Cottie
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We finally decided to cull because she became increasingly irritated, began discharging a white fluid through her vulva, and her fur was coming off in clumps. She never showed any interest in nest building.
What we found when we opened her up: the base of her uterus was twisted and hard. I don't know what to call it. There was a kit pushed up against the twist. I'm not sure how to judge a kit's size - they appeared to be close to full-term, though. Some were larger than others; most were emaciated. A few were still alive when we removed them, however most were DOA.
She had several bleeds on her rump. I don't know where they came from. She was quickly dispatched via bullet to the brain, so I don't believe that was the cause.
I believe the lump near her vent was the twist in her uterus.
Here are the images along with some more detail. If anyone could confirm/deny my suspicions, I would appreciate it. We've only dispatched one other rabbit, so I'm not sure what is "normal".
We first noticed that all of her "girth" immediately moved when hung. As we skinned, we found small, subcutaneous lumps. They could have been fat, however I didn't noticed these on the buck we culled. They were not in any particular order, appeared randomly, and didn't, to me, look "normal."
She had similar broken blood vessels all over her front and back. Again, this wasn't noticed with the buck we culled.
The veins along the inside of her pelt were all very swollen and dark with blood. She was bled prior.
This is what was causing her distress (at least I'm sure we didn't cull in error). This portion of her uterus was twisted, hard and rubbery. A fairly sizable kit was pushed against it (dead).
I wanted to separate out each kit to see if any would have been viable. Most were emaciated. As I seperated, I noticed a thick, yellow-tinged goo coming out between them. I believe this was either pus or hardening fluid. Either way, I don't believe it was normal.
Some, but not all, of the kits had this white tissue attached to their placenta. There was also some directly behind the kit near the twist, not connected to a placenta. (That photo didn't turn out.)
Appeared excessively large. She hadn't eaten that much in the last three days.
She was, quite literally, skin and bone. The only portion of her that had any meat was her legs.
We finally decided to cull because she became increasingly irritated, began discharging a white fluid through her vulva, and her fur was coming off in clumps. She never showed any interest in nest building.
What we found when we opened her up: the base of her uterus was twisted and hard. I don't know what to call it. There was a kit pushed up against the twist. I'm not sure how to judge a kit's size - they appeared to be close to full-term, though. Some were larger than others; most were emaciated. A few were still alive when we removed them, however most were DOA.
She had several bleeds on her rump. I don't know where they came from. She was quickly dispatched via bullet to the brain, so I don't believe that was the cause.
I believe the lump near her vent was the twist in her uterus.
Here are the images along with some more detail. If anyone could confirm/deny my suspicions, I would appreciate it. We've only dispatched one other rabbit, so I'm not sure what is "normal".
We first noticed that all of her "girth" immediately moved when hung. As we skinned, we found small, subcutaneous lumps. They could have been fat, however I didn't noticed these on the buck we culled. They were not in any particular order, appeared randomly, and didn't, to me, look "normal."
She had similar broken blood vessels all over her front and back. Again, this wasn't noticed with the buck we culled.
The veins along the inside of her pelt were all very swollen and dark with blood. She was bled prior.
This is what was causing her distress (at least I'm sure we didn't cull in error). This portion of her uterus was twisted, hard and rubbery. A fairly sizable kit was pushed against it (dead).
I wanted to separate out each kit to see if any would have been viable. Most were emaciated. As I seperated, I noticed a thick, yellow-tinged goo coming out between them. I believe this was either pus or hardening fluid. Either way, I don't believe it was normal.
Some, but not all, of the kits had this white tissue attached to their placenta. There was also some directly behind the kit near the twist, not connected to a placenta. (That photo didn't turn out.)
Appeared excessively large. She hadn't eaten that much in the last three days.
She was, quite literally, skin and bone. The only portion of her that had any meat was her legs.
