Female Flemish Giant Mix – Blood in cage

[YogiWabbit]

Hello, I am asking this but it has nothing to do with my own rabbit it is a friend’s.

My friend found blood in her rabbits cage today, and she noticed it before a couple days earlier. The rabbit is about 1 year and she was given to from a friend. This person who gave her the rabbit couldn’t care for her anymore, but i dont think she had much knowledge on them either. Anyways the rabbit seems lively acts normally and eats.

Since her original owner only based her diet on pellets that’s what she eats and ocassionally has some veggies.

I’ve only had a rabbit almost 2 months so I dont really know what it can be, it’s located near her lower stomach I believe. My friend looks at it and it has some blood on it as well. They don’t have much money either, my reccomendation was to take them to a veterinarian but the nearest one is about an hour, almost 2 away.

I will send pictures of anyone requests it but answers would be very much appreciated.

[Serenity]

Definitely have your friend look over her rabbit very carefully for any injuries. It could just be something small like scraping against a wire in her cage or a clipped nail. If it is something bigger that is bleeding badly, you should probably see a vet about it. Also, start putting hay into her diet? :/ Not all at once, I think that would be too much of a shock on her system, but little by little. And I VERY strongly suggest taking her to see a vet, ASAP. It could be something internal that she is peeing out or it could be in her poop and may even turn out to be fatal. Also, if you do see a vet, ask him/her about my suggestions before implementing them, I am experienced and have done my research but am definitely no professional. Hope this helps!

[Mikey]

She needs a vet ASAP. It could be a UTI, a stone, internal bleeding, cancers, ect. Your friend should also fix the buns diet. Bunnies need a diet of about 70percernt hay.

[Bam]

If the blood comes from her urinary/reproductive tract, she does need to see a vet. Since she is young, cancer is less likely than a UTI, but she’d still need treatment.

Pictures would be great!

[YogiWabbit]

I have photos that my friend sent to me, this looks really abnormal, I tried looking up pictures to find a match but I can’t seem to find anything. 

This is an album here. 

Rabbit’s Gallery.

[LBJ10]

What are we looking at hear? It looks like a sore or lesion. Could be syphilis and the sore broke open either from grooming or rubbing.

[YogiWabbit]

My friend sent me a video of it and when she’s walking you can see it hanging and moving around, it’s really large.

[Muchelle]

Whatever it may be, that stuff needs to be checked by a competent vet asap! D:

[vanessa]

Is that a swollen genital area? You mean moving around like wriggling worms? That bunny needs to see a vet quickly…

[Bam]

Could it be some type of prolapse (meaning a bit of the uterus or intestine hanging out)? It’s difficult to make real sense of what it is in the pix. Can you link to the video your friend sent you?

The rabbit of course needs to see a vet. Are there any no kill shelters/rescues in your area that you could perhaps ask for help? The people working in shelters as a rule have seen lots of things, and they might be able to refer this rabbit to a vet they use.

[YogiWabbit]

I can link a video once I get it, but it just hangs out of the skin when she walks and when she is picked up it goes in. We don’t really have any good vets nearby, no one is really good with rabbits here. The nearest vet in our area is around 2 hours away, my friend is just worried about the cost of it, but I would take them nonetheless. 

[jerseygirl]

Could “she” be a “he” perhaps? Its a bit hard to tell what area we are looking at from the photos. But I though maybe a scrotal sac or scotal hernia? Or an abscess that has burst. But with it going in when picked up, Im even more suspcious that it’s a testicle descending and ascending..
Did the first owner have other rabbits that this one was with?

I think I would be inclined to take the bun to the nearest vet, even if they don’t normally see a lot of rabbits. They would at least have a better idea of what they’re looking at then us.

[LBJ10]

It looks like it’s next to the anus. If that is the genital area in the picture. Like I said, it’s sort of hard to tell from those pictures. Whatever it is, it looks angry and I can see where it’s bleeding. This is why I thought perhaps it was a sore, like from a syphilis infection. But if you say it goes in when the bun is picked up… hmm… Or is it simply “going in” because they sort of suck that area in naturally. If it’s painful, they may be relaxing the muscles there so stuff isn’t touching anything. I don’t know. Anyway, a vet really does need to look at it. None of the things mentioned are really treatable at home. Syphilis, for example, requires antibiotics. A prolapse or hernia would need surgery.

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