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hi there, you think 2 weeks albendazole is long enough? the bottle says 28 days for treatment

Personally… I would want a second opinion before doing expensive tests. Fenbendazole is a 28 day course, your bun has been on albendazole long enough that it should have helped by now.

the CAT can is to test for middle ear infection since her culture from her ear came back negative. she wants to do the CAT to see if Brandy might have a brain tumor or of they should remove pus, if any during sedation within the middle ear. albendazole i have been administering since May 28, 2024.

It’s not standard procedure to do a CAT scan for suspected ec. I suppose the vet wants to see if its actually a middle ear infection and not ec? You should ask I think, both about why they want a CAT scan and if the result of the CAT scan would change the treatment she’s getting, and how.

How long have you been giving the albendazole?

Hi Bam,

Great seeing the vet today. is it normal for them to be laying on their side all of the time and their head tilted eye to be shut closed?

Hi Bam,

I saw the Vet today and she said she doesnt want to change the EC med yet. she prescribed penicillin every 48 hours & sub cu fluids every 48 hours as well. she mentioned we should have a CAT scan done which costs $2,000 dollars. is this the normal thing to do? I feel like thats a bit expensive.

It could be a number of things. The first that comes to mind is that it could be from infection with the E. cuniculi parasite. EC has a number of symptoms but often there is only 1 symptom at first. Your vet will be able to assess other possible causes. It’s not an emergency, but getting your bun into the vet soon would be good so you can start…[Read more]

I’m sorry for your loss. 🙁  I’ve been in your situation before, it’s tough. It’s really your call as to when to start trying to bond her again. I’ve found that my buns that have lost their partners usually benefited from me bringing home another bunny relatively quickly, but you also don’t need to rush out and get another rabbit as long as Kira…[Read more]

I think daily meloxicam is a good idea… usually it tastes sweet and most buns will take it willingly if they aren’t already ill. I also know of people who’ve started training buns to take meds from a syringe by starting with a syringe filled with mashed banana. Maybe something like that could work? Start with just banana, and then once she’s…[Read more]

Sorry to hear about your troubles with the small poops as well, I’m glad you were generally able to tell what the cause was. It’s good to note about the gradual small poops with age! I will keep that one in mind.

Yes, we did take her to see two vets just before this post, including our exotic who health checked her and she appeared fine, normal…[Read more]

The good news is they have increased in size a bit now.

We have been butting hay closer to her sleeping area and since then the poops have improved…  I think your suspicions of arthritis could be a culprit, I’m wondering if she’s feeling too sore to move too much and that’s why she not going to the designated litter area for hay. She does show…[Read more]

They don’t sound bonded to me, but rather they have reached a tolerance phase. At this point it wouldn’t be safe to have them live together full time or be together unsupervised.

I think your options at this point are to keep going with long sessions in neutral space and see if you reach a breakthrough (sometimes it can take a few days together,…[Read more]

Hmmm, it could be territorial, but has your vet considered EC? Urinary incontinence can be an early symptom. Bun Jovi also lost his box habits as he aged and I thought it was just due to aging, but as time went on additional EC symptoms appeared.

It could be due to the other rabbit as well, or at least that’s contributing. I did have a bun with…[Read more]