Broken Leg

[SNM]

Well, my favorite and only Black -Otter doe(Gorgeous) . Managed to completelydislocate her leg out of the socket. It looks so strange I can't look at it. I don't have the money to spend to set it. I'm fairly positive I can't use her for breeding purposes either. I've had her in a traveling cage so she isn't on that leg, from what I've seen it doesn't bother her to move. I don't know what I should do.

Have any of y'all had a rabbit mess up a leg? and how did you handle the situation?

 

[mistyjr]

My first blue dutch had a fracture to the tiba of the back leg. I took him to the vets, They X-Ray him and everything, They told them to put hi a small cage and dont let him play and run around and it will take 6 weeks to heal. After 6 weeks, Hes leg was still to the side.

 

[4kr]

Oh no! I hope she heals okay, I would keep doing what you're doing and keep her confined as best as possible. I had a polish doe who had a broken leg and the breeder gave her to me since she couldn't be shown. Her leg healed but was deformed looking. We bred her and she had a litter but couldn't care for them since she had issues getting in and out of the nestbox even though we turned it on it's side. So the babies died. We found a pet home for her after that.:-( Hopefully she'll heal up and you'll have better luck than I did.

 

[LindyS]

I don't know exactly where at in Louisiana your at but our local vet doesn't charge much and he has shown and breed bunnys so I take it he knows agood bit. He's at the Breaux Bridge vet here neat Lafayette.

 

[SNM]

I'm all the way up in North ,LA and the 2 "rabbit savy" vets we have know next to nothing.

 

[tamsin]

If it's dislocated the vet will just need to put it back in but the longer you leave it the less eas it is to put back in. If it's broken and noticeably out of position you either need to get treatment or have her euthanised. It's not going to go back into position on it's own and heal well and that's a painful situation to be in with bones knocking together.

If it's in position, it can be splinted and give her a painkiller and it may heal well enough to be functional even if not perfect.

 

[LindyS]

Poor babies. Can you get a transport?

 

[LindyS]

I just got a quote and he said it depends if liegiments were torn but he said that it won't cost more then $100.00 that's including x-rays, bunny anistia, and splint prolly including pain meds as well. He said if it doesn't have any broken tendents and it pops back in place it won't cost more then $50.00 but 100.00 is at the most he said he won't know till the bunny is infront of him. Sorry can't spell for crap on this phone.

 

[SNM]

Take your price and double it for up here. I'll see if I can find a vet in E. Texas that knows what they're doing

 

[4kr]

Dr. Dodd in Atlanta, TX seems pretty knowledgeable about rabbits, he's neutered two of our rabbits before. It's the Ark Veterinary Clinic...I don't know the phone number off the top of my head right now but I can send it to you....

 

[LindyS]

You know 4kr. You could bring me a hotot or two since you live close. Lol You come this way for any shows?

 

[SNM]

I brought her to the vet and she said she's going to set it and watch her overnight. What a great start to my Spring Break

 

[Blaze_Amita]

my rabbit "savvy vet's" know less than I do. i had a doe dislocate her leg and through a phone consult, I had meds shipped down from a vet that did know something (and I trusted-I have trust issues) and she guided me through teh feeling and movement. and I splinted it and confinded her to a tiny cage. Today she's only got a little scar tissue and the hock doesn't bend as well, but she's pain free and still binky's every now adn then. I'm working on finding a local vet that knows more than I do. I've done alot of work, being in Prevet in college for a year, on horses adn rabbits and do know how to treat alot of my own ailments. One vet I worked with, with my dog, taugh tme alot of hwo to feel the damage, he's the one I did the phone consult with.

 

[SNM]

@ Heather. The biggest problem with people wanting a bunny is that they're usually aren't any good vets with a lot of rabbit knowledge. New bunny owners don't realize how expensive it can get when an accident does happen because they're classified as an exotic animal. Knowledge is key with rabbits.

 

[Blaze_Amita]

hence why i have two that knew alot, but both live in New York. I learned what i could while I could. A lot of the vets down here, eh, shaky at best. One that does rabbits nearest to me, he came to do a coggins on a horse of mine i sold and he didn't even notice she was blind . . . . but he knows rabbits and horses and cows, he says