Most Common Rabbit Back Issue

If you've had a lot of rabbits or even one rabbit for a very long time, you may have experienced your rabbit's spine breaking.

Rabbit's have extremely weak spines which are connected to their extremely powerful and strong hind legs.

 

It's not hard at all for the rabbit to jump the wrong way or get frightened by something, causing it to flail in panic and snap their own spine.  This often results in the lower end of the rabbit to become paralyzed.

 

Not only that, but their spine can even be broken when they are being held.  Ever held a rabbit and it began kicking it's hind legs?  When it does this, it is extremely susceptible to damaging it's own spine.

 

The reason I bring this up is because one of my 6 week old rabbits recently broke it's spine when it leapt in a strange way.  In cases like this, it's always the most human thing to put the animal down.  You don't want it to suffer.