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 defecating… Sometimes 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.