It's a long story, but Carol & I just got back from the emergency vet.
Indy had a sudden problem overnight and we left her with the emergency vet until later this morning when carol is going to pick her up and bring her to our normal vet
The story starts when Carol can't get to sleep, so she goes downstairs at about 12:30. Indy is laying on the bottom floor of her condo, not really moving. Carol had to pull her out of the cage to get her to move, which is not like her. After observing her, Carol came back upstairs and woke me up to tell me what she saw.
We went back downstairs and there's Indy, lying on the floor, looking normal. I pet her, she licked me. Carol gets upset because now she looks normal. Indy gets up and walks away and looks fine.
Then she starts to move again, and she isn't moving right - her head starts to bob side-to-side, almost as if she has vertigo and is dizzy and can't focus. She walks haltingly to the side, as if she was dizzy and she was trying to catch herself from falling over. Eventually, she just lays down, knowing that the world around her stops spinning if she's not standing up. When I pet her, she vibrates - her signal that she is in distress.
So, it's time to make another trip to Animal 911 in Skokie. The place was busy - and you know that anyone that's taking their pet to the vet at 1 in the morning can't be having a good time. I saw many people in despair over their pets. Indy was whisked-away as soon as we got there - the problem was there were many other patients in much more critical need than her. After 2 hours, we finally talked to the doctor. It is one of two things - inner ear infection or stroke. (In my mind, the ear infection matches pretty well - she's alert, she's eating (which - if something really was wrong, she wouldn't do) she's aware of her surroundings and what's going on around her, and that doesn't sound like stroke), though she is up in age (she's almost 8 and that's petty old for a rabbit).
Indy is staying overnight for observation while they give her antibiotics. Carol will pick her up and get her to our "primary care vet" who specializes in exotic animals (and a bunny, it turns out, falls into the exotic category).
All this in just a few hours.
When we got home, Chip looked lonely, sad, and confused.
He was young when Indy had her problems before, and it was before they were socialized, so he's never really known life without his partner.
And just looking at his posture and his face - he doesn't like being without her.
Ditto for her "parents".
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