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Gahh so stressful. Come on Ruby, stop stressing out your human!

Is your vet experienced with dentals in rabbits? To me it sounds like they are not? If you can, I suggest finding a specialist or at least getting a second opinion from a rabbit vet. I had a rabbit with rotten molars and they were removed (he was also very young, it really sounds a lot like your bunny’s case). If they aren’t it could lead to…[Read more]

Her cecotropes also don’t sound terrible to me, can you post a picture? It’s pretty normal for young rabbits to have excess cecotropes because their diet is more rich. I really think she should be on an alfalfa source at her age, she needs the extra protein for her growth.

Have you tried a probiotic? At her age it’s possible she was weaned too early and her gut flora never properly established. Wild life rehabbers use Bene-bac for weaning orphaned cotton-tails.

Do you have any other rabbits? My vet in the past prescribed “Poop shakes” for cecal dysbiosis, where take cecotropes or poops from a healthy rabbit and mix…[Read more]

I talked to the tech and like I thought not a great answer. She also mentioned CC. I honestly don’t like that answer because it will stress her out even more, and still not sure if this is stress induced or side effects from meds. They are hoping to get ahold of the vet and call me back with advice. I really don’t think giving her meds and living…[Read more]

I would wait to hear back from your vet, but Baytril tends to be pretty well tolerated, and I know with antibiotics it’s generally not good to skip a dose. So personally if I didn’t hear anything back I would give Max his next dose.

Can you syringe feed Ruby and/or give her some fluids while you are waiting to hear back from the vet tech? She may…[Read more]

Hi again,

Since the nose kept getting wet and looked a little green on the fur, I went ahead and started Baytril. Also my other rabbit seemed like her nose may have been wet and they both seemed to lick the air, like something was running into their mouth, (and just given their close proximity), I have been giving her the meds too. I have a…[Read more]

Yea it’s under the skin 😥  ugh, now I’m worried. Harper is impossible to give medicine to so I wonder how this is gonna go. I’m gonna take pictures every day and if it gets any worse or bigger then I’m gonna try for a sooner appointment.

Is it underneath the skin? If so, then I agree with Wick. It’s possible a bite wound got infected or formed a small abscess.

I think it’s more likely that the head tilt is caused by EC. This doesn’t mean an antibiotic would not help though. It’s been documented that Enrofloxacin does have some effect on EC. It doesn’t cure it though. This is why you hear stories of a rabbit having an “ear infection”, they are treated with Enrofloxacin, they get better, and then once the…[Read more]

Update:

She has received 3 doses of Meloxicam thus far.. the inflammation in the eye looks waaaay better and she is actually hopping around exploring the house rather than hiding all day. Yay!! But the head tilt is still the same… no improvement. However, she is not falling over or as wobbly as she was before… she still follows the walls etc…[Read more]

This totally makes sense…

So far I have not tried any of the antibiotic… I wanted to introduce the meloxicam first and see the effects. This way I can know what drug is causing what etc.

This was the only form of azitromycin I could get. And the pharmacies here are more like convenience stores and less like a place where they can create a…[Read more]

Good point, wouldn’t want resistance. It’s so tough, the vet wanted to wait on antibiotics but his nose kept looking wet so I made the call to order them. I tried to call tonight and she is out of town for 2 weeks :/ So I suppose I’ll keep giving them (assuming they can give me more since I’ve wasted a bunch already) and halt bonding. Just gave…[Read more]

Hmmm, yeah i can’t really advise on the meds, but you should check with the vet. My concern would be that if there was an infection, it could become antibiotic resistant with only doing a partial course of meds.

Yes, it’s a lot. I’m debating stopping the meds for Ruby. I don’t know if it’s worth how she is acting right now considering she probably doesn’t have symptoms (I thought under her nose was wet one day but not sure)

I could probably stop the side swaps and bring Maxwell down to a bigger area in the living to play each day..

For the dates, they…[Read more]

Honestly, I’d prob pause dates and side swaps while you handle their meds etc (but maybe keep doing litter box swaps). I think it just may help Ruby to have a bit less daily handling, and  I think it’s probably just a lot for all of you to handle! It’s generally not recommended to bond while either rabbit has a medical concern, so that would be…[Read more]