How long has she been getting treatment? Is there are reason for using albendazole instead of fenbendazole? Currently, fenbendazole is the standard for EC treatment. Unlike albendazole, fenbendazole can cross the blood-brain barrier.

A week is a short time to treat for EC, the bendazoles are slow-acting drugs, plus the tissue inflammation that ec causes needs time to calm down.

I’d ask about the albendazol/fenbendazol.  Fenbendazol (Panacur) is by far the most common choice for the treatment of ec, although I know of two buns (in the USA) that get oxibendaxole for ec flare ups.

It is actually a good sign that she puts up a fight when you give her CC. A bun that has lost its spark will not have the energy or willpower to protest. You do have to give her the CC, nutritious food is absolutely vital for her recovery. It’s great that she eats greens, but greens will not provide her with the calories and protein or fiber that she needs.

How much does your bun weigh? I had a 1.5 kilo (about 3 pounds) bun that relied totally on CC for a while. I gave him at least 90 ml CC/day divided into 4 or 5 servings. The rabbit stomach holds about 20 ml, so that’s a suitable serving size.

Here’s Oxbow’s CC dosage chart:

It’s from Oxbow Australia’s website:

https://www.oxbowaustralia.com/critical-care-information-for-pet-owners/

You can make the CC as runny as you find practical, but the daily amount dry product should be roughly the same.

There are other brands of recovery food that your bun might like better, f ex Emeraid.

I’m so sorry you are going through this. I agree with the others, regarding fenbendazole and 1 week being a short time! Also double check your fenbendazole dosage, I had a past vet that underdosed it.

Giving her the night off feeding is fine. You might try the brand Emeraid (the herbivore sustain version) instead of Critical Care. My bun loved Emeraid but hated critical care. Sherwood also makes a recovery food that my buns like more than CC (but not as much as Emeraid!).

I’ve been through this decision recently with both my cat and my senior bun. 🙁  I would start tracking good days and bad days (or even mornings and evenings). One metric of making the decision is an illness that is unlikely to get better. Currently your bun is being treated for some serious things that could get better, but may need a bit more time for the treatments to work. But, if your vet thinks she is unlikely to recover that’s a different situation (but also may be worth getting a second opinion if your vet isn’t 100% rabbit savvy).

It’s great that you dont feed her during the night! My very rabbit savvy vet is adamant that buns need to rest during the night. Syringe feeding is vital for a bun that won’t eat enough itself, but the process of picking the bun up, restraining it and more or less using force in order to get it to eat is still a stressor. Getting the nights off is good both fir her and for you. You need your strenght too, taking care of a poorly bun is madly stressful for the hoom.

It’s great that you’re keeping an eye on her weight.

When my bun Vilde was very ill (due to bad dental disease), I bought a notebook and kept a diary of his weight, the daily amount and nr of servings of CC, the meds and dosages etc. It kind of felt like I got a bit more control over things when I kept a record. I weighed him in a bowl on digital kitchen scales (he was tiny). Allow a daily fluctuation of plus/minus 50 grams (sth like 1-2 ounces) for stomach-, intestinal- and bladder contents.

Thank you for providing additional information! As the others said, treatment can take time. Sometimes it will be weeks before you see improvement. Oddly though, how quickly you see improvement does not appear to be related to severity of symptoms. Every bunny is different. I would suggest asking your vet about their choice of medication. While albendazole was used in the past, they found that fenbendazole appears to be more effective. It was a huge breakthrough at the time, and has now become the “go-to” medication for treating EC. Here is an article from Medirabbit (a trusted source) that talks about the different medications: http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Neurology/cuniculi/pyrimethamine.htm

Everyone has given you good advice about feeding CC. Hopefully, if he starts feeling better, he will start to take it more willingly. Some bunnies will even eat CC off a plate if offered to them. But they have to have to appetite for it.