Buddy's trip to Animal ER

Tonight after E and I went to the park, ate dinner, and had a Popsicle, we he wanted a bath so we headed upstairs. As the bath was filling and he was putting his toys inside the tub, I stepped into the loft and noticed Buddy (our Dutch rabbit) sitting in her cage with her front paws spread out. Thinking she might be asleep I tried rubbing her, but she couldn't get her front paws to support her.

It was sad, as I was looking up pet hospitals E went over to Buddy's cage and points to her. He then said "Buddy sleeping." He also wondered why I put her in the pet taxi and where she was going. He loves petting her nose, saying hi, and bye to her, and watching her run around.

When Amy got home from dinner with friends, I took Buddy to a 24 hour animal clinic where she was evaluated. She wasn't active, and her bottom was wet meaning she wasn't able to get to her litter box. She had been fine this morning, jumping up onto her ledge to let E pet her.

I spent about 2 1/2 hours at the clinic. She was evaluated and given a pain medication for the night. The vet said it could an infection, a traumatic experience, a fall, or the start of a neurological disorder. Well, she hasn't fallen, there is no way, and unless someone broke into our house and scared her she couldn't have had a traumatic experience. That leaves either a disorder or infection I would think. We will know more when she is evaluated by our vet this week. Tonight the vet gave Buddy a "bunny aspirin" shot. It seems to help for tonight as when I put her back in her cage she hopped around a little. Now she is just sitting there beside a towel we put in there.

Buddy is 7 1/2 years old, which is pretty old for a rabbit. If it is something we can clear up with some short term medication, we will definitely take that route. Otherwise...