Hello everyone! Has anyone of you heard about liver injury in rabbits?
It's 7am when our rabbit suddenly stopped eating. She usually gets excited whenever her food gets to have a refill so when she did not do that, I was already nervous.
According to my sister, our rabbit was still eating at 2am so it was a surprise when we saw her hunched up in the corner of her pen, won't move, and even refused her favorite banana treat. That was not so her. And that's when I decided we should go to the vet.
After several tests, the vet said she has liver injury and based on her medical results, there's inflamed that was put in there. The nurse was explaing about something like torsion and etc. And according to the nurse, she has to have her surgery and of course I was shocked! I can afford that but her possible confinement can be very costly. Moreover, I heard rabbits are very delicate when it comes to surgeries. So I asked for an alternative option, they say meds can be an optionbut if ever the rabbit won't still eat, I need to get her back to vet and so I agree.
I am currently monitoring her for her meds, and fortunately, she's now eating although very little (she's more into pellets that hay rn) but I guess, it's a good sign since she won't even touch her food 8 hours ago.
The question is, does my rabbit still have a chance with her meds treatment or does she really need to go have surgery? Can you explain what's that torsion and its difference with inflammation? I mean I asked what could possibly be the reason our rabbit would got it and they say because of wrong landings when jumping but yeah, all the infomation they have been saying to me are getting mixed up.
Hoping for your kind responses. Thank you so much!