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Any rabbit owners in /an/? Anonymous
My rabbit Smokey is five years old. He's pretty lazy, but cool as hell.
Out of his lifetime, I've taken him to the vet twice, both within two years of buying him. Nothing was wrong, it was just for checkups.
Now he seems to be getting things wrong all at once. He has a cyst, or however you spell them, but with some sort of scablike deal on it (see pic).
He sneezes a lot (like, the frequency of a sick person) and, for the last half year, hasn't crapped the rabbit pellet that most rabbits do. It's a bit more gooey, but still holds a shape. I thought it was diarrhea, but my local rabbit expert told me it wasn't, and my dad is too much a money-thirsty ass to go against the word of said local rabbit expert.

So, /an/, can you be so kind as to diagnose the problem?
>> Anonymous
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my bad, the pic mentioned intext is here.
>> Anonymous
>>130057

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>> Anonymous
>>130060
That's not what you think it is.
>> Anonymous
>>130056

put your poor rabbit down and get a new one.

The moment a rabbit has any kind of sickness, regardless of whether it's feasible to be treated, the rabbits will die soooner or later, because vets are often not used to handling rabbits/ never handled a rabbit in their life.
>> Anonymous
OP- It's tough to say. Rabbits have very sensitive skin, so it could be nothing, but it's always best to have a vet check to make sure. Is there really no way for you to take it to the vet? Just a checkup for a rabbit is usually $35-$45, at least in my area. It'll end up being much more expensive if you wait and have to take it in as an emergency.

The gooey poop is a little worrisome - what are you feeding him? Can you increase his fiber intake, maybe give him a little more timothy hay?

>>130095

umm... no. My rabbits (I have three) have all gotten sick before, and recovered just fine. Although, I will admit you are right about most vets. The trick is to find a good rabbit vet in your area. If there is a house rabbit society near you (check www.rabbit.orgchapters/index.html), you can call and ask what vet they use. That's how I found my vet, and she is AWESOME. If there's not one on that list near you, check the yellow pages for vets that specifically say they treat exotics, not just cats and dogs.
>> Anonymous
Most states have a House Rabbit Society, they would probably be you best bet at free medical information.
www.rabbit.org
>> Anonymous
>>130118
I feed him generic rabbit pellets. I've tried forever to give him hay, but he ignores it completely. I'll randomly give him a carrot, or a treat of sorts.

>>130095
Most of my friends told me that my rabbit would die within a month that i bought him. That was five years ago.
>> Anonymous
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My rabbit Smokey is five years old. He's pretty lazy, but cool as hell.
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Rabbits are the devil.
>> Anonymous
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>>130210
Little girls are the devil.
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>>130217
Young female rabbits are the devil!
>> Anonymous
>>130208

The diet could be part of the problem... they really do need a lot of fiber, so if it refuses hay, check the fiber content on the pellets. They should be the good kind, not the kind that has seeds and crap mixed in. Mazuri is good, or something like Kaytee Timothy complete. Rabbits also need a lot of fresh greens, so try feeding it some Romaine lettuce or parsley or kale; that could help.

Have you checked its teeth? One of my rabbits occasionally refuses his hay, but that's because his teeth are badly maloccluded (they don't line up right) and we have to take him in to the vet once a month to have his teeth filed down. Normally they wear their teeth down on hay, but his wicked underbite prevents that. So, if yours isn't interested in hay, check its teeth.

How's the scabby cyst looking?
>> Anonymous
lol
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>>130395here.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that you should aim for a high fiber content in pellet food around 18-20%.
Pic related.
>> Anonymous
OP here.
I sat on Smokey to stop his suffering.
Time for a new pet, lol.
>> Anonymous
give your rabbit some fruit with it's diet for it's cyst your rabbit is getting somewhat older so it's expected. the reason it is scabbing is because it's skin is dry. it's normal :]
>> Anonymous
He wants to be named Hoptimus Prime.