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The skin looks good though. If you feel the hairless area, does it feel smooth or is it “bumpy”?

This is the outside again. It looks like he has a bald spot or something. Other ear is normal as is behavior. He just itches it sometimes.

<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>Science Selective is generally considered high quality. Their Natural range is better than most commercially available rabbit treats, which doesnt say much. They are still treats, and should be fed sparingly. Locust beans are common in animal feed, they’re often a component in rabbit muesli. (Rabbit muesli should of…[Read more]

Orbifloxacin is known for causing GI upset in dogs. I don’t know how or if that would present itself in a rabbit. I suppose it could cause problems with cecal development. But… any antibiotic can potentially cause GI problems in rabbits simply by killing off good bacteria and upsetting the balance of gut flora.

I agree with the others. Baytril…[Read more]

Agree, you can start doing pre-bonding now though if you want! That means side-by-side pens/cages and swap which bun is on which side every day or two (keep the litter boxes a bit dirty when you do this). 🙂

I notice in the picture he is drinking from a bottle which usually is good for keeping the chin dry, but do you notice if his chin gets wet at all after drinking?

did your vet have an answer to this? My bunny is experiencing something similar but we’ve ruled out all the normal options

Thanks I’ll have his ears rechecked, last time they said his ears were fine, would that also explain his chin getting pus?

on ring worms yea I’ve done the swab culture and pcr and both came back negative unfortunately seems like a dead end there

They had been on hay only up until recently, when they’d been back to the vet.

As said above, he suggested they have selective science 4+ (even though they’d had this before but he’d not heard of it at the time).  So I am still feeding them this at the moment but as I thought it had made no difference to their poop.

Thank you. It has only been about 3 weeks, so we will definitely wait until it has been at least a month.

Also, Thank you Dana!! I just saw your post. It is Orbifloxacin! I’ve been helping to feed him his cecotropes but then he’ll have these huge soft poops out of no where. He’s luckily having normal poops between giant ones and cecotropes. I thought that maybe they could be a bunch of cecotropes compacted but i’ve been a little suspicious of it cause…[Read more]

Thank you so much for answering and reading through my book sized post!!

He’s on the antibiotic to prevent infection since getting his eye removed and from what the vet said its pretty crucial he stay on it. We called again today and finally got them to agree to have the doctor email us back. (Fingers Crossed) luckily he doesn’t need to be on…[Read more]

Sorry you are going through this!  I’m not very familiar with Orbox (this is Orbifloxacin, correct?).

That amount of cecals doesn’t seem that unusual when a bun isn’t eating them (you’d be surprised how stealthy they are about eating them normally) and sometimes when a bun is on certain antibiotics they don’t eat their cecals. Pain can also…[Read more]

Hi Erin! I am so glad that you suggested Nationwide. I have been looking for pet insurance for my little bun and was unable to find any. But, I just called Nationwide (844)-244-3691 and enrolled me & my bunny in insurance! It is $50 a month and does not cover pre-existing conditions. They did say on the phone that they are the only national…[Read more]

I’m very sorry to hear about what you and your rabbit have been going through!

Of note, I’m not sure in what context the statement was said in, but Enrofloxacin (aka Baytril) is a very, very common antibiotic prescribed for rabbits in my experience, while Orbax (I assume; aka Orbifloxacin) is one I actually don’t commonly hear prescribed at all.…[Read more]