Many of you know Wick has been having recurring ringworm since November 2017. I do adamantly believe he did have ringworm episodes, but now I wonder if he could actually have syphilis. His new vet mentioned it at the first appointment a month ago. Wick’s original vet ruled it out because there were no lesions by his private parts and the mouth lesions were outside, rather than more inside the lip area (which from her experience was more telling).

I’ve been thinking about it more seriously for two reasons:
1) Wick’s new vet says that the medication I use for his ringworm would alleviate syphilis symptoms, so if it’s an underlying syphilis, it would explain the constant reoccurrence.
2) The last four or so waves have been very different than his first episodes. The first episodes clearly travelled and dodged the medication, as is typical with ringworm. All the episodes he’s had recently have been very weak. I can not treat it for a day or two and it won’t budge at all. His first one literally travelled across his shoulders.

In short, I’m curious if anyone has experience with rabbit syphilis and what the mouth symptoms looked and behaved like? When we schedule his next molar spur grinding (finally coming up! His bottom incisors are getting majorly slanted), we’ll be taking the offer to get blood work done as well.

In terms of treatment, I know pen g shots are common to treat it. Is it a terminal cure? Because Wick has gone through two months of pen g shots for different reasons, so would syphilis treatment need an even longer course?