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- 12/14/2023 at 9:56 PM
  bumpybunny
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  if anyone saw my post yesterday about my rabbit acting kinda wobbly for a few seconds, i didn’t think it was a seizure until tonight. the same thing happened but ended in her flipping and spinning on the ground really hard. i have an appointment for the vet tomorrow at 11, but is there anything i can do for her before then? right now she’s just laying in my room, afterwards she seemed to be really scared and disoriented but she’s slowly looking better. she does look a little unbalanced/dizzy though. she’s also been scratching her ears and shaking her head a lot ever since this seizure just happened. (she’s had the ear scratching problem for a while but vets have never found any issues in her ears so they left it go)
  
  about 2 or 3 months ago she had her first seizure and got panacur from the vet for 2 weeks in case of EC. this is the first time anything has happened since then.
  
  sorry this post is all over the place, i’m very new to this and not sure what to do, so i wanted to get advice from anyone who has experience with this.
  
  does anyone have ideas of what this could be if not EC? or maybe she has EC and needs more medicine? i haven’t seen any symptoms of it in her other than the seizures.
- 12/14/2023 at 10:53 PM
  Bam
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  It’s important to make sure she cant hurt herself on things in her surroundings if she has more seizures. Make sure she eats and keeps warm. Avoid bright lights and high noises in her area if at all possible. A good friend that had an elderly with chronic ec found that gentle head rubs and classical music (Mozart) on a low volume seemed to calm her bun during acute flare ups.
  
  Supportive care is pretty much what you can do yourself at this point.
  
  It really sounds like this is an EC flare up. The currently available medicine for ec doesn’t get rid of the disease completely, so EC can come back. She will most likely need more ec meds.
  - 12/15/2023 at 2:11 AM
    bumpybunny
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    thanks, she seemed to be okay through the night and ate some but now this morning she’s hiding and doesn’t want to eat. her vet appointment isn’t for another 6 hours, so i’m hoping i can get her to eat by then. i’ll update after her appointment
- 12/15/2023 at 5:30 AM
  DanaNM
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  It does sound like EC, but ear infections can cause some wild symptoms too. To treat for EC she needs a full 28 day course at 20mg/kg, so if she was only on it for 2 weeks that would explain it.
  
  Keeping her in a padded, dimly lit, and somewhat small space would be safest, I hope you get some answers soon!
  
  . . . The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
  - 12/15/2023 at 9:43 AM
    bumpybunny
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    thanks everyone for the advice, we just got done at the vet and i wanted to update. she had bloodwork and x-rays done, and the vet says she can see some debris in her inner ear on the xray, so she’s thinking it’s an ear infection especially since she’s been scratching her ears a lot. she gave me antibiotics, anti inflammator meds, and pills to help with the vertigo. i’m not sure how i’m going to get her to take a pill but im going to try putting it in some banana and hopefully that helps. if anyone has tips on that i would appreciate it! we are supposed to come back to the vet in 10 days if she does not improve at all.
- 12/15/2023 at 10:28 AM
  DanaNM
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  Glad you have some leads and treatment options!
  
  If the banana doesn’t work you can ask them for a “pill popper” or see if they can compound it as a liquid for you.
  
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- 12/15/2023 at 7:50 PM
  benjaminbinky
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  You could try crushing the pill and putting it into critical care or a banana or strawberry. Wishing your bunny a swift recovery! <3
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