My Rabbit Is Hurt – WARNING! Graphic Picture

[FurryRabbit]

Hi I Just Wanna know if my rabbit can Survive this injury because she has gotten bitten by a cat and their is no veterinarians here in the Phillipines that knows how to treat rabbits I really wanna treat her my self but she is really energetic running around Allot and she is eating very well like she always do and she poops the same but her 1 ear is down but there’s blood on her ears but it Din’t bleed she has gotten bitten on the head it Din’t penetrate the top of her head but my question is can she survive this? I

[LBJ10]

You need to clean the wounds thoroughly. Use a rabbit-safe antiseptic like chlorhexidine solution or iodine solution. You can also flush the area with saline solution. Since this is a cat bite, you bunny will need antibiotics. She may act like she’s OK now, but it takes time for an abscess to form. You want to keep on top of things by giving antibiotics as a preventative measure. I’m not sure what you have available there, but you will need to make sure it is a rabbit safe antibiotic since some are very dangerous to rabbits.

I’m sorry that this happened. I know you said the vets don’t treat rabbits, but could you at least get some medicine from one? MediRabbit has a bunny-safe meds list.

[Bam]

I’m sorry this happened. I think she could survive, cleaning the wounds is really, really important though as LBJ says, since cats have some nasty bacteria in their mouths. Enrofloxacine can be used with rabbits (one brand name is Baytril), but it’s not the best choice for cat bites. Penicillin seems to be a better choice, but MUST be given in subcutaneous injection, NEVER orally. When I personally was badly bitten by a cat I got amoxicillin, but that antibiotic also MUST be given as injections to rabbits, it is fatal if given orally. On scratches and small wounds, fucidine cream can be used but it wont kill all the bacteria present in a cat’s mouth. The problem with cat bites is that cats’ teeth are shaped like needles, so they “inject” backteria into the body and then the skin heals over, trapping the bacteria inside where they can fester in peace.

I found this, it has some useful info: http://www.justanswer.com/veterinary/2pxzy-hi-there-my-rabbit-attacked-cat-nights-ago.html

Here is Medirabbit’s list of rabbit safe antibiotics: http://www.medirabbit.com/Safe_medication/Antibiotics/Safe_antibiotics.htm
If you can find a vet it’d be good to have this list with you so you can double check what the vet wants to give your rabbit. Some antibiotics will kill a rabbit esp if given orally.

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