Stepped on my bunny!

[Luisa]

Help! I just stepped on my bunn’s foot. She is very young 7 weeks at the most. I stepped back and accidentally stepped on her! She cried out, ran and i checked fer foot and it was a bit sore… she limped for a while and then started acting normal and walking normal. Should i be concerned? I checked both her front feet again (since irt was where i stepped) and she didnt complain

[Q8bunny]

Rabbit bones can be very fragile, and at 7 weeks are still developing. If nothing in her behaviour indicated discomfort, she could be ok, but rabbits are generally very good at masking pain. Keep checking her feet as frequently as you can, looking for signs of eye squinting, ears close to her neck/back, and hunching with tooth grinding, which are all signs of pain. Of course, any swelling of the foot or change in eating, toileting, mobility, should be a cause for immediate concern and trip to the vet. Otherwise, consider it a close call and develop that sixth sense and eyes in tne back of the head that we bunny parents need.

[Mikey]

Agreeing with Q8. Adding on another tactic to avoid stepping on the bun: the bunny shuffle! Shuffle (glide) your feet across the floor without picking them up too much. At most, youll accidentally shuffle her out of your way which hurts them a lot less than stepping on them or accidentally kicking them

[Q8bunny]

My mom (Chewie’s grandma) does that.

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