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I talked to vet and she sent me home with the shots

im supposed to do them every 5 days

If I recall correctly he would willingly eat 20-30ml per serving before refusing to eat any more and hopping away. These past few weeks, before I’ve been weaning him from the CC, he would eat 30ml in one sitting if I gave him 15ml with a few minutes in between syringes.

Definitely speak directly to the vet regarding this, but I will also add 1 week apart is unusual from my perspective. My Wick got penG shots for his URI (in addition to Baytril– he needed both) and the shots were every 3 days.

You mention x4-6 feedings of CC per day– how much are you giving each time? I’m wondering if you increase the amount per feeding while decreasing the number of feedings, you can leave more time for him to pellets and hay and try and regulate his GI a bit.

I also want to add that I’ve talked to a vet at Sherwood who is knowledgeable about their products and pet diets. She recommended the free choice timothy pellets that I’m feeding Benjamin now because the main ingredient is hay and I can safely feed him lots of it. She’s had similar situations with her pets getting through illness and needing to…[Read more]

Lops as a rule have difficulty getting the wax out and often need a bit of help from their caretaker. If you keep on top of it it never has to develop into a problem. A friend of mine routinely pull clumps of wax out from her lop’s ears with a pair of tweezers.

Oh it’s so interesting i had no idea before they can produce that amount and actually have troubles with ear wax just like dogs! Thank you so much, i’ll surely keep an eye on her and in her loppy ears! Thank you so much!

I agree. What you are describing sounds hormonal, rather than pain related. It has only been a few weeks since her spay, so I would give it more time. Things should settle.

Glad to hear you got her!

Em made a good suggestion. I think it may be time to explore alternative forms of treatment. Delivering antibiotics using a nebulizer could be one of them.

That is strange that they would require an exam each time. My vet’s office will just send a vet tech out to do it.

Yes, rabbits absolutely have ear wax. Lops tend to have more trouble getting it out naturally, bit uppy eared bunnies can have problems too depending on the shape of their ear canal. One of my rabbits had an earwash that the vet prescribed. It was for dogs. You just had to be careful with it. While it did loosen debris and dry things out, it could…[Read more]

It might be worth trying some different ways of doing it by yourself in this case. It’s really frustrating that your vet will require an exam every time. I know some members with really squirmy buns will just clip one at a time (while bun is just resting on the ground) and keep a schedule of which nail is next. I’ve even seen people clicker train…[Read more]

Bam, thank you so much for educating me again!

I had no idea rabbits can collect that amount of wax in their ears, the moment i saw i was shocked!

I’ll talk to my vet again and i’ll keep checking her ears so far.

Thank you!

Rabbits do have ear wax.

Lop rabbits are prone to ear infections. It’s much the same as with dogs with hanging ears (cocker spaniels etc). Wax and debris can build up in the outer ear canal, and since the canal is narrow and the area is poorly ventilated, it’s an ideal environment for bacteria to thrive in.  This can lead to serious infection if…[Read more]