ok… i spoke with a vet clinic that specializes in exotics (rabbitsmba recommended this vet before as well as the emerg vet line i called) and they recommended to not give Baby her metacam dose tonight.  they thought it was a possible cause for runny stool as well.  i’ll call into my vet tomorrow & discuss.

but in the meantime i had also posted my question about metacam on another forum that’s in my area and had gotten a response from some one there.  they questioned the treatment baby got for her runny eyes and now i’m all confused and upset

i suppose i need to talk to my reg vet about the findings from ovc (the specialist) to clear up my concerns.  should i ask for a consultation with my vet to review the report from ovc & discuss my new concerns with the diagnosis & treatment?  or is this some thing i can do over the phone?  i’m not sure how to go about this or what’s fair to expect. 

thanks sarita… you posted while i was composing my last post.  yes she seems otherwise normal.  i think i’m still freaked by her last vet visit & am hyper-sensitive to anything wrong with her. 

the ovc vet is going to advise further on the length of treatment and if another antibiotic would be better once the cultures come back. 

i think the other board was surprised they didn’t recommend tooth extraction for the teeth with elongated roots.  in other words treat the cause of the infection instead of just the infection (i assume this would mean extraction).  makes sense.  and so i wonder why ovc would not have suggested it.   maybe they were concerned with her age & the stress of a dental surgery on her?

or were they concerned because of her reaction to anesthetic and weighed against the runny eyes they wouldn’t recommend the risk of surgery?  

also i mentioned to the vet at ovc that finances were an issue for me since i didn’t want them to go nuts with different tests all at once.  i hope that they didn’t change their end recommendation based on what they think i will pay for.  i just didn’t want them gong ahead with tests only to find out i couldn’t pay for it right away.  i’m pretty sure i made it clear that if she needs treatment i can get a quote and save up for it and come in then since she’s not in serious pain right now.

have you had older buns that have had successful dental surgeries?

i sure hope my finances wouldn’t alter their dianosis… now i’m being paranoid because i’m upset.  i was upset last week because of her heart stopping (actually the report says she stoped breathing, turned cyanotic and went into bradycardia) and now i’m upset that it seems to some people that she should have had other treatment recommendations.

at the start of all this all i wanted to know was what to do about her runny poop.    i guess it’s best to find out about her over-all treatment but i’m feeling overwhelmed now.

she was seen by my reg vet who wanted her to be seen by ovc (a referral clinic) instead of playing around with different treatments – which i appreciate.  so i will call my reg vet & ask the tech if i can talk to her to discuss the report from ovc.  then i will ask her about her teeth & if there’s anything that can be done – possibly get a referral to the clinic the others are recommending – and go from there. 

the other clinic that was recommended doesn’t need referrals but i want my reg vet involved in this.  i understand this clinic deals with many rabbits with dental issues so it may be the place for us to go.

that’s valuable input… thanks sarita.  i figured there must be some explanation revlolving around the risk of dental surgery. 

yup… normal poops in her litter & a couple scattered about her enclosure.  yay!

i called my vet & am waiting to hear back from her.  actually it sounds like a tech will call me back to book an appointment to meet with the vet which is a little disappointing.  i was hoping to do this over the phone… we’ll see.