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my poor bunny

22 10:05:28

Question
Help plesae!  My one year old dwarf has been having "falling" over issues for some time now.  Always to one side!  She now has the shakes and cannot raise her head up - well not well anyway.  Is it neurolgical?  Is she dying?  What can I do?

Answer
Dear Brigitte,

You need to get your bunny to a good rabbit vet for diagnosis and treatment.  Find one here:

www.rabbit.org/vets

She might have an ear infection that's causing her to lose her balance, and in this case, some of the information here might be helpful, *even if she does not have a head tilt*:

www.rabbit.org/health/tilt.html

Please share that article with the vet you find, as it was written by a rabbit expert vet.

Please also see:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/sickbun.html

But mainly GET HER TO A GOOD RABBIT VET right away.  I cannot diagnose something like this over the internet, and wouldn't even try.

I hope this helps set you in the right direction.

Dana