A Rabbit With Head Tilt | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER
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A Rabbit With Head Tilt | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER
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We just ❤️ the montage of Dawn and Midnight from this video! What was your favorite part? 🐰
No mention of E. Cuniculi? the PARASITE that can very likely cause this?🤷🏽♂️You’d think the vet would be AWARE of this?🤦🏽♂️
The couple is so adorable. And so are their little fur babies ❤🐰 very cute family
They do adult activities in the bed room
the rabbit is so lucky to have such parents like them. its heartwarming
We couldn't agree more 🥰❤️🐰
I thought the "head tilt syndrome" in bunnies was fatal and a death sentence basically. So happy to find out it's not! and that it's treatable. I haven't had rabbits in over 10 years but I remember having one that had this problem and the vet said he had to be put to sleep. Same with my Aunt's bunny that also had the head tilt problem. Poor things. Thanks for this video :)
No, thankfully they can live perfectly fine with it :)
Mine has it. It’s been 3plus years. He’s happy. It’s only a death sentence if u put them down.
While sometimes it can lead to death, I have seen many rabbits with permanent head tilts that live a long and happy life.
Then that's not a rabbit savvy vet and I would go to someone else from now on if I were you.
E Cunniculi is one of the most common cause of head tilt and can be very hard to treat
Anyone else just finding this series and falling in love? I've owned cats,dogs,birds and exotics in my lifetime and it's so awesome to see an actual large, fully staffed hospital with people devoted to avian and exotic animal medicine.
I’m sobbing watching that couple. It’s such a relief to know we get to help their family. Thank you for what you do Dr. K
One of my buns had this and I thought for sure she was done for. She made a full and very quick recovery.
How did she make a recovery? Mine has a complete head tilt
That's so great to hear! How, what treatment did she get? And do you know what was the cause for the headtilt?
What treatment you gave?
How long did it take?
Aww.. poor cute bunny. Get well soon buddy. ❤️❤️
Hello dear
@Dominick Ramirez why would you say that
@Dominick Ramirez I'm no creepy guy I'm Stephen from Missouri okay
Aww this reminds me of a bun I had! He had an ear infection that went undiagnosed for several weeks because he didn't have all of the symptoms of an ear infection and, despite checking multiple times over multiple visits, the vet could not see an infection (turns out it was really deep in his ear). He never developed a head tilted, but he did develop a wobbly-ness to his gait like a drunken stagger that prevented him from being able to periscope which persisted for the rest of his life. He eventually relearned how to jump up onto things (he was my climbing bun) and how to periscope, but he could only do it for a short duration and often needed to be able to lean on something. Silly bun scared me half to death when, after he had started climbing again, he decided to get cheeky and climb the slippery wooden stairs to the second floor of the house!
How long did your bunny live for 3ith this condition and did he get treatment for his inner ear infection? Did you you notice anything at the early stages like scratching his ears or falling?
@@try2justbe All good questions!
1. He lived the remainder of his life with this condition, which only was about another 8 months-1 year. I don't believe it was related in any way to the disease he developed that ultimately took his life as that disease appeared to have been concentrated in the gut.
2. He did receive treatment for his ear infection as soon as I noticed the problem and the infection was cleared as far as his vet could tell.
3. That was the tricky part: he did not have any obvious early signs of an ear infection!
@@megapiglatin2574 thank you for answering my questions! Best wishes!
@@try2justbe No problem! :)
We had our bunny, Rocky, for 8 years and they had this exact problem, it was very distressing for them. Our vet told us that Rocky had no hope and had to be put down. It's been a year and I still miss Rocky every day.
Diane is an empath.
She could help those animals so much more!
Get her trained as an animal communicator!
My thoughts exactly!
I thought you were talking about the rabbit picking up on the vertigo for a moment there.
I absolutely love Dr.K. I wish we in Houston, TX had someone like her hear. Not in it for the money! Just care for our fur babies.
