Whats wrong with my rabbit??

[Rainstorm]

I have a big orange rabbit, (I dont know what breed he is)
about 4 or 5 days ago he was fine fat and healthy (hes a pig definetly)
its been raining or storming here for the last few days//and i was busy for 2 days so I only fed and watered him and of course gave him his treats then continued on taking care of the rest of the animals, Today I picked up him to hold him for the first time in a few days and he is BONY! he has no fat on his bones at all! he doesnt move around as much as he was yesterday, he eats alot and drinks, what could be wrong with him? could this be worms? if so where can I get medicine for it? hes really sick, I dont wanna lose him hes my baby! one of my tractor supply easter rabbits had him 4 and half years ago and she didnt have milk and before I knew she didnt all but him died, I bottle raised him and hes been a big baby since.

no idea where all the orange came from mom was white and dad was a wild rabbit color (I was suppose to have 2 females!)

 

[clucking chicken]

i am not sure but my rabbit (bugsy

) was fine healthy and active when we got her we even give her a run. Then i noticed she wasnt eating not even treats and she usually gobbles the in seconds. I was worried she was boney and defiantly lost weight. The next morning she was in her hutch lying down not moving barely able to breath. We lifted her out and she was all floppy like she was paraylsed. About 15mins later she died

It was sad. I hpoe the same doesnt happen to urs just feed it and give it plenty of water and lettuce. Hope she is fine i really do

 

[Lensters]

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Looking at the picture I my first guess is that you're killing him with kindness. Too many treats (especially fresh greens) will really screw up a rabbits digestive system. As the rabbit books say, nothing will kill a rabbit faster than lettuce.

Ok, so what to do. First, remove all treats and don't give him anymore until he is better. Second, free feed him a good pellet with probiotics in it. Third give him some good timothy grass, orchard grass, or other high quality "horse hay" the more he eats the better. As long as he is eating this advise is good no mater what ails him.

Next, you need to check for other symptoms. Look at his droppings, are there new ones and are they round and firm? Check his vents, are they clean and pink? Blow in his fur and look at his skin, does it look normal and free of mites/fleas/ticks? Feel his abdomen, are there any bumps/lumps? Is his face clean and dry? Are his eyes clear? Does he cough or wheeze? Look in his ears, are they clean? The answers to those questions will probably give us a diagnosis.

Oh, does he "free range" or have interaction with any other animals?

 

[Lensters]

As for the color, he appears to be a "Tort" or "Tortoise Shell". The white rabbit has what we rabbit people call the Vienna gene or is more commonly known as albino. So what color genes were hidden behind that. The wild or brown grey color is all the dominate genes so they could be covering a recessive at each location. So nearly any colored rabbit could come from that cross.

 

[cheirogloss]

First, I notice that your rabbit hutch has a wire floor to let the poop fall through. Rabbits have two kinds of poo- some of the droppings they pass are actually not fully digested and the rabbit must eat them again to maintain his digestive health. People freak and think that the bunny is eating its poop, but he's just giving himself natural "probiotics". You may want to bring him inside and put him in a warm, non wire enclosure so he can get to these special droppings.

Second, ditto with the treats. Rabbits need grasses and legumes (alfalfa, timothy etc.) Stop the treats, feed water and pellets and REAL grasses.

Third, if your bunny ever touched the real grass in his life, he could have contracted a disease of wild rabbits called leptospirosis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospirosis

It is contracted from wild rabbits and can be picked up from the grasses where they have been. If he has it, he will need vet attention. I had a rabbit die from it when I was little and the symtoms he had are very similar to your bunny. It took less than 2 days for him to pass.

I hope your bunny recovers. If I were you, I would get him inside and get him to a vet pronto. He needs IV fluids, medication and other interventions to prevent organ failure if it is lepto.

 

[Lensters]

Rainstorm, don't freak out about Lepto, it is actual not that easy for domestic rabbits to get. The have to eat something that an infected wild rabbit has defecated on within the last few days. However, that is part the reason for my last question.

Also rabbits can't handle large temperature swings so having them go indoors <=> outdoors isn't healthy and most rabbits can get their cecotropes (probiotic night feces) right as it comes out so wire bottom cages aren't a problem (or 99% of rabbits raised in America should be keeling over right now).

Keep your chin up and check for the symptoms so we can get a diagnosis.

 

[NotTheMomma]

I'm very sorry to hear about your bunny. I pray he gets well soon!!

One thing I did notice in the photo is the algae in the waterer. Clean that up, and make sure he only gets fresh, clean water daily. Otherwise, I don't know. We have two rabbits, but just got them a few months ago, so I'm not up on all the things that can be wrong. I did read they can get cocci, so I dunno!

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Is he pooping? My rabbit had those same symptoms with no droppings when he had GI Stasis, with is SCARY stuff that can kill fast.
If you see no droppings in the pan or underneath the cage, and I mean FRESH droppings then take the bunny and lay him on his back and massage his belly as deeply as he will comfortably allow you to until he starts to fart and then poop. You may have to do this for up to an hour, I did.
You can also give one dropper of baby gas drops to help get things moving. Once you have farting and even one or two fresh poops, I would put him back in his cage with plenty of fresh water, FRESH hay for roughage, and a little (a tablespoon for him) canned pumpkin for fiber.
Other than that, NO TREATS until things get back to normal.

 

[Lensters]

We are getting better replies now. Cocci or fur block (notice the rabbit is finishing a molt) are the two most likely causes. Both very treatable if caught in time.

 

[Rainstorm]

Quote:
Looking at the picture I my first guess is that you're killing him with kindness. Too many treats (especially fresh greens) will really screw up a rabbits digestive system. As the rabbit books say, nothing will kill a rabbit faster than lettuce.

Ok, so what to do. First, remove all treats and don't give him anymore until he is better. Second, free feed him a good pellet with probiotics in it. Third give him some good timothy grass, orchard grass, or other high quality "horse hay" the more he eats the better. As long as he is eating this advise is good no mater what ails him.

Next, you need to check for other symptoms. Look at his droppings, are there new ones and are they round and firm? Check his vents, are they clean and pink? Blow in his fur and look at his skin, does it look normal and free of mites/fleas/ticks? Feel his abdomen, are there any bumps/lumps? Is his face clean and dry? Are his eyes clear? Does he cough or wheeze? Look in his ears, are they clean? The answers to those questions will probably give us a diagnosis.

Oh, does he "free range" or have interaction with any other animals?

No to all the stuff you listed, and What I give him is Dog fennel weeds every couple of days or when their growing, and a carrot every couple of days, the green in the photo is from a couple months ago that my grandma threw in there thinking he'd eat em, and he had interaction with 2 other rabbits but ever since he started getting sick I put him in a pen to himself, and his droppings are normal, his face.. his chin has been staying wet like hes slobbering on himself, and his skin is clean.

and hes benn outside all his life and never had a problem