I dropped Walter off at the vet this morning for his follow up blood work. In an earlier post, I mentioned that my rabbit had tested “mildly positive” for E. cuniculi, which indicated that he was either just getting over an illness or about to launch into one. Let’s hope it’s the former.
Walter spent Saturday and Sunday nights at the kennel this weekend, so I knew he wouldn’t be too keen on getting back into his travel carrier and taken to the veterinarian’s office. In order to butter the bunny up, I fed him a hearty dose of alfalfa sprouts and one large Brussels sprout early this morning. After he scarfed everything down, I opened his cage door and watched his face light up as he (mistakenly) realized he could hop to freedom. One hop, a quick squirm, and one firm push on his tush, and he was locked inside the carrier and not pleased.
Upon arrival at the animal clinic, I set Walter and his travel carrier down next to me on a bench and tried to give him a couple of forehead scratches through the wire door. The rabbit immediately turned around and shoved his backside against the door; he couldn’t have made it any clearer that he was mad at me!
I should be able to pick Walter up later this afternoon, though I suppose we won’t receive the results from the blood tests for a few days. I’ll post updates here, but in the meantime, will hope that the days of Walter’s parasite are behind us.
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