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Hello Em. Thanks for the comments again. That’s worrying but possibly helpful.

One of them had a nasal swab with the aim of looking for pasteurella but came back negative. Not sure if that would have shown other infections if there was anything to find. I’ll check with the vet tomorrow.

It gives me some more talking points for the vet though so…[Read more]

I tried bonding a pair of females that I had trouble with with various combos of males over several years and had no better luck. If you have the space, it would likely be easiest to pair each female (assuming all are spayed and neutered?) with a male and keeping two pairs separately (this is what I ended up doing).

Thank you for the update! I’m glad you were able to get a diagnosis, albeit a lot later than it should have been.

I think it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to continue with pain relief. Otherwise, as long as the bacteria is sensitive to the Bactrim, it should take care of the infection.

I’m glad you’ve got a better vet now and that he’s been diagnosed so you can treat the UTI! Hopefully he’ll feel a lot better soon.

I dont know if there’s anything else you could do besides the bactrim. Make sure he stays hydrated, of course, f ex by serving him his daily greens wet. Bactrim can lower a bun’s appetite, so keep an eye on that of course.

Small update: I have taken Fresno to yet another different vet, this is the third one I am trying, and so far she seems like the best out of them all. He has now confirmed to have a UTI… you know, something I tested for months ago because I suspected he had one but the vet I was going to at the time said everything looked fine. Then the second…[Read more]

@angelamc, this is a very old thread and the OP is no longer active on the forums.  Please start a thread of your own on this topic and describe your situation in more detail!

I am curious how Miralax affected the bunny. I had a similar situation.

I only suggest scans as I’ve been in the same boat and wished I went for scans sooner. One of my guys ended up aspirating the pus into his lungs and it caused devastating pneumonia.

due to the fact your buns have had nasal surgery before, my concern is that their noses are simply too blocked up with pus for antibiotics to work properly. My two a…[Read more]

Thanks again for the comments. Scans and x-rays feel like a big step, financially as well as in terms of having to knock them out.

It feels like it should be easier than this to treat what seems to be some kind of blocked nose.

The lack of appetite was there already although possibly the medicine hasn’t helped.

People have mentioned sometimes…[Read more]

Hi Lisa99! How is Theo?

That’s good to hear! Let us know if anything changes after she gets spayed 🙂

Maybe the lack of appetite is a side effect of the Doxycycline. Be sure to double check all observations with the vet.

I would proceed with scans if they haven’t had any already. Either skull CT or X-ray. Just to be sure.

Hello, back again. Rabbits have had about 10 days of Doxycycline now. No major improvement.

One is snuffling quite a bit. Both lacking appetite. Not sure if I need to persist with antibiotics or if another approach is needed.

They’re still eating fresh grass, herbs, nuggets and fibafirst haystacks, so not losing weight so far luckily but no…[Read more]

Her teeth are probably sore if they were trimmed. This should improve with time. Going back and forth with eating a little/not eating isn’t unusual with gas/stasis recovery. Tooth problems can be an underlying cause, so hopefully the issue will be resolved after this.