Dr. T is in Ft Worth if you’re willing to drive
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Im going through this right now. So scary! Hoping for a good recovery
This couple is so sweet, when they heard that their rabbit's condition was treatable. ❤️
This happened to my bunny last year, it was so scary, she’s now doing much better, has no head tilt but does have a little trouble walking straight
Oh do happy to hear that! What treatment did she get? And when did you notice there was something wrong?
Can you please tell me what's the procedure?? My bunny's also have this disease please tell me
Glad the condition is treatable
Awww... poor baby. Hope she recovers.
I heard the name of the medicine and thought "that sounds familiar" and bun mom said "vertigo" and I remembered that Dramamine is what my mom takes when she has vertigo. My mom is a very hardy woman, but her vertigo is particularly bad. Poor bun. Glad bun mom can understand so intimately what bun is feeling.
Love Dr. K, love the parents, what caring people all around
My old bunny had a stroke at about eight years of age. A few weeks of injecting antibiotics for the infection that caused it he was fine. His ear lopped on one side though.
Wow you are adorable cee
Hello cee
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Greetings to you dear
So cute rabbit hope she be fine and healthy!
Awwww. So caring for baby bunny.💕👏🏻
Aww poor thing
Head tilt can be scary. Ya have to clean them more frequently. Sometimes they can put there head straight again but go back to the head tilt. Also carrying a head tilt needs to be taken as carefully and gently as possible. To hold a head tilt is way different than a regular bunny
I love dr. K I discovered the serie in accident a while ago and I couldn't stop watching it ever since.
It so cute.
I'm gald she may get better soon
Thank you for this, I have a bunny going through this right now and it was very hopeful and helpful! ❤️
What's the procedure my bunny's also going through this right now please tell me
I feel their pain. having same issue with mine with head tilt. my heart is breaking.
I love my cats like they love their bunny.
Oh my god our rabbit just started showing very bad symptoms of this and we were very worried we would have too put him down, but this gives us hope!!
Dr K is so amazing. I am a big animal lover ❤
Hello Sofia
Normally head tilt is brought on from an ear infection.. but theirz a different kind of "head tilt" that's brought from immune compromised, elderly, kits or a bun that went thru surgery..12 yrs ago I rescued a lionhead kit, when she hit 1yr old she had to go thru a full hysterectomy and c-section .. 2 months later. She developed head tilt.. her vet checked her the next day after it showed!. Their was no ear infection.. no infection at all that they could test for.. within 2 days she was full trapped on her side and rolling because her head was fully parallel to the ground. Vet said she was beyond help because they had nothing to treat. And they couldnt just throw random meds at her hoping to save her.. well . I staring looking online, and found a breeder who's got this type of tilt.. she used a experimental treatment and was almost always able to save her buns.. they were permanently disabled needing special care. But lived healthy lives... sarabi wouldve died anyway so I did it too.. she was only 3lbs so it was riskier because of doses. But after3 days of treatment her tilt stopped progressing.. it took me chopping her solid food and hay and mixing with yogurt to feed her thru a syringe, same with water. She slept on my chest every night to stop her rolling.. and thru physical therapy and time.. she was able to sit up and eat on her own and learned how to sit up, then eventually learned to walk again. This whole process took place in the span of 4 months.. she lived to be 6yrs.
Mine is same. What did you do
So what was the experimental treatment? Yogurt and physical therapy?
My bunny had a head tilt today. And we searched the whole entire DFW area and no exotic vets were available or they were very very pricey. We luckily found an emergency vet close by that we had overlooked.
Until now I did not know this was so common.
People care more about animals that their actual blood relatives sometimes. But yet humanity goes out and cowardly hunt animals for fur, sport, etc. Probably cost hundreds to treat that bunny. But it goes to show you that love is priceless. Glad it is okay!
I had to put my bunny down over this. The ear infection was caused by dental issues. I was told one couldn't be fixed without fixing the other - a can't do wash. They said dental surgery would kill her. They gave her a 5% chance. She had spent a year in and out of dental surgeries. I decided that I loved her enough to let her go. She fell asleep in my arms. She was my best friend.
