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We opted for the surgery. It went well and he spent 2 nights in recovery. When we got him home for the first two days he absolutely devoured his pellets. He still curled up a fair amount, especially when he was tired, but he would lay straight sometimes. He had more of his spunkiness back...

no, I'll have to ask about it. He does have a very sensitive stomach though.

We got the second opinion today. This Vet said that all the bunnies that she has worked with that had the surgery had some form of nerve damage to their face after and most required regular eye drops because they couldn't properly close the eye on that side any longer. But she also worded the...

Yes, he is still on the meloxicam, 1.3ml once a day. Recently they upped his Metronidazole up to .75ml from .2 and that made him very lethargic. We dropped it back down to .4 On the last visit they noticed some areas on the surface of his eyes so they added Optixcare Eye Lube 2-3 times a...

We've got him scheduled for a second opinion at a recommended bunny vet about an hour away. I'm a bit worried at this point that with his head to the side so much it may be hard to tell if he's doing because of the infection or just because his muscles have gotten so used to doing it. I know...

Thank you for the reply and the link. I've been doing a lot of reading on it now and will do more. Some of the stats are definitely worrying. Knowing that surgery isn't an absolute fix makes it so much more difficult, but every time I see him curled around having trouble eating because his...

The medication has helped. He doesn't wrap up as tight as in the photo above, he sometimes even lays out straight and can move in straight line. He does still only turn left and he does still turn his head fairly often when he sleeps and even when he eats. The Vet wants to operate on his ear...

Thanks for the reply. Sometimes I just have to be more stubborn than him and wait it out and he will finally swallow what he has. I'm sticking with a 1ml syringe to make it harder to give him too much at once. And it gives him a small pause in-between. Although it does take awhile to get...

Anyone have any tips on getting him to take the critical care food? He has discovered that he doesn't have to swallow the food. I use a tiny syringe to help avoid pushing too much in but he just basically blocks it and lets it flow back out of his mouth. Sometimes if I put the syringe...

The CT scan showed an ear infection and the early stages of brain infection. They weren't certain they were connected but wanted to get him on IV antibiotics quickly. Unfortunately, after he is done with those he will need surgery for the ear. I forget what they called it but animals have a...

He is now receiving IV antibiotics for an ear infection and meningitis. He will be in their ICU for at 2-3 nights Bunnies don't make much noise but it is so quiet in the house without him.

Thank you for the reply. He does turn in the direction of his worst eye. The vet put him on Metacam (meloxicam) and Baytril and Meclizine. His eye movement is definitely horizontal. I haven't been able to get a video of it, he acts differently as soon as I get close enough with the...

Something we just noticed is his eyes move slightly before his head moves. So I can't tell if he is seeing something move in his eyes and is trying to follow it with his head. Took him to a nearby vet today that prescribed antibiotics, pain killer and anti-nausea medicine. Their guess was an...

Our 13 year old male rabbit is partially blind in his right eye and mostly blind in his left (not sure if that has anything to do with it) and has been that way for several months. He just recently started laying with his head curled back around to his left. All his life he would sleep...

Thanks, hanging around with bunnies for decades a bit of clever had to rub off on me.

My job is going to in office more days a week and I felt bad having him left without any middle of the day treats. I know they make dispensers for cat and dog treats but I couldn't tell if any of them would work with rabbit treats and some of them are expensive. Then I saw the Wyze Pan Cam...

Thanks for the reply. I will check out the links. If he was younger I'd be looking into surgery. I just think it would be so hard on him now. We definitely, don't move things anymore and if I do block an area I do it with pillows. Up till last week he'd still occasionally make his trip...

We have a bun that is roughly 12 years old. Over the last year we noticed his hearing was mostly gone. His ears look clear and he doesn't scratch at them. Then about 6 months ago one eye started getting foggy. He did really well with one good eye. He had trouble with bland colored things...

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