Best wishes Bombur!! It’s great that you went in and had it addressed now! Nothing like a good shave to keep things in order, haha. A little breezy feeling.

Wick is sending you {{{{{{{vibes}}}}}}}}

Let me know if you need any advice on Silvadine application. I’m a pro now with Wick’s fungal treatment, haha.

If there’s a corner or place in the litter box Bombur typically pees, you can put a small container there so the pee gets collected. If you use litter, push it aside and plop the container there instead. There was a time I thought I would need to collect Wick’s pee, so I thoroughly contemplated the best maneuvers…

I had a bunny actually that got urine scald, and was caused by EC causing kidney problems. He also used to drink a crazy amount of water around the time that I noticed it.

I hope the antibiotics clear Bombur up though!

I’m afraid it was a bunny I had at uni, Pumpkin, 6 years ago, so I can’t really remember the details of his treatment to be honest. He did make a full recovery though!

I hope the antibiotics will help him. 28 days or more of Panacur is the treatment of choice for EC. It affects organs with a high blood flow, and kidneys are just that. The most common EC tests have been known to produce some false negatives, so it’s not completely reliable.

This is a good article that advocates oxibendazole as a superior alternativ to Panacur (fenbendazole). The article is about head tilt so you can just skip over the first part and start reading at paragraph 6. https://www.mspca.org/angell_services/management-of-head-tilt-in-rabbits/

The vet 6 years ago told me that lots of rabbits are born with EC, I think they get it from their mothers. It can be dormant until something else triggers it, eg. Being run down in some other way.

It’s exactly as Sirius and Luna says. The bun can catch it in its mother’s womb. I’ve read somewhere that 80% of British pet rabbits are estimated to be carriers of EC. Most never get an active infection.

What triggers a flare up isn’t fully understood. It’s reasonable to think stress can play a role as well as weakened immune defense due to some other illness or old age. But then there are seemingly perfectly healthy, happy buns that get sick, so there really isn’t any simple explanation.

The parasite can potentially affect any organ with a high blood supply to it. The brain and the kidneys are the most commonly affected organs.

Poor bub… He has performance anxiety. I can relate. Can’t pee in front of people.
Hope all is well… when will you get the results?

Aww, poor sweetie.

There have been a couple cases of EC on the forum where the bun in question only exhibited urinary symptoms. So it isn’t completely unheard of. It’s just not your “textbook” case, so to speak. Bam and S&L are correct. There is evidence than EC is passed from mother to kit inside the womb. It is believed most rabbits are carriers. Most of them, however, do not exhibit any symptoms.

It seems all tests for EC can produce false negatives. I think the blood test is more reliable, but it can still be wrong. This is because it looks for antibodies, which are not always present. Antibodies are generally highest shortly after initial exposure. It’s also important to remember that the presence of antibodies only mean that the rabbit was exposed… it doesn’t necessarily mean there is an active infection. That’s why a lot of vets will just treat anyway when they suspect EC but they aren’t 100% sure.

Antibiotics could be slowing him down too… Poor bub

Awww, poor boy Hope that the vet will have a good follow-up plan. Get well soon darling Bombur

I don’t know if your vet has considered putting him on Panacur “just in case”, to treat EC? Many vets choose to draw blood for an EC test, then start treatment right away with Panacur. If the test comes back negative, the bun can be taken off the Panacur again. Panacur has few serious side-effects.

He ought to have had some improvement from the antibiotics by now, I agree. Many, many healing-vibes for the sweet little boy!

There’s always the option of treating for EC without the test to see if there is improvement.