I have a young buck - about 12 weeks old now. Last week I went out to feed the rabbits and noticed that his food and hay were both untouched. He seemed a bit off and after observing him for awhile he began to grind his teeth in a pained sort of way. I also noticed that he was not producing the normal amount of droppings, since I clean their pans daily.
I examined him very closely and found that he had somehow managed to injure a toe - it was raw, but not bleeding and was not broken...just a bit scraped. He wasn't limping obviously on it - but was taking care to lick it quite a bit.
I figured that he was just being a big baby about his toe and admitted him to a private "hospital" inside on soft bedding. And I have been coddling him ever since. It's been a week and the toe has healed almost entirely. However he still seems off his feed and is still grinding his teeth occasionally - like something hurts... He's gotten very lean - though I wouldn't describe him as being skinny - yet. But if this continues he will be soon. He's now about half the weight of his litter mates.
Aside from this - you'd never think anything was wrong with him. He's happy go lucky, energetic, plays a lot, his droppings are normal other than there not being a lot of them. If I didn't raise him from birth I would think that he's perfectly healthy - but I know him and I know he's off...but other than that I just can't put my finger on it...
Any thoughts?
I examined him very closely and found that he had somehow managed to injure a toe - it was raw, but not bleeding and was not broken...just a bit scraped. He wasn't limping obviously on it - but was taking care to lick it quite a bit.
I figured that he was just being a big baby about his toe and admitted him to a private "hospital" inside on soft bedding. And I have been coddling him ever since. It's been a week and the toe has healed almost entirely. However he still seems off his feed and is still grinding his teeth occasionally - like something hurts... He's gotten very lean - though I wouldn't describe him as being skinny - yet. But if this continues he will be soon. He's now about half the weight of his litter mates.
Aside from this - you'd never think anything was wrong with him. He's happy go lucky, energetic, plays a lot, his droppings are normal other than there not being a lot of them. If I didn't raise him from birth I would think that he's perfectly healthy - but I know him and I know he's off...but other than that I just can't put my finger on it...
Any thoughts?