#mao report

I’m doing all the work for none of the benefits. I’m working to keep something I don’t even want.

I’ve mentioned a bit that Inlé was diagnosed with head tilt. What I haven’t mentioned is how scary this can be for a pet parent. Inlé needs antibiotics twice daily, which means picking up him to administer them-- and when a rabbit can’t tell which way is up, lifting him means a lot of terrified flailing. It’s recently progressed so bad that he has begun rolling when he is off-balance. It’s honestly so, so scary to watch as your pet helplessly flails and rolls because he can’t tell which way is up, and there isn’t really anything you can do to stabilize him without scaring him more.

Inlé goes to the vet once weekly for acupuncture, and is being looked after by three different veterinarians to find some way to help him. He is still eating, drinking, playing, binkying, and cuddling. As long as he still has a zest for life, the vets say to let him do his thing and to continue with our current plan.