My two year old dutch rabbit has hurt his foot, we don't know what on, he was running around the garden, then when we went to put him in his hutch for the night, noticed a big cut on his front leg. On closer inspection at the vets, they think he has broken one or more of his toes. He is in now having it x rayed and then they are going to put it in a splint to set.
Does anyone know how successful this might be? How does a normally very active bunny cope with having his foot strapped, and what is the likelyhood that it will knit back together ok?If a rabbit breaks its toes or foot, how successful is it at knitting back together using a splint?
I have had two rabbits who suffered broken bones when they were young through being in large litters who played a rather mental jumping game - it's complicated, they were bonkers.
Anyway one of them was ';successfully'; splinted, but he never got the use back in his leg, it was much weaker afterwards and he hopped on three legs for the rest of his life. The second was much smaller and less resilient and the foot withered and he just had a stump after that. Both were back feet so I can't vouch for it being the same case for a front foot, but I can say that both rabbits I mentioned were very happy, tame rabbits who trusted people and would follow us around on the ground, so the treatment didn't upset their temperaments. They both also lived as long as any healthy four legged rabbit should.If a rabbit breaks its toes or foot, how successful is it at knitting back together using a splint?
Think carefully about the need for a split, I broke my finger and they dont put fingers in paster anymore, just a bandage for support for a week
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