Case Challenge: A 5-Year-Old Rabbit With Anorexia and Lethargy

Date: July 27, 2015

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Categories: Mammals,  Rabbit,  Emergency Medicine 

5-year old female spayed lop rabbit presents with a history of acute anorexia

Background

Chief Complaint:
First ever episode of decreased appetite and reduced activity for the last 24 hours  |  Failure to produce stools over the last few hours

Diet:
Grass hay and a small amount of high-quality, timothy-hay based pellets  |  New bale of hay

Housing:
House rabbit | Shares a pen with another lop rabbit who is fine  |  There is also a third rabbit in the same room, also fine  |  No new rabbits  | Although there is an outdoor pen, the rabbit has not yet had access to the yard this year

A 5-year old female spayed lop rabbit presents with a history of acute anorexia . . .

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