Chocolate Bunny is a blue runner khaki Campbell mix born on our property. She is obviously a smaller bird who exhibits wonderful traits from both of her stock breeds. She lays beautiful blue eggs and lots of them.
Bunny woas running to keep up with the other birds but her left leg was obviously not working properly. On closer inspection it didn’t appear to be broken, it just wasn’t “right”. We took her in to Animal Clinic and in the process met the newest veterinarian at the practice. She was as taken aback at a duck patient as I was by a doctor who looked 16.
Upon examination she determined the leg wasn’t broken and requested that we consent to an x-ray. At this point I simply wanted an answer so I can determine if we could find a non surgical fix or if Bunny needed to be euthanized. I agreed and bunny was whisked away to imaging.
A short while later a pale young doctor and a cranky Chocolate Bunny reappear. The image is perfectly normal. Prior to imaging one of the older doctors was examining Bunny and in the course of her exam there was a very loud snap when she pulled on the leg. Loud enough that the technician told me about it a few months later in a private conversation.
Bunny was still hobbling but the angle had changed on her leg. We opted to pen her separately in a covered 3’x3′ (1 meter) pen and administer rimadyl for a few days. By day 3 I decided she was not going to recover and planned on taking her in for euthanasia the following morning.
On the morning of the fourth day I opened the door to her house and out she marched. She was walking upright and showing off her runner heritage.
And every drake in the yard was on her.
She spent 3 more days in our hospital enclosure and then returned to the general population where she has remained in good health for a several months now.
We assume she dislocated her hip running up a slick doorway into her house. We have improved the traction on the doorways and have avoided any further accidents.
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