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  • Hi my name is Sarah and this is Halibut, and I am one of the exotic technicians here at

  • Extra Care Animal Hospital, and on behalf of Expert Village.com, I am going to provide

  • you with some helpful information on owning a rabbit. You might be wondering how you will

  • know when your rabbit is sick. If you rabbit does anything that causes you any worry, you

  • should definitely take him or her to a qualified rabbit veterinarian. Rabbits will sometimes

  • hide signs of illness until they are feeling very sick. One very important thing is that

  • rabbits should always be eating and always be defecating. They move through large amounts

  • of plant matter, so when they stop eating, they go into something called GI stasis or

  • gastrointestinal stasis. All that plant material that they eat stops moving. It makes gas buildup,

  • which makes the rabbit even more uncomfortable, so it is very important that if you ever see

  • that your rabbit isn’t eating or defecatingSometimes with cats and dogs they can feel

  • a little off for a day or so; dogs might skip a meal, cats might skip a meal. It’s not

  • really a big deal with those guys, but in rabbits, if they don’t eat for even 6 or

  • 12 hours, it can be very dangerous for them. Other things that you may see with your bunny

  • is coughing or sneezing, discharge from the nose or eyes. It is important that if there

  • is any medical issue going on that you get them to a veterinarian’s office as soon

  • as possible. If you would like more information about our animal hospital, you can visit our

  • website at www.extracareanimalhospital.net.

Hi my name is Sarah and this is Halibut, and I am one of the exotic technicians here at

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