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- 10/03/2017 at 3:43 AM
  Liamandmike
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  Hello everyone,
  
  i have a three year lop rabbit called Otter, he is the love of our life!! sadly two days ago the vet told us he has calicivirus. He was very lethargic, not eating drinking or pooping. We have force fed him critical care food and glucose/vitamins for around 50 hours now. Today he has started to eat on his own, bits of hay and carrot; and even drink small amounts of water and poo small pellet size amounts. Is this a good sign as i know the virus is seriously deadly and survival is unlikely. We are in Melbourne, Australia and the vet told us she is seeing some rabbits survive it recently.
  
  has anyone had a rabbit gone through the same and survived or passed away after 48 hours?!
  
  thankyou xx
- 10/03/2017 at 8:38 AM
  Serenity
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  If he is eating/drinking/pooping now whereas he wasn’t before I would definitely take it as a good sign. Probably still keeping feeding him the medicine because he likely won’t get enough on his own but it seems to me like things could be looking up from here. I understand this was posted a while ago and frankly I’m surprised no one else has replied yet. What has happened since?
  Hope this helps.
- 10/03/2017 at 8:51 AM
  Bam
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  I think the reason why nobody has answered until now is that nobody knows of a bun that has survived calici. It’s rather a special disease for Australia because it’s been introduced there kill off wild rabbits. There are two forms of calici in Europe, but we are lucky enough to have vaccines for both types. In Australia there’s only a vaccine for the older type of calici.
  
  I hope your bun survives. It would be so amazingly wonderful. Supportive care is of course what you can do, and you are doing that.
- 10/04/2017 at 2:33 AM
  Liamandmike
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  Thank you for the responses. Our rabbit is an amazing fighter and after 72 hours he’s still here with us. He’s eating hay and carrots in small portions whilst still being fed through a tube. We are keeping our fingers crossed he will make it. It’s a dangerous virus here IN Australia and yes it kills so many wild rabbits. With the help of vets we hope that domestic rabbits can be saved!
- 10/04/2017 at 3:29 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Oh gosh, sending many vibes for {{{Otter}}}
  Does the vet know which strain of the virus it is? Was he vaccinated already? That would help, I believe. Cylap vaccine is supposed to protect against the K5 virus which was released earlier this year also.
  
  RHVD2, is not as fatal as original calicivirus we had here.
- 10/04/2017 at 7:30 AM
  meridiian
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  I live in Australia also… know how worrying this can be.
  
  Sending the strongest healing vibes for (((Otter))) and hoping he pulls thru this.
  
  C’mon Otter, please be strong. xxx
- 10/04/2017 at 8:52 AM
  Deleted User
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  Just yesterday I was doing some research about this virus, wondering why it’s not necessary to vaccinate my indoor bunnies against it. I had no idea that they intentionally released the virus in Australia to control the wild population. That is terrifying for pet owners!! So sorry that little Otter has gotten sick, I hope he’s able to recover!!!
- 10/04/2017 at 9:38 AM
  meridiian
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  Yes, BunNoob they deliberately released this virus here in Australia and many beloved pets have died. And show indifference when a proven antidote is requested for pet bunnies. (((Otter)))
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