Rabbit back legs

RE: Rabbit back legs

grumpyoldman — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:16:07 GMT

A waxing and waning history sounds like a protrusion rather than extrusion, L3-L4 is favourite , needs imaging really.

RE: Rabbit back legs

Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:29:28 GMT

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]I would keep on long term Metacam. [/quote]

In the absence of further diagnostics, so would I.

RE: Rabbit back legs

Robin Grimmer — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:15:51 GMT

I would keep on long term Metacam. I seem to remember steroids are best avoided in rabbits.

RE: Rabbit back legs

Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:24:56 GMT

Unless you're 100% sure that the rabbit is not painful (which is difficult to know, especially without radiographs) I'd think about adding in some decent analgesia.

RE: Rabbit back legs

ell — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:49:30 GMT

Thanks for input. We are treating it for Cuniculi , and also Dex injection when it goes off legs about every 4 days. Owners offered x rays but not decided yet.

RE: Rabbit back legs

Marie Kubiak — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:12:24 GMT

As Gillian said ^

I did also have one odd case of a giant bunny that had acute signs like this and we worked it up and it had knackered stifles and no other lesions. I tried everything (including stem cell transplant) and never got it back up on its legs...

Marie

RE: Rabbit back legs

Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:14:14 GMT

Any history of spinal trauma/ shock? I would radiograph - but due the nature of some rabbit spinal injury, where the vertebrae distract, damage the spine and then return to the 'normal' position, pathology isn't always visible.

I'd also check for E Cuniculi.