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I’m glad to hear Budja is doing better! Thank you for the update!

It is so stressful and frustrating dealing with a poorly bun that’s up and down, you are doing a great job with her. I’m really happy to hear she loves the Emeraid! It makes syringe feeding so much easier when they like the food.

I’m very interested to hear how the cerenia and mirataz go, I’ve had that prescribed for my cat but haven’t heard of…[Read more]

update 4/17- its been very up and down, saturday bad, sunday fantastic, monday in between, tuesday awesome. hoping we can stay make some consistent progress. she gained back 2 oz tuesday so i am super happy. i have been consistent with her syringe feedings 3 x a day and subQ fluids as well as metacam, metacloprimide, enroflaxin, and gas drops. we…[Read more]

hi, yes poops look normal in between stasis episodes. we have done lots of tests to try and find a cause to her chronic stasis bouts but have come up with nothing so far. she gets benebac, laxatone and sherwood digestive tabs daily as a preventative measure. and we added daily simethicone after her last stasis due to gas.

Thank you for the update! This is wonderful news!

I think a culture and a nebulizer are good next steps!

10 is old but if he is otherwise in good health then I definitely wouldn’t brush things off as “just old”. I’m sorry you’ve been getting dismissed by vets, that’s happened to me as well and it’s very frustrating! Especially when it means you end up wasting time that could be spent treating the issue.

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for the insight and comments again.

My bun will be 10 in the coming months.

We do see a rabbit savvy vet, but they do not have the facilities for things like a CT scan. However, they have sent off x-rays (I know, not the best option) for other vets to have a look at and even discussed the blood work results.

I am…[Read more]

How old is your bun?

That’s wonderful news!!! Thank you for the update!

Hello everyone, I have not updated this in a while now.  The brown material I had previously reported on was actually old antibiotic gel that was pushing its way out of the remaining pocket area and once this had finished happening, the wound healed properly thereafter. Budja’s has been doing wonderful, has a great appetite, and is binkying…[Read more]

That’s very frustrating that they’ve seemed to almost given up on properly diagnosing your bun and instead blaming it on his age. Old rabbits don’t sneeze for no reason; while yes, the roof of the problem can be age related (age related dental disease, for example) it’s not due to age and age only but rather an underlying condition. I’m sorry you…[Read more]

I honestly appreciate the ranting! It just makes me more informed! Which means the world to me especially when this sort of thing is out of my usual comfort zone!

But I’ll probably look into it… Our cat is 13-14… and we’ve had her for a while, she wasn’t domesticated when we got her but she’s registered at that vet, apparently they love her…[Read more]

I’m so sorry JG! TimTim was loved by everyone here. He was truly special. My gosh… do I seriously remember him when he was little? Was it that long ago? It’s so hard to believe! He lived a very long and wonderful life with you!

I had a bunny with chronic sinus problems due to tooth roots protruding into the sinus cavity. They caused irritation and sneezing. He was always “stuffy”. Clear discharge, but sometimes stuff would get trapped and it would lead to a secondary URI. We would treat with antibiotics, but this never fully solved the problem.

Unfortunately, overgrown…[Read more]

Hi and thank you both for your replies.

I do not believe that a culture was done although we certainly had the conversation about tailoring antibiotics to the type. However, after the doxy, the vet did not suggest another option, because other rabbit savvy vets that were consulted (from other practices) basically chalked it up to “It’s an old…[Read more]

My rabbit has a history of chronic snuffles (whole of 2023 was horrible, we have only now got control over it with a 3rd rhinostomy). In my rabbits case it was due to chronic rhinitis secondary to rhinoliths forming in the nose. But this to my understanding is a lot more rare and uncommon. She was diagnosed via skull CT. Have you done any imaging…[Read more]