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epilepsy,head injury

22 11:19:55

Question
Hey!I have a really tough one for you,but hope that you can help me.Our rabbit is a white blue-eyed netherland dwarf and is one year old.The past week was really traumatic and stressful for her and us,because the people living down our street found six newborns rabbits in the garage and they are my rabbits babies.So we bought them home and put them in our living room and every morning and evening we catch my rabbit so that she can feed them,then on monday when i came home at 12 am and wanted to put her outside she had a very bad seizure(this was the first one i have seen).I then picked her up and after a while put her outside,she recovered and was better.On tuesday evening when my mom and i went to pick her up so that she could feed the babies and she had another attack and my mom jst put her on the floor so that she could get over it.It then didnt happen until this friday came at 5:30pm my mom and I walked down the street to her usual spot to pick her up so that she could feed her babies and then before we got into the driveway she had an fit in the street so all my mom did was put her on the street so she can get over it ,but then she went crazy and at a extremly fast speed ran into our yard an right into our shed,when she hit it she flew into the air a fell flat on the ground shaking.She hit the shed so hard it has a dent in it,I picked her up and tried to calm her down.We got into the house and my mom held her for at least an hour,then we put her down and her head was/is hanging skew.She cant eat solid food so my dad purees it for her and then feeds her.We then thought we will have her put out  on saturday but we just love her to much.Her babies are 10 days old today and still strong as my mom is feeding them with bottle.She is still off of balance and when she walks her head hangs skew and still cant eat food but we puree it and then feed her,its really sad as we love her so much and today she kinda run but not alot.We are all suffering from this and we are trying our best.I just want to know if you think she will get better and when we can start to feed the babies solid food.Thank-you,Hope to her from you soon!

Answer
There's two issues here.  Have you taken her to the vet to see what bones she broke when she hit the shed?  She had to have broken something.

The second issue is what is causing the seizures.  She could have epilepsy, or a brain abscess, or several other issues, but fixing the first one is more important at this moment.

You can find information on seizures at http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabrefs.html#seizures but first you need to find out if your rabbit has a broken collarbone, rib bone, or what exactly and if there is anything you can do to help it heal.

Kim