baefull.wolfbunnies
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Hi everyone.
Last Friday (5/15) I noticed Amos was a little unsteady on his paws. I thought he was just used to only wire and was feeling weird in the grass. My hubby set up a fenced in rabbit run so the buns could have some out of hutch time in a safe area. The next day after more outside time I noticed that when he would get knocked over he would make no move to get up. I chualked it up to him being intimidated because he had been in the run with all 3 of the beverens; my beveren buck had decided he didn't like Amos, rolled him over and tried to attack his genitals. I put the beverens away and let Amos stay out for awhile longer.However Amos barely moved and was very wobbly. Very reminiscent of the kits.
Sunday, I didn't want to stress him too much so left him in his hutch but noticed he was staying in a corner and not drinking. I moved his water and food dishes to that corner, I also noticed that when he would hop his back end would ... Best way to describe it is a dragging flail. When I tired to get hubby to see Amos would hop normally.
Now I did a cage check and the only thing wrong I could find was; Morning Glory had snuck under the hutch and had started to grow up under it. It seems that Amos had eaten some (I don't know how much), I pulled all that I could find but I'm not sure if I caught it soon enough.
Monday was more of the same, with the wobbling and odd hopping. Except now when he would hop his he'd would go down and almost hit the hutch floor.
Yesterday (after talking to my hubby and having him read rabbittalk, over the weekend) I went out and bought pellets to help supplement the natural foods I've been giving them. Amos is still very unsteady and still not coming out of that one corner. He is drinking very little and only eating the pellets and hay, but none of the fresh stuff I'm giving him.
Is there anything I can do for him? He is literally skin and bones, when he falls over from moving to fast he just lays there. I went out to refill water as it's been unusually warm (high 70s) the last few days, he was laying on his hay with several extremely small droppings behind him, his water was only half gone (the three beverens had drained theirs).
I don't know what to do. With Roxie passing unexpectedly after being bred(don't know if she was preggers or not) and losing the kits earlier this month; I feel lousy.
What am I doing wrong? :wall: :weep: :boxed: :furious:
Last Friday (5/15) I noticed Amos was a little unsteady on his paws. I thought he was just used to only wire and was feeling weird in the grass. My hubby set up a fenced in rabbit run so the buns could have some out of hutch time in a safe area. The next day after more outside time I noticed that when he would get knocked over he would make no move to get up. I chualked it up to him being intimidated because he had been in the run with all 3 of the beverens; my beveren buck had decided he didn't like Amos, rolled him over and tried to attack his genitals. I put the beverens away and let Amos stay out for awhile longer.However Amos barely moved and was very wobbly. Very reminiscent of the kits.
Sunday, I didn't want to stress him too much so left him in his hutch but noticed he was staying in a corner and not drinking. I moved his water and food dishes to that corner, I also noticed that when he would hop his back end would ... Best way to describe it is a dragging flail. When I tired to get hubby to see Amos would hop normally.
Now I did a cage check and the only thing wrong I could find was; Morning Glory had snuck under the hutch and had started to grow up under it. It seems that Amos had eaten some (I don't know how much), I pulled all that I could find but I'm not sure if I caught it soon enough.
Monday was more of the same, with the wobbling and odd hopping. Except now when he would hop his he'd would go down and almost hit the hutch floor.
Yesterday (after talking to my hubby and having him read rabbittalk, over the weekend) I went out and bought pellets to help supplement the natural foods I've been giving them. Amos is still very unsteady and still not coming out of that one corner. He is drinking very little and only eating the pellets and hay, but none of the fresh stuff I'm giving him.
Is there anything I can do for him? He is literally skin and bones, when he falls over from moving to fast he just lays there. I went out to refill water as it's been unusually warm (high 70s) the last few days, he was laying on his hay with several extremely small droppings behind him, his water was only half gone (the three beverens had drained theirs).
I don't know what to do. With Roxie passing unexpectedly after being bred(don't know if she was preggers or not) and losing the kits earlier this month; I feel lousy.
What am I doing wrong? :wall: :weep: :boxed: :furious: