rabbit...</div> i bought this new brand of rabbit mix coz the one i normally buy isnt in stock
fed it to my rabbit, she seems alright at first, but now her tummy is a lil swollen and her poo is soft, and she cant really control it, so she's like doing it everywhere D:
if its not that serious, im not taking her to the vet yet, it costs a fortune D:
anyway, anyone here with a rabbit ever had this problem?
fed it to my rabbit, she seems alright at first, but now her tummy is a lil swollen and her poo is soft, and she cant really control it, so she's like doing it everywhere D:
if its not that serious, im not taking her to the vet yet, it costs a fortune D:
anyway, anyone here with a rabbit ever had this problem?
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Still, I reached down to feel the back legs just to see what I could determine before speaking to the vet. As I touched the back leg and pulled a little at the fur, the entire skin under seemed to break up and start wriggling - then I realised those were maggots feasting on raw flesh. I felt my lunch coming back to haunt me, dropped the lid and ran for the vet. Vet took one look at the rabbit, called the lady then killed it. Absolutely vile.
On topic....
Changing any animal's diet can lead to things like this, its not much to worry about. Just get it back onto what you had before, and things should go back to normal after a few days. Make sure it has plenty of water (its prolly losing a lot in its faeces) and keep a close eye on it. If you switch it back and it still seems sick after a day or so, then take it to the vet.
the household type and the wild ones are not the same...
there "Domestic" and ...well "Wild"....
A suggestion if you are going to continue to use that brand make sure
you have someone qualified to examine the contents of makeup
could be an alergy....
could be as said,... dietry
Hope sHe Gets Better....
10 or so years back at high school we once had a trail of maggots coming in
under the classroom door like "ants" One of the disgusting as.. things i have ever
seen
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"WHOOOPP WHOOOPPPP WHOOOOPPPP rabbit owner detected! Stay where you are, dont leave your home. You call has been traced and an RSPCA officer has been dispatched"
We just classify them as "domestic long eared ... cats" on our filing system.
Wow... I would be wearing diapers by that time.
<edit>I believe Kylie has a Rabbit, and everyone knows she's in Austrailia.</edit>
And in the end, raw food is going to be cheaper. Especially when you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars at the vet because your pet is so healthy.
In fact, so will any dogs or cats that anyone here has. Look for information. (You can just search Google for "BARF diet" or "BARF <animal>", etc...)
i was rough on him,but it didn't keep him down.
There are lots of different kinds of pellets (alfalfa, timothy hay, etc), so make sure that if you're going to use them, use the right kind. I'm pretty sure timothy hay is best for mature rabbits.
And yes, unprocessed food is still best. Unlimited hay (non-pellet) plus a certain amount of veggies each day, + certain kinds of fruit as treats is good. Rabbits can't eat every kind of fruit/veggies, so make sure you look it up somewhere. Greens are generally good, but I think lettuce makes them sick.
Stress and boredom (which causes stress) can also make an animal sick easily.
don't scare the poor guy like that.
It probably is (just as a few people said) the change in diets, this effect happens with all animals (humans included), if you subsist on a very similar diet for any lenghth of time it is hard to switch to a different one (try getting a vegan to drink a glass of milk, they will get nasty sick, as their body can't process it, same goes for a vegitarian and meat)
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If it goes on for more then a few days, go see the vet.
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(and trust me, I have had pleanty, as both a pet owner, and as a vet assistant... I think it was MArine that I swaped horror stories with once)
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but now you have me curious :-/
Musta been where the idea for Tribbles in ST came from
/me runs to warn the military the Flood are here.
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Keep us posted
Wait! Make sure you research which things a rabbit can eat, first! Beans are harmful to rabbits, for instance. They contain lectins which can damage intestinal walls and reduce nutrient absorption. Unless they're cooked, but then all the nutrition is lost, so it's not worth it.
[EDIT] Here's a recommended vegetable list. <a href='http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html' target='_blank'>http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html</a>
Wheatgrass is easy to grow, definitely give her some wheatgrass and alfalfa sprouts. Give her some celery, too, and a SMALL amount of cauliflower.
Still, I reached down to feel the back legs just to see what I could determine before speaking to the vet. As I touched the back leg and pulled a little at the fur, the entire skin under seemed to break up and start wriggling - then I realised those were maggots feasting on raw flesh. I felt my lunch coming back to haunt me, dropped the lid and ran for the vet. Vet took one look at the rabbit, called the lady then killed it. Absolutely vile.
On topic....
Changing any animal's diet can lead to things like this, its not much to worry about. Just get it back onto what you had before, and things should go back to normal after a few days. Make sure it has plenty of water (its prolly losing a lot in its faeces) and keep a close eye on it. If you switch it back and it still seems sick after a day or so, then take it to the vet. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
omg1 D:
well, since all guns are banned...
Still I wonder if they have a bow and arrow? I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to hit one with it...
But I kid. Austrilia has no natural predators against rabbits, making them one of the most deadily species around.
Anyhow if you google up some kind of rabbit crisis in austrilia
<a href='http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Rabbit%20(Australia)' target='_blank'>http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/...t%20(Australia)</a>
An excerpt:
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Aussies litterally swim in rabbits, you can go around kicking, jumping, and stomping on them untill you die from exaustion and not put so much as a small scratch on the population size of the little rabbits.
In america, they are cute, fluffy harmless little creatures, while in austrilia they are the devil incarnate and destroyer of worlds... sorta
That's just how different things are on the other side of the globe
Rabbit Stew doesn't sound so bad now.
You have to cook coneys with 'Taters you know. Po-ta-to.
<a href='http://www.mybunny.org/info/rabbit_nutrition.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.mybunny.org/info/rabbit_nutrition.htm</a> - especially the first paragraph
<a href='http://www.hopperhome.com/rabbit_food.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.hopperhome.com/rabbit_food.htm</a>
<a href='http://www.carrotcafe.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.carrotcafe.com/</a>
<a href='http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-3/fiber.html' target='_blank'>http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-3/fiber.html</a>
I'll note that I have had six rabbits, three of which were fed on pellets; two of them died within a year, one died in two weeks. The fourth rabbit was killed by my cat. The other two are, as far as I know, still alive, and would be around six years old. They were outside rabbits and eventually became wild.