Toast, 3 years old, Holland lop, neutered, bonded to his sister Mocha. Both adopted by me a little over a year ago.
Toast has been excessively inactive recently, progressively over the last few weeks but the last 2 days have been particularly low activity. He's always been on the lazy/relaxed side; his most favorite thing in the world was always to spend his day splooting in various spots around the living room. Recently, though, he just doesn't really do anything. He still eats, drinks, and poops, but otherwise just doesn't leave the hutch at all (open 24/7; they free roam but have an open indoor hutch for a cozy hideaway). He sploots and loafs in the hutch and only comes out for food and the litterbox.
Between the two of them, we've had a few stasis scares and I know his pain/stasis red flags pretty well by now and he's not giving those (no hunching, not really hiding, no squinty eyes, still loves treats when brought to him, still eats/poops/drinks/pees normally, still interacts with me and the environment). He just… barely moves. No playing, no exploring, no running around nudging stuff, no playing in the blinds. Just… sploot or loaf in hutch. He's still alert and responsive. Occasionally I'll get a curious uppie-ear, and he'll stick his nose through the bars when he suspects I have snacks, so he still interacts with his surroundings. He still likes being groomed by his sister, and will reluctantly groom her back (this is v typical for him). He grooms himself, although admittedly not as often as in the past. Basically, he moves just enough for what is required for basic functioning and nothing else.
His annual isn't scheduled for another couple of months, and I'm debating taking him in to see if he has something that maybe progresses slowly. Like, maybe he's not quite in pain, or it's mild but has something that could develop into something more serious? I know what to do when he has more serious symptoms; I'm oddly not used to what to do for milder symptoms like this. 😅
Any thoughts or suggestions?
by Superb-Perspective86