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If it's coccidia...the safest and best treatment is Ponazuril. Many vets still use older treatments that have been proven ineffective and in some cases, particularly rabbits with the delicate GI, potentially harmful. In an ideal world, if it's coccidia, the best treatment is the rabbit's own...

Can't help you with the particular vet but maybe someone from the area can. Revolution is what I consider to be the safest and most effective treatment for ectoparasites and is effective against some internal parasites. Many do use Advantage but I have heard of some reactions from this drug...

Umm....you have a young buck that isn't fully weaned yet. Domestic rabbits are not fully weaned until about 8 weeks old. You might want to add a probiotic like Bene Bac to the diet. If there are horse people in your area, see if anyone has a product called BioSponge. This product is used in...

Wish I had seen this earlier. I do not open abscess capsules. Personally, I find it quite old school. Can't say I would never do it but in all the abscess cases I have treated, I have never had to open one. But there is one thing now that I think merits a discussion with your vet. Another old...

As far as the teeth....the concern is the roots of the upper arcade causing an ocular concern. It is possible an overgrown lower arcade is causing a problem but most of the time it would be an upper root of a pre-molar. Fecal floats are notoriously inaccurate. If we have any thoughts about...

Couple of additional thoughts here. First, since you have horses, I would highly suggest getting a canister of Platinum Performance BioSponge. As labeled it is to help with GI issues in foundering horses....and since the gut of a rabbit and a horse is quite similar, it will help in rabbits. In...

Couple of thoughts on this one. EC is the most misunderstood of rabbits issues even by experienced vets. The noted articles reflect the lack of information noted. One of the articles is from 1985 and the other is from 2003 if I remember correctly. There have been huge strides made in research on...

Make the diet more appropriate....unlimited hay with limited greens and pellets. He may also have parasites like worms or coccidia that may come in on veggies. My rabbits eat primarily hay and I rarely have GI issues. I don't house my piggies with my rabbits....but their diet is primarily hay...

Depends on the version....if it is a compounded drug, refrigeration is to keep it stable. I probably wouldn't use any drug thatshould have been refrigerated but wasn't. But I have other concerns. First, rabbits don't get "kennel cough". They can be carriers of bordetella but rarely present...

What antibiotic were youusing? Being cherry flavor, I hope it's Zithromax. And if so, it is normal to have a depressed appetite when using this drug (and many other drugs). Don't sweat it too much at this point. Hydration is much more important than food. Randy

Such a shame. There is no such thing as "snuffles". I hate to see that term used because it tells me immediately about the level of rabbit experience I am dealing with when vets make that "diagnosis". And surgery is so unnecessary most of thetime. Just adds a lot of pain to the animal. And...

The problem with using Penicillin or Cephalosporins orally is that they are devastating on the "gram positive" bacteria that is needed to digest food. Without that bacteria, the food can't be digested but even more important, this beneficial bacterial also keeps the bad bacteria (primarily...

I hate to say this but your vet is way out of the times. I use many drugs that just a couple of years ago were considered a huge "no no" with rabbits. Fact is that Baytril is rarely effective against any infection. A true abscess contains anaerobic bacteria and Baytril doesn't have a chance to...

I would give your vet another call and see about trading in the sulfa. Not a good drug to use in a rabbit....comes from a time when little was known about a rabbit GI. Has been linked to Tyzzer's Disease. I haven't used sulfa in years. Many vets are still using it against coccidia....but it...

If your vet is rabbit savvy, he should know that Gentamycin should be avoided in rabbits. I don't open an abscess and have never had to intervene surgically on any abscess and I have been able to resolve them all. My primary drugs for treating an abscess is a combinaton of Pen G and...

The only reason the Baytril had any effect is that it might be affecting some of the "tag along" bacteria. It won't work on those for long and it won't treat an anaerobic abscess which is most likely what is causing all these issues. We use a 21g Butterfly on nearly all injections except very...

Just a couple of thoughts. Baytril is no longer as effective against Pasteurella as it was several years ago. Something that most vets aren't aware of is the lingering effects from long term use of certain drugs. Baytril, like many drugs, can be damaging to the liver and kidneys when used long...

There is an injectable form of Azithromycin. I don't know that a vet would have it but it is available. There are some meds I have to get from human hospitals.

If she is that large.....learn to do injections. And I would suggest using a "butterfly catheter" since it gives "wiggle room". Baytril is much more effective when injected but it should be buffered with a similar amount of fluids to prevent necrosis at the injection point. Once you learn to do...

Couldbe a number of things. If she isn't spayed, it could be hormonal. Not necessarily nest building likea false pregnancy but a hormonal issue. It could also be nutritional. I would take a very close look at the pellets you are feeding and make sure there is appropriate nutrition. Stress can...