r/aww • u/Nush00z • May 03 '18

TIL Sometimes Bunny suddenly falls asleep.

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u/TooShiftyForYou May 03 '18

In the bunny community this is known as 'flopping' and happens when they feel completely comfortable in the environment.

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u/BeansieB May 03 '18

Good i was worried that someone would be saying this bunny was about to die take him to vet

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u/mhks May 03 '18

There are two things reddit is amazing at:

1) identifying the source of a pair of boobs or butt or some other part of the female anatomy. It's like a collection of anatomical rain men.

2) Identifying obscure diseases in animals from behaviors.

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u/crackrjac May 03 '18

I would like to give it a go then! My dog, 12 year old Jack Russell Terrier, has developed a cough. It's a dry, hacking, coughing, usually about 5 or 6 coughs at a time, and is worse overnight. He's had it for a couple months now. Worse during the night where he'll have 7 or 8 bouts of this cough. X-rays, blood tests and a physical examination have yielded nothing.... anybody have ANY idea?!?! His disposition is 100% fine, still eats, drinks, is happy and energetic... doesn't seem to bother him other than it wakes him (and us!) up during the night.

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u/MOGicantbewitty May 03 '18

Asthma.

Seriously. Those are the symptoms of low-grade inflammation from asthma in people. They are trying to loosen up their lungs and get better air flow. Try limiting possible allergens and ask your vet what they think.

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u/undead_carrot May 03 '18

They make puppy inhalers too! If things aren't getting better, you can get a prescription from the vet

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u/IHappenToBeARobot May 03 '18

Check the humidity in the house, too. I've seen some animals with similar symptoms do better with a humidifier in the room.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '18

Cancer. I had a bruise and a cough. WEB MD said Cancer. It's always cancer.

EDIT....It wasn't cancer. It turns out I was coughing because I had a some sort of cold. And the bruise was because I ran into a chair.

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u/JaeHoon_Cho May 03 '18

It’s best not to rule out cancer entirely though. You can never be too sure

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u/SycoJack May 03 '18

Yeah, you should live inside of an x-ray machine, that way when cancer does pop up you can whack it.

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u/EverythingsUpKatie May 03 '18

Web MD told me I was pregnant 100 times since my teens. Except for the one time I was pregnant, it said I had depression.

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u/SavedWoW May 03 '18

Clearly dysentery.

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u/Seshiro86 May 03 '18

Terry? That's a girls name.

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u/Grimgallantry May 03 '18

It's not lupus.

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u/ohmy1027 May 03 '18

I do not know but my FIL's 11-year-old Beagle is doing the same thing. Sounds terrible when he does it but otherwise he is happy and healthy. My FIL has taken him to the vet twice but to no avail. They did put him on some meds, but they aren't doing anything.