[Petbunny] my poor madison

[Leslie M. Kuretzky]

VIBES for dear Madison
 
Les


 
 
The Cheapest Facelift is a Laugh

The reason a dog has so many friends is because he wags his tail and not his tongue

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

When life throws you lemons, make lemonade!

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Anne Walizer <anne at walizer.net> wrote:


From: Anne Walizer <anne at walizer.net>
Subject: my poor madison
To: PETBUNNY at LSV.UKY.EDU
Received: Monday, August 10, 2009, 10:14 PM


Well, we are off to the vets tomorrow afternoon.  Please send some be healthy vibes for our diva.

Her eyes are a bit watery (the fur around the corners seems matted and damp) and she seems to be snorting/sniffling when she breathes.  She's been laying around more in the last 2 days.  I caught her twice sleeping in the pootybox -- I know some rabbits do sleep there, but she never has before.  Pooty-production seems normal - but it's harder to tell since she has a mate.  Some pooties in their condo are smaller than normal but not all.

The cut on her nose looks just fine though and she has broken open the scab -- so no more bloody paws, THANK GOODNESS!  But she seems to have just gone downhill a bit too fast.  She'll be 9 in October, as far as we've estimated, but I"m just not ready to see signs of geriatics in any of my buns.  Mentally, I know it's coming, but emotionally, I'm far from ready.

She's still eagerly taking treats and grooming her face and moving around.

and for once, I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the wetness around her eyes (my knee-jerk reaction says pasterella/snuffles but why now?  Our warren is isolated from other buns - and I do change my clothes/shower after visiting the shelter buns so I have no idea what bug/viral thing she may have picked up.  Thoughts?  No other bun in the warren seems to be coming down with anything so hopefully it's not contagious (I don't have another dog-proof room to move anybody to if that's the case.)

I bought a bag of Oxbow Brome hay at the shelter - as a treat for our buns to see if they'd like something different than their normal APD orchard grass.  In the past, we've all had allergic reactions to Oxbow timothy hay (sneezing, watery eyes, my husband's asthma kicking him on his butt) so now I'm wondering if the small bag of Brome might be upsetting her.

--
Anne
Madison, Kazi, Ben & Princess Maya
www.walizer.net

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