Sick rabbit, doesn't eat anything, sits in place, please help!

KranK

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Hello todays morning i noticed that my rabbit (female) lays in the corner of the cage, she only changes her position (from laying on her belly to laying on her side with back legs stretched out. She didn't eat her breakfast carrot, cauliflower leaf and dried dill stalks. She's been eating one to two cauliflower leaves a day for a few days. She eats a carrot daily, medium/small one. I threw the food out and left her with only fresh water in a bowl and hay. There was a rest of rabbit feed and some wheat which she didn't finish eating yesterday and i threw it out too. Rabbit feed is "polluted" with chicken feed but not the franulated one, but the one that looks like scratch which she always lefts and I throw it out when she finishes. She doesn't move from that corner and doesn't react to being touched. There is no sign of a diarrhea, her butt is clear and under her tail is clear too. Her belly seems soft. Please help. The dill comes from my garden and the cauliflower leaves and carrots are store-bought. She's overweight. One guy advised me to check if she can walk and yeah, when i grabbed her (normally she tries to scratch me etc and runs away when sees that im about to catch her) she just jumped to her corner and stays there.
 

Lincs Lass

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Lincs Lass

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Must been something going about ,,Place Ive been working had a big rabbit in a hutch ,,it came out yesterday twitching ,rolling about ,head on one side ,,thought it going to snuff it ,,then it got up ,still with its head to one side ,bashed into the wire ,,recon it had had a fit or something ,,certainly wasn't a happy bunny .
 

KranK

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Must been something going about ,,Place Ive been working had a big rabbit in a hutch ,,it came out yesterday twitching ,rolling about ,head on one side ,,thought it going to snuff it ,,then it got up ,still with its head to one side ,bashed into the wire ,,recon it had had a fit or something ,,certainly wasn't a happy bunny .
sorry, i didn't understand. What did you mean?
 

KranK

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Its got to be a health issue ,,check its teeth ,wild rabbits will natural ware them away, caged bunny's just sit about and stuff their bellies ,obesity and dental care are the main factors for a shortened life span in caged rabbits
i will tomorrow cuz its nighttime now
 

Cowabunga

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Has its primary carer/best friend gone away? If so and for many other reasons, rabbits can get depressed. Yes really! It could be grieving due to some kind of loss of companionship and so on. Loneliness and/or lack of stimulation.


It can be treated by anti-depressant medicine.
 
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