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Thank you very much for the input. I can quite see the connection between poor balance and lack of appetite. I am wondering if Buns has/had a middle ear infection, was not feeling welland so lost a lot of weight. TThere is no nystagmous (vet looked for eye rolling). The puzzling thing is...

Hello, I have written on the topic of weight loss in my rabbit before but want to inquire about middle ear infections and appropriate drugs for this. My 9 year old Holland lop-eared miniature rabbit Buns has had balance problems, unusual avoidance of touching of ears, and has lost enough...

This makes a great deal of sense. The vet told me that Buns would be losing protein and sugar via urine because of kidney function decrease.His ravenous appetite is probably in response. Thank you, Elizabeth

Thank you all for the very helpful advice. I have now supplemented Buns diet with Critical Care, some parsley for iron for his anemia and small slices of carrot. Is it OK to give him a bit of banana? The CC is apple banana flavour and I want him to replace the lost weight. I was so pleased today...

Thank you, I will also ask the vet about parasites. Buns never goes outside and he has just completed a month long course of Baetril as the vet treated him for a possible intestinal blockage. I will look cuniculi up as I am not sure how he would get a parasite. We do have two dogs in the house...

Thank you so much for taking the time to give me all this information. Bun's vet did suggest the possibility of cancer but could not find anything on the xray or ultrasound. I will definitely ask about thymoma. This is a bunny who up to a few weeks ago was lively and a good, solid weight. I...

Buns is a 9 year old lop-eared miniature rabbit. I have had him to the vet 3x in the past 2 weeks. He is not moving around much and has lost .3 kg in about a month. I can feel his backbone and ribs whereas he was quite solid before this. The vet carried out blood tests (borderline anemia, kidney...