Muscular weakness and tremor

[lafraga]

Hello, the first sorry for my english.

I breed Netherland Dwarfs. I mated a black otter buck back to her mum (chocolate otter). I mated this doe before to different bucks not related to her and all kits were healthy. Well, from this cross I got a black VM buck and a Choc otter doe. They looked normal and have grown, but when they were about 6 weeks they started with tremor/head shakiness. of course they were vacinated and wormed with Fenbendazol.

Next thing I saw was the loose of muscular weak, specially on the back legs. Finally the weakness was on all the body, if I picked them with my hand I felt them soft and loose. I have had to put them to sleep because they ended up agonizing.

I would like to know if someone has passed something like this.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Miss M]

Hello, Lafraga! You are doing rather well with your English. We might need to ask you questions to make sure we understand you, so be patient with us.

I see from your Welcome post that you are in Spain.

There are no vaccinations for rabbits over here, though we do have medicines we can use to treat illnesses.

The paralysis your rabbits had sounds like it could be from a toxin.

Do you feed hay?
Does it smell fresh?
Could there be some poisonous plant in the hay you feed?
Could the hay have mold in it?

Is your rabbit feed fresh?
Does it smell fresh?
Could the feed have mold in it?

Were these the only two rabbits to have any symptoms at all?
Did these two rabbits escape at any time?

I hope we are able to help you figure this out!

 

[Marinea]

Buenos dias, Lafraga. Si necesitas mas informacion, y tienes problemas con ingles, hay personas aqui que hablan espanol y pueden ayudarte. Mandame un mensaje.

(Hi Lafraga. If you need more information and have problems with English, there are persons here who speak spanish and can help you. Send me a PM )