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FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Injections for bunnies

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    • Benjaden
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        Hey guys,

        one of my bunnies recently got an injection from a vet. can the injection leave some kind of mark on the skin or wound him?


      • Bam
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          Injections can leave marks. It depends to an extent on what the injection was for. If it was the myxo-RHD-vaccine, the most common side-effect is a local, non-painful swelling around the site of injection, max 2 cm across (not quite an inch). It’s harmless and should go away in a week or so.

          Injections with Baytril can sometimes cause sterile abscesses. An sterile abscess is a pocket of pus that forms as an immune response to a foreign body. Since it’s sterile, it’s not bacterial.

          Local shortlived skin reactions can probably always occur. How is your rabbit doing now?


        • Benjaden
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            thanks a lot for that. the vet said it was caused due to mites and gave him an injection for mites. it was a tiny spot and completely dissappeard


          • Bam
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              Ok, thanks for the update! I’d guess the injection was ivermectin, a very effective and bunny-safe anti-parasitic.

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