injured bunny?

[lillian]

I was attempting to clip one of my buns nails when he put up a major fight. We didnt finish clipping before finally giving in and letting him go. He was breathing heavy but quickly calmed down. He seemed to be moving pretty normally but soon sprawled out and just laid there. I went over and touched his back foot to make sure he was okay. He jumped up, hopped to the other end of the room, and sprawled back out. I got hin up, snuggled him for a few, then let him go. He moved aroud for a good minute or two before sprawling again. Even as his brother came over, he stayed sprawled out, which, he almost never does. Is he okay? Is it just stress? Did i accidentally injure him? I always try to take precautions to not hurt him during clippings but sometimes he just takes control

He did just get up to follow his brother, followed just for a short distance, and is now cleaning himself pretty much normally. Cleaned his front and back feet, back, tail, face with front paws, and so on. Seems to be focused quite a bit on his right side

And hes sprawled out again. Sprawling is not something he does commonly at all. He did make an attempt to get up on the bed and made it pretty well (not his usual perfect jump of course), but was quickly left with another sign ofsprawling out

(Sorry for errors and spelling)

[Bam]

I think you just need to monitor him for a while and see if he’s trouble moving about. That he cleaned himself is a good sign, a healthy rabbit cleans himself thoroughly, esp when a horrible person has sullied his precious fur with her horrible hands.

[Vienna Blue in France]

“How very dare she take me in her hands indeed !!! ” LOL !!

His panic was probably just like the equivalent to an unexpected sprint from ! His flopping was him going ‘oh my goodness, OH MY goodness !!!… phew “

[lillian]

Yea he had me for quite a scare, wouldnt even take his favorite treat. Once i got him back in his cage and got him all comfortable, he did finally eat it. Seems okay today, but isnt jumping as well as he usually does. Is it possible he could have just strained it from the unusual movements?

[Bam]

It could be. Just keep an eye so he eats and poops. If he’s pulled a muscle or sth, you don’t do much but let it heal. Should he stop eating/pooping or display any more obvious signs of pain you of course need to take him to a vet. Metacam can help since it’s an NSAID (like diclofenak for humans). 

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