Vestibular Disease

[K.Zachariev]

My bunny Beatrice, about 6 years old and an indoor bunny was just diagnosed with Vestibular Disease.  She was completly normal one hour before we found her laying on her right side, she was lethargic and couldnt sit up straight.  We rushed her to the emergency vet right away, after ER hopping to find a good exotics vet (our normal vet was not in the office due to it being late and on a weekend) we recieved a diagnosis of vestibular disease caused by an inner ear infection.  She was at the vet about 5 months prior and was perfect. She wasn’t scratching her ears or shaking her head. I am told there is no way to tell until the symptoms occur. It has been 7 days since this happened and she practically normal again, eating, going to the BR and even hopping around! She has a bonded Brother Brody and he is completly fine. I am just wondering if anyone else has had this expeierence?? Is this something that can happen again? Is there anything i can do to prevent it? She is still on injections of antiobiots, anti-inflammatory and antiobiotics by mouth, but i am very happy with her improvement.  This was so scary and i don’t want her to ever have to go through it again. My vet said there isnt anything that i can do to prevent it in the future, but i have heard it can reoccur. Anyone who can offer any information i would really appreciate it

[Megabunny]

I know there are a lot of people out there who have had this happen, but I haven’t heard follow-up whether it reoccurred. Of course, it could be months and months or more before it does…if it does. I’m curious if this is a lop. My vet says just about all lops have ear infections. You can pick up on them ahead of time if your vet looks at more than just the outer ear. My vet has an otoscope hooked up to a computer screen so I can see what he’s looking at. But I think a regular otoscope will show the same…just that you have to take the vet’s word for it 🙂 If you can afford it, you may want to bring the bun back every 6 months (or ask them what they think) so it can be checked and caught sooner.

My rabbit’s ear infection was so bad, his ear drum had ruptured. And I brought him in to be sure he didn’t have a bladder infection! Who knows how long he had this infection. But many are not found until it’s in the advanced stages of which you describe. Is it a lop? Mine’s not. Well, he kind-of is now. The ears gradually fell.

Even with over $1,000 worth of surgery, my rabbit will need his ears kept closely watched. His other ear is infected now. Fortunately the vet knew to do surgery on both ears, as the second ear often get infected at some point.

[ergodic]

Many Many years ago, my third rabbit Sweetie had this. She was not a lop and she had this and was treated and never had and issue after she was treated.

[K.Zachariev]

Thanks so much for the reply! Actually, she is not a lop, my other bunny Brody who is a lop does get very bad ear infections, like you said he goes to see the vet about every 6 months so he can check him out.

 

We have had trouble finding the exact type of bunny beatrice is, she is white and her ears stick straight up! She is the cutest!! I will post a picture and maybe someone will know, iv heard she is a Polish bunny! LOL.

 

She is doing so much better, almost perfect!

[K.Zachariev]

That is amazing news! Thanks for sharing!

[Megabunny]

Super!

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