Hi, this is Fred, I've got him from people who found him on street in cardboard box in January so he's with me about 2,5 months now. He wasn't looking very healthy he was staying in the corner not eating or drinking no movement first few days then started moving slowly I thought he's very old or very ill. He kept his head on the right side and couldn't hear well. Also he was sneezing. He really didn't look great.
Now, after two and a half months I can say he's a great rabbit, active and very good character, exercise a lot and knows well his toilet and he's a very clean rabbit, I don't even have to brush him and his scent glands are very clean too. He still keeps his head on one side and I think maybe he only can hear with one ear as sometimes I have to call him twice, but there's definitely no pain I can touch his ears and he is absolutely fine when I am touching him or taking him out his cage he's very relaxed and let me clip his nails or brush him or do what I want without any complaints. He is active in his cage and in playpen, although he's not jumpy and I think maybe it's just not easy for him to jump on box or something, he's more one-level rabbit. But he's looking very healthy except this head tilt. I've read about this issue and think maybe there was some kind of ear infection or maybe trauma that caused that, I will take him to vet for neutering hopefully next month and will ask vet then of course but as I said he's a very healthy looking rabbit and very happy as well, has great appetite and acts very normal. His ears are clean inside too and not painful.
Just wondering if he has parasites or inner ear infection he wouldn't look that healthy? As I mentioned he's with me nearly 3 months and is a great rabbit so I think he will probably have it for life or can it be cured or will it improve with time? Can it be dangerous to my other rabbits if there's kind of parasite or something? It is not progressing at all I thing it is getting better but I might be just too optimistic.
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https://rabbit.org/journal/3-8/head-tilt.html
>>Possible causes of head tilt (also known as torticollis or wry neck) are:
Now, after two and a half months I can say he's a great rabbit, active and very good character, exercise a lot and knows well his toilet and he's a very clean rabbit, I don't even have to brush him and his scent glands are very clean too. He still keeps his head on one side and I think maybe he only can hear with one ear as sometimes I have to call him twice, but there's definitely no pain I can touch his ears and he is absolutely fine when I am touching him or taking him out his cage he's very relaxed and let me clip his nails or brush him or do what I want without any complaints. He is active in his cage and in playpen, although he's not jumpy and I think maybe it's just not easy for him to jump on box or something, he's more one-level rabbit. But he's looking very healthy except this head tilt. I've read about this issue and think maybe there was some kind of ear infection or maybe trauma that caused that, I will take him to vet for neutering hopefully next month and will ask vet then of course but as I said he's a very healthy looking rabbit and very happy as well, has great appetite and acts very normal. His ears are clean inside too and not painful.
Just wondering if he has parasites or inner ear infection he wouldn't look that healthy? As I mentioned he's with me nearly 3 months and is a great rabbit so I think he will probably have it for life or can it be cured or will it improve with time? Can it be dangerous to my other rabbits if there's kind of parasite or something? It is not progressing at all I thing it is getting better but I might be just too optimistic.
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https://rabbit.org/journal/3-8/head-tilt.html
>>Possible causes of head tilt (also known as torticollis or wry neck) are:
- Middle/inner ear infection (otitis media /interna)
- Stroke (cerebrovascular accidents)
- Trauma
- Cancer (neoplasia)
- Cervical muscle contraction
- Encephalitozoonosis
- Cerebral larva migrans
- Intoxication
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