Sudden paralysis in rabbit

Sarah Yoder

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My English Angora showed symptoms at the snuffles a couple weeks ago. I gave him VETRX and his symptoms disappeared. Today he suddenly can't use his front legs, especially the left. He doesn't seem to be in pain. He let's me pick him up and feel his legs with no response. He's my favorite rabbit and I'm really worried about him. Does anyone know what could cause this?
 

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I'm sorry that this happened...
This same thing happened quite a few times to my rabbits. At first, I was humanely putting them down but I had one that I bottle fed for 8 days and it came back with no problems at all. I don't know what it is, i'm a vet tech and I've never figured out what causes sudden paralysis in rabbits.
Sometimes they come back and sometimes they don't. Do you have a rabbit vet you could talk to?
 

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Greetings and welcome to BYH from Tn! So glad you joined us. Look around and see what interesting stuff you can find. You'll get to "meet" folks at the same time. By all means post away when the desire strikes you, especially if you have questions (provide as much detail/info as possible and pictures truly help)... With all the great folks here, generally someone will respond in no time at all. Oh, and we all love pics, so post them anytime you feel the need! Please make yourself at home!
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I just wanted to update and say that I dewormed my rabbit Charlie and he's doing so much better. He went from laying on his side to hopping again in less than a week. I'm guessing it was caused by a parasite .
 

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