Reply To: Bun piddling?

[Wick & Fable]

I would talk to your vet but I think that is seems like a valid route.

My notes say the blood test was a treponema titer, but PCR stuck out in my mind so unsure if those are synonymous or we talked about doing a PCR, but didn’t do it if it’s a different test.

My Wick’s treponema titer literally increased between when we tested him initially before treatment (.364 – Nov 2018) and directly afterward the 21 day treatment (.519 – Oct 2018), and then 5 months later it was still around the same value (.508 – March 2019).

Wick had fur loss and scabs around the mouth and that went away and has not occurred since we stopped treatment  which is now well over a year. Since then, we did rescue a 2nd rabbit and she hasnt shown signs of syphilis (though they do not hump or have intimate contact). Both vets who have seen Wick since his diagnosis gave their OK that even though the test shows antibodies exist, his lack of symptoms and treatment completion are confident signs.

Wick had penicillin shots spaced once every 1-3 days for a separate condition early on (he had syphilis, but we didn’t know and he had no signs), so when I informed the vet about this, we opted to do both daily penicillin shots and daily oral azithromycin for 3 weeks.

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