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Hi, I just wanted to update on Theo, for posterity as well since I haven’t seen this issue pop up as much on the forum, and it might be useful.

So he’s been through 6 weeks of penicillin, and stopped his doses a week ago. Three weeks ago there was crusting/sores around his mouth so the vet definitely thought it was syphilis. Now, after 1.5 months…[Read more]

I’m afraid to give him anything that will encourage vigorous digging 😯 , considering he already does it during recovery periods anyways… But I can try! I have an incomplete one I really need to spend time finishing up.

I did the fabric strips and hung up a treasure barrel toy which seems to be a success if I fill it with pellets.

Hey thanks for replying. It’s been a week and her fecal droppings are still intermittent. She’s been on a hay & water diet. She still eats her hay and drinks water. Her energy has changed a bit tho. Not as playful as when she was okay. I reintroduce her to her usual pellets (momi complete-a for young rabbits htt…[Read more]

Yes, a curtain made of fleece strips might be fun. You said he likes food… what about one of those forage mats?

Looks like a shed line to me.

Hmm… I wonder if the antibiotic killed a bunch of bacteria off and all the build up decided to come out. Maybe more is loosened, but still in there. The nebulizer should help with that as well.

I would honestly make the hard switch 100%. Rabbits are selective foragers so they will only eat the best bits— as long as there’s enough alfalfa to sustain him, he’ll probably only eat that, as you’ve observed.

No, but he is kind of honking, because of the congestion. I am still nebulizing him twice a day. Such a downer…

Hope it is just temporary. I’ll keep you uodated. It just seems that the azithromycin is not working any more…

Thanks. Much easier than describing the layout in text, haha.

I don’t think there’s enough distance to make a ramp with a low enough grade that wouldn’t be an issue. I think the vet is concerned with any significant pressure at this point, so whether that’s jumping down from a step or walking down a slope– both likely would be better to…[Read more]

Yes, it’s hard to tell when it is dried… but that does look like some kind of mallow to me as well.

I love the drawing!

Hmm… could you take down the upper panels and use them to make a maze-like area? Steps aren’t safe… what about an enclosed ramp (i.e. so he can’t possibly fall off)?

Has he sneezed since? Perhaps a big glob of stuff came loose and he was getting it out.

I honestly never noticed that one until you and SweetPotato pointed it out! I was looking at the white splotch more closely towards the center of the picture, it looks like a white lop to me.

Honestly I didn’t notice that one! I was mentioning the white splotch that’s closer to the center, it looks like a white lop to me