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URGENTSPASMS SUDDEN SEVERE URGENT

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Question
"URGENT" SEVERE SPASMS OR CONVULSIONS STARTED SUDDENLY THIS MORNING. HE BARELY MOVES AND EVERY 15 MINUTES OR SO WILL THRASH SIDE TO SIDE AND ARCH AND MAKE RAPID RUNNING LIKE MOTIONS WITH HIS LEGS, (SPASMS).HE MAKES NO SOUNDS WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I DONT'T KNOW IF HE'S REACTING TO SOME PAIN OR JUST CONVULSING HE DID EAT A SMALL PIECE OF A CARROT THE ONLY HOPEFUL SIGN. HE HAS BEEN LAYING MOSTLY MOTIONLESS IN MY DAUGHTERS LAP FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS.HE HAS BEEN PASSING FOOD THROUGH NORMALLY AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF ANY SPIDER BITE NOR SWELLING OR IRRITATION OR INJURY OF ANY KIND.          OUR 8 YEAR OLD MALE DWARF HAS BEEN VERY HEALTHY UNTIL THIS MORNING AND HAS LIVED ALONE THE PAST FEW YEARS SINCE HIS COMPANION DIED IN A LARGE OUTDOOR 8'X 8' DIRT FLOOR ENCLOSURE WITH UNDERGROUND TUNNEL BARRIERS. CATCHING SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER RABBIIT IS NOT POSSIBLE. WE DO HAVE DOGS IN THE YARD, BUT THEY ARE KEPT IN SEPERATE AREAS.
WE HAVE HAD VERY BAD RESULTS TAKING RABBITS TO VETS THE TRAUMA SEEMS TO TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR INFORMATION? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO?

Answer
Dear Mark,

There is certainly nothing I can do from here to help!  I must ask why this bunny has not already been taken to the vet.  He is beyond being stressed at this point.  It almost sounds as if he is in agonal phase before death, but I cannot know for sure without seeing him.

Please use the list linked here:

www.rabbit.org/vets

to find a rabbit savvy vet and get him there NOW.  It may be his only hope of survival.  This could be anything, and only a vet who can examine him in person will be able to help.

I hope he will be okay.

Dana