I am puzzled?! - Paw Talk

Flemish · #1 02-15-2002, 11:55 PM

I rescued a rabbit from the S.P.C.A a couple of weeks ago and he is doing something that I have never seen before.First of all he is eating good ,has a healthy coat and appears to have nothing medically wrong with him.The vet is even puzzled.
This is what he is doing;when he tries to stand up on his two back legs to wash his face he just tips over backwards!?

It is so strange and I have never ever seen anything like this .The vet that I took him to is perplexed.There seems to be nothing wrong that he can find .Has anyone got any ideas of what this strange condition might be ?Thanks any kind of input or advice would be great

Joanne · #2 02-19-2002, 05:54 PM

Did the vet look down your rabbits ears

Flemish · #3 02-19-2002, 06:10 PM

Yup and no mites or any other problems that he can see .

#4 03-06-2002, 01:31 PM

Maybe he just has horrible balance.

I really am not to sure. But a sign ike that usually mean sa inner ear infection or something along those lines.
I hope you figure out what it is

Rocheal · #5 03-06-2002, 02:16 PM

aww, when he falls over, does her hurt himself? or just get back up ans try again?

Flemish · #6 03-06-2002, 05:06 PM

He does not hurt himself because he is in a large cage with alot of bedding in it .He seems to be getting a little better .Not doing it as much .The only thing that we can figure is that by being confined to a small cage ,where he did not even have enough room to stretch out .So we thought that maybe he had bad muscle tone,from not getting any excersise .

Rocheal · #7 03-06-2002, 05:15 PM

sounds good to me!

SomeBunny · #8 03-07-2002, 02:38 PM

that is what I was going to say if he was in a shallow cage before he might not have had the room to stand up before there for muscles were shortened and now are longating ... hope he is all well now

#9 03-08-2002, 10:06 AM

maybe next time he does it, get it on video and send to You've Been Framed - - -worth £250 of anybody's money