I’ve been noticing some little crusties around her nose and a bit around her eyes so even though Jeannie hadn’t been behaving any differently, I took her into the vet.  I had to drive 125 miles though becasue I’m living out of state for a summer internship and I’m not close to my regular bunny vet… I called and she referred me to another exotics vet, but I live in a small town over the summer, so I had to drive into “the city”.

The vet said Jeannie’s lungs sound fine, but she thought Jeannie had some sort of infection in her head/nose becasue of staining around Jeannie’s little nosie.  She did a culture of the nasal pagage, so we’ll get the results in about a week and then we’ll know what we’re dealing with.  She also flushed the ducts that run between the eyes and out through the nose and both were completely plugged up, and the vet even pulled a piece of hay out of one of them!  Poor Jean Bean!  I also got Leroy checked out, and he’s fine – for now – but he could pick up something from Jeannie.

So for the next ten days, I’ll be giving Jeannie 1 mg of Baytil (strawberry flavored!) 2x a day, and “Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sufates and Bacitracin Zinc” for her eyes 2x a day.  Once every 3rd day, Jeannie gets “Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone” in her eyes (it’s the same as the other, but this one has a steroid which, according to the vet, will help reduce the inflamation, but since buns are sensitive to steroids, she told me to only do it once every 3rd day (so every 6th dose) in place of the other stuff.

Please send vibes for Jeannie that she heals up quickly and that the culture doesn’t show anything else and vibes for Leroy that he doesn’t get sick!