On Saturday I was cleaning out house rabbit so had to move him out of litter tray.
He kind of fell out of litter tray, and then out of hutch to floor (about 6").He then proceeded to drag himself across the floor, then lay on his side pooing profusely.
Called DH home, at this point rabbit had recovered a bit but seemed to be unable to weight bear on his front right leg.
DH took to vet, leg not broken, maybe strained, maybe neurological (mini stroke). Rabbit eating find. Given anti biotic to give to rabbit.
Today - lots of thrashing around in litter tray, he had fallen over and couldn't push himself up. Lots of scrabbling all day. When I gave him his meds this evening he was just lying on his side, and there was no protesting (there was a bit yesterday). He is still eating fine, but he can't get to his food by himself, had to pretty much hand feed him. He seems to have given up moving around and now seems unable to use back right leg as well. Previously we could help and sit him up, now he just slowly folds up and falls over.
My main concern is hygiene, he can't clean himself (and he isn't use to handling so us cleaning him causes him a lot of distress).
He can't move, and he can't use his litter tray so he's going to inevitably end up covered in wee. Don't want to put a substrate down as he will be breathing in it as he mostly has chin on floor.
He is still eating so apparently this means he is happy?
Dh is going to consult vdt tomorrow, but want to know what you guys think. I'm worried about selfishly keeping him alive when he is suffering, and I am worried about putting him down for selfish reasons.
We have had him for about six years and he was quite young when we got him. Owners children were allergic to him, and shelters wouldn't take him so we are in no way rabbit experts. He is a house rabbit.
And advice/hand holding gratefully accepted.