Poor thing. Get well soon
My rabbit had a bad head tilt he couldn’t even stand had to teach himself to stand and walk again and still had really bad balance. Took him to the vet and they thought it was and ear infection. Treated him for and eat infection and it did not resolve at all they gave me gel to apply to the downward eye but he lived normal other than that until he died a bit over a year later. Don’t think it was the cause of his death I think he had a heart attack induced by sudden fright.
My rabbit also has a bad head tilt. But it just got worse over the last few days to where she can't even stand now. But I've been trying to get him into the vet or hospital, which will be about a week by the time someone will finally see him because they don't have enough vets around here that take care of bunnies. I was pretty sure it was probably an ear infection, I hope it wasn't because it got injured or had a heart attack or something 🤔
@@kwah2o84 A common reason for such severe head tilts in rabbits is also Encephalitozoön Cuniculi (or E. Cuniculi) it's a widely spread disease in household rabbits. How is your rabbit now?
It just amazes me how many people wait to take their until suffering or near death when they were aware of sickness or injury for weeks,months and as one woman with ferret waited a year when cancer was already very bad before they take them to a vet woman with guinea pig with severe ear and eye infection the unbearable pain they suffer😡😡😡
Very special ... congratulations
I have a lop rabbit , got an ear infection last December, now thankfully fully recovered except for the head tilt. It happened my other lop last week, he's still on medication, slight head tilt, he can't stand up at the minute. Thanks for this video. Hopefully I've learned something from it. Seemingly lops are prone to ear infections.
Beautiful bunny's.
Prayers🙏🐰💓
thank you very good video
Poor girl! Hope she's doing better now🐰
Is it possible the nurses bunnies could have E.Cuniculi?
Need to do blood test for E. CUNICULI
It absolutely is manageable with the right treatment protocol! If you have a rabbit with an active E Cuniculi or inner/middle ear infection, then please join the Facebook group called "Help For Head Tilt Hoppers" for support!
Isn't that still an ear infection, but caused from mites or something? Sometimes bunnies get ear infections from other things also.
@@kwah2o84 It's not really an ear problem but E. Cuniculi affects the central nervous system, such as the brain. The head tilting is because of brain damage. It's known as a parasite but in university we learn it's actually most likely a kind of mold, not really a parasite.They are still doing intensive research on it. But it's treatable with the usual meds like panacur.
I don’t know if my rabbit is okay if he has E col or ear infection the vet is pretty sure that he has E col should I trust him what if it’s an ear infection
I wish I could see your show again . We can't get tv
I love rabbit 🐰❤
I feel for her, I've had vertigo
and it's no fun😵😟.
One of my rabbits died after she had this I was so sad!
This is what my rabbit was exactly like, but I can't get her into the vet for like a week, they don't even have an emergency place that I can take her to, and she's not getting any better, so I need to know what I can do at least to keep her comfortable and maybe keep her alive at least until someone can see her. Now she can't stand up at all, and constantly flips, probably from trying to stand and walk. What meds was she given? For her infection? All I heard here was that she was given Dramamine for the vertigo, but how did they treat the source?
That is very nice
Good doctor 🐇❤️
Cute stay safe
I’m dealing with this right now.
Can rabbit be given 1\4 part of neomec tablet for skin infection like fur mite..???? Please tell me ..
My friends mom had a litter of kittens that were bout a month old. Her youngest grandkid got ahold of one of the kittens and injured him pretty bad to where he had a spinal injury that caused his head tilt. We tried our best to keep the kotten alive till mornin to take him to a vet but sadly he didn't survive the night. After that we moved the kittens and the mama into a makeshift box in the closet so the kids couldn't get ahold of the remaining kittens
Oh, that is so sad. And to know it happened because of a little youngster and probably could have been prevented. Poor Mama Kitty too. I also feel bad for the grandchild to who it doesn't understand now, we'll probably feel very horrible about it later also. 😥
How can we prevent this and discover it at early stages?
