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This is an x-ray of a 14 year old rabbit who was possibly "jumped" by his housemate, also a rabbit. As you can see, there is a very broken leg right at the top of the femur almostwhere it turns into the hip. We decidedto put this rabbit under anesthesia. The owners would like to save it. We went to surgery and when we got done this is what we have: a leg with 3 pins in it holding it in proper position. This is an AP view looking right down the top of the thigh. Here's the lateral view. This is about the best you're going to do with a 14 year old rabbit. The bones are very delicate so this is a pinning rather than putting on a plate because the plate would not have held well; and as of today, the 30th, this rabbit is actually doing pretty good for a 14 year old rabbit