Bunny with a thyroid condition

[siglinde99]

Ginny, ShuLing's bunny, has a thydroid condition. When she was younger, I just thought she was fat. Then I worried she had developed a tumour under her chin. She has never been particularly friendly or lively, but periodically I would buy new toys for both rabbits as I feltbad that Floppy played enthusiastically with his big cardboard tube, while Ginny refused to do more than nibble half-heartedly at the occasional toilet paper roll. A few months ago, I spotted some salt blocks and thought they might make nice treats. Imagine my surprise whan Ginny practically gobbled hers down. Hers needed replacing befor Floppy had made a visible dent in his. Silly me - that lump was a goitre from iodine deficiency. Since then, she has lost weight, the goitre has shrunk considerably, and she is much livelier. She has destroyed all the Christmas chew treats (including Floppy's), and a toilet paper roll now lasts only a few hours. She is also more willing to tolerate petting, thought that may simply reflect the increased attention she has been getting since she got so much more active. If anyone I see regularly has unbleached cardboard tubes (toilet paper, wax paper, etc) and doesn't mind saving them, you would make a bunny very happy.

Comments

[pink-lady2.livejournal.com]

Aw. Poor bunny. I will keep tubes for you. I think I need bins with people's names on them so that I can sort where various things go. Lol.

[utsi.livejournal.com]

how does one know they are unbleached? only the brown rolls? glad the solution was an easy one for Ginny. i wish everything could be solved with a salt block :)