Mam my rabbit has cup and cold and scones are block so
Mam to say the treatment ple.
Hi
My bunny same problem , how to resolve please help me please 🙏
What medicine did she take besides for the vertigo?
Yes someone please answer this question please! Is this a secret? Are we not allowed to know this because they're afraid people won't take their bunny to the vet then? I need to know because no one will see my bunny for at least a week and I don't think it's going to make it, so I need to know what I can do. Please help! I'm sure it's some prescription that we'd have to have a doctor prescribe anyway, I have spent the last two nights up without sleep, barely even eating, taking care of this little bunny, researching on Google and youtube, calling veterinarians trying to get an appointment for my bunny sooner than a week. I've tried everything, vets and hospitals etc
My step sisters 4month old rabbit was put to sleep a few hrs ago because she has this so sever, she was uncontrollably fitting and her head was everywhere, you could tell she was gonna die, she also had a very weak heart rate 😢
What aount of dramamine should you administer, for rabbits about 1 and half months old.
My cat have same problem what to do ?
I'm confused, you said the head tilt was from an inner ear infection? How did they treat the infection? I know they gave the rabbit Dramamine to calm her down from the vertigo but I didn't see any kind of remedy except for massaging the neck for the head tilt
They mentioned that they will start an antibiotic regimen at around 2:35.
The same thing is happening to my rabbit but my mom is short on money so she can't go to the vet right now I sleep with him every time I hear him scrambling or struggling I cry and have this sad feeling😢😭😥😞😔
Hello dr can u help
Sadly, I see wry neck. Had a few, they just died in a matter of days
Dawn looks alot like my Cinnabun bunny. But mine is New Zealand/Dutch mix.
My rabbit had tilted neck and no vets were opened so she passed away
Wow
Are rabbits considered exotic or rare? I’m thinking of getting pet insurance and I want to know what category rabbits fall in to
Six months late, but typically, yeah. Most vets that see rabbits and other small animals are considered exotic.
@@heracross3323 The vets, or the animals? 😁
Every symptom she just listed is what my albino angora Lionhead rabbit had and the vet said he was dying and euthanized him , soooo im gunna need a lawyer apparently because if he was treatable they just put down a 11 yearold $1000 animal that I rescued from the fur trade
Unfortunately that happens more so than often especially with rabbit. My rabbit was also wrongly euthanized by a vet who I know now didn't even do the basic checks before deciding that, but I couldn't do anything about it and it hurts till this day 6 years later!
Yeah, there's just not enough experienced vets, hard enough to just get enough vets that'll take care of or know enough about bunnies. I'm sure this is happened a lot, if I hadn't seen this video I would have thought my rabbit had some lethal disease, or broke his neck or something worse too. I'm still not so sure what's going on with my rabbit it's probably one of the most extreme cases I've ever seen
I wonder why Dr. K did not give her a decongestant. Ive had vertigo and it was THE WORST FEELING EVER, I thought I had a stroke. The room never stopped spinning. 2 ERs later a doctor gave me a decongestant and I was fixed
Wow you are adorable
Are you seriously comparing the anatomy of human and rabbits? Head tilt is caused by E cunniculi infection which needs many treatments. Not something simple as vertigo which isn't an infection to begin with.
I love rabbits but so allergic!😞
Aww
I had success and reversal of head tilt with use of dewormer...!.....I broke down dog heart worm pill to weight
Hello Jackie
But they cant have their head straigh again?:(
This is the world now...
Omg I have the same pair lol
Gosh, looks like vertigo is hereditary. Like mother like daughter.
My rabbit had this one night ... she died an hour later
if a rabbit bite by dog rabis disease in rabit bite
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Sorry but the head tilt in rabbits is usually caused by E. cunniculi not inner ear infection. I think you need to study more textbooks.
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Worst pet ever.
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they are acting like its a child its a rabbit
You aren't the type of person who should own a pet.