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Thanks for the well wishes everyone! <3

He has been home for a little over 12 hours now and is recovering well! He hasn’t needed CC yet as hes eating everything we give him on his own, hopefully now his hay eating will pick up again! He’s pooping too but leaving a couple cecals here and there.

Rabbit after GA are funny bless them, he wobbled and…[Read more]

Hmm yeah I agree with others that, that does sounds quite low. All I know abiut metacam I’ve pretty much learnt from this forum so I probably have nothing new to rely on that front but I do kniw that typically arthritis requires a decent dose twice daily to be effective depending on the severity.

Bella was on 0.4ml of dog meloxicom twice daily,…[Read more]

Ah, in that case my rabbits get a dose that would be the minimum dose for a 4,5 kg rabbit. (1,35/0,3= 4,5)

Ellie, I made a stupid typo, thank you for directing my attention to that!!!

It is 0.3 mg/kilo, milligrams per kilo, not ml/kg (milliliters)!

@Bam: this also explains why my buns are all a bit spaced out. Apparently my vet advises on the higher side of the scale.

That threshold of 0,3 mL/kg would mean that our bunnies get more than twice that. 0,9/0,3 = 3 (kg), and our rabbits are ~1,3 kg.

@Dana: The more I hear from others, the more I doubt this vet’s assessment. He isn’t taking…[Read more]

It does sound like under-dosing, Dana. I remember Medirabbit used to recommend 0.2 ml/kg as the lowest effective dose, but they changed it to 0.3 because rabbits metabolize meloxicam so fast. Does she give any reason why she’s reluctant to a higher dose? The most common side effect is, as you know, gastric ulceration, and there are ways to lower…[Read more]

I use a 20 ml syringe or a 10 ml syringe, that I fill from the back (I e take the plunger out and fill the syringe with a small spoon). I find those bigger syringes easier to use than the small syringes. Some people however prefer using small syringes, in which case its best to have a few that you pre-fill before feeding-time  so you just can get…[Read more]

Oh, I’m sorry she’s had a not so good experience with anaesthesia. That is absolutely sth you’d need to take into consideration and discuss very thoroughly with your vet.

I dont suppose she’ll eat fresh grass, but I once had luck with fresh grass for a bun that wouldnt eat hay and had small molar spurs. The grass ground them down so he never…[Read more]

Wow, thank you so much, Bam!  You are so kind to come and contribute this very helpful info after renovating your mom’s balcony!! Happy birthday to her 🙂

The vet said exactly what you did about gabapentin: that the effects vary a lot by individual. I’m so glad that it’s worked well for your friend’s dog.

I guess I’m not sure exactly how I’d…[Read more]

Here is her June 8 dental xray

Here are the images of her June 8 blood lab work

I’ll post her earlier blood work result separately…

In case the image didn’t load, I’m trying again here…

That is disappointing. I agree with Ellie, that doesn’t sound right.

just as a follow up, i went to rite aid (pharmacy tonight) and they gave me a 10 ml oral syringe. it’s a lot better than what i have. so im hoping it’ll work better. i’ve also now read that you can water critical care down more than the package recommends, so doing that too. thought i would add that.

Just to be sure: is she talking about the same concentration? I know that Metacam comes in different concentrations for cats and dogs: 0,5 vs. 1,5 mg/mL.

We have the dog version that’s 1,5 mg/mL and we were prescribed 10 times the weight of the bunny in dog equivalents. So a bunny weighing 1,35 kg gets the same as a 13,5 kg dog. The advised…[Read more]