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illness (ANSWER A.S.A.P..PLEASE!!!)

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Question
HI THERE THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION .mY RABBIT HAS BEEN ACTING STRANGE SINCE YESTERDAY. I THINK HE MAY HAVE CAUGHT A COLD OR SOMETHING. IT WAS QUITE A COLD DAY AND HE WAS OUT IN HIS RUN. NOW HE DOESNT WANT TO EAT MUCH, HIS EYES LOOK ...DULL, I THINK HIS NOSE IS QUITE WET, HIS DROPPINGS SEEM OK.... BUT WHEN I LET HIM OUT HIS HUTCH, HE HOPPED OUT AND FELL OVER TWICE. HE REALLY IS NOT HIMSELF AND I AM SO WORRIED. HE IS A DWARF LOP,UN-NEUTERED MALE, JUST GONE 5, VACCINATED FOR MYXAMATOSIS. PLEASE PLEASE HELP. I HAVE HAD HIM SINCE THE AGE OF 10 AND LOVE HIM SO MUCH. :( PLEASE ANSWER AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
THANKYOU  

Answer
Dear Aly,

When a rabbit is this sick, the internet is not the place to seek help.  Please get him to a good rabbit vet immediately!  You don't say where you are, but if he was vaccinatec for myxo recently, I'm guessing you're in the UK.  If so, please contact the Rabbit Welfare Association at:

http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/

for referral to a good vet.  Please also read:

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

for emergency instructions and:

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

for info on what to ask the vet.  If the bunny is not eating, or producing only mushy stool, please also read and heed this immediately:

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

I hope your bunny will be okay, and I hope this helps.

Dana