Feeling lost...

[Lindissima]

The only meloxicam that I could find is this one pictured below..
Its says it is 0.15 percent. I says that every 100 mL contains 150mg of Meloxicam. The bottle has 10 mL in it.

Medirabbit says 0.3 -1.2 mg per kilo body weight and day for this one... that's a wide range lol.
But given the severity of the inflammation, I think starting out a bit on the high side wouldn't be a bad idea.
So if I go with 1 mg per kilo - that would mean she gets about 0.9 mL at 1.34 kilos? and this would be split into 2 doses daily? So 0.45 mL per dose? Is that right? I'm horrible at math...

here are the photos:

 

[Lindissima]

As far and the antibiotic, they did not have an oral suspension option...


They only had tablets so I got this. It contains 3 tablets and each tablet contains 500 mg.
Can i work with this somehow?

 

[JBun]

That's exactly right for the meloxicam dose. That's the amount I would start out with for at least the first week. Then evaluate if it needs to be reduced any after that.

For the azithromycin, tablets can be used, it's just more complicated. A 1.34kg rabbit would need about 65mg per dose. So one tablet would need to be split into about 8 equal parts, then given in some way. Sometimes sticking the little bit of pill into a bit of banana will work. What I've done in the past when I've had to give pills, is make my own suspension crushing the bit of the pill and mixing with a little maple syrup, maybe about 1.5ml, then draw it up and syringe it orally. A suspension using the whole tablet could be done as well, making a 200mg/5ml suspension, then split up into the appropriate dose(make sure to shake bottle each time prior to drawing up dose, the powder added to the liquid will increase the ml amount).

One thing I did do with my rabbits, is I started them on half a dose of the azithromycin the first day to make sure they could tolerate it and it didn't cause too much of a digestive issue. Then after that I increased it to the full dose.

I'm not sure if your rabbits issue requires antibiotics or not. It's up to you if you think you need to do both the azithromycin and the meloxicam. But I would for sure at least start out with the meloxicam and see how that goes, in combination with the increased fenbendazole.

 

[Lindissima]

Update:

I have decided to hold off on the antibiotic... its seems risky and I want to introduce one thing at a time so I know which drug is doing what.

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 to find where she wants to go but i think this has to do with the fact that she cant see so well and less to do with the fact that she is feeling vertigo.

I wish I could know whether the head tilt is caused by an ear infection or the EC...

She is back to eating normally and drinking fine.. poops look normal and are plentiful lol

Im feeling soo much better and everyone on this forum has played a part in that so thank you so much.
Feeling much less lost and alone.