emacanulty
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Hi everyone,
About a month ago my male, 5 year old rabbit Diesel started loosing lots of weight even though he was still eating and drinking. I was unsure of why so I just fed him extra pellets. But this wasn't helping. I checked his teeth because he stopped eating his hay as much and it turned out that he has two extra teeth growing at the front of his mouth, one at the top and one at the bottom. Then I noticed tiny moving dust particles in his fur so I knew he had fur mites. I treated this and now they are finally gone. Since then I have still been feeding him extra pellets (to help home put on weight) and giving him pro biotics is his water (to boost his immune system). However, he is still not putting on much weight. Then, yesterday when I came home I went out to top up everyone's hay and give them a snack, but when I looked in Diesel's enclosure he tried to come over to get his treat but was dragging his feet along. I researched this so now I know he has E cuniculi, he is showing other symptoms of it too including drinking much more and urinating frequently.
When I found this out I got Panacur for rabbits and give him one graduation of it, just as it says, and I bathed his back end.
He seems like he is still in pain, would it be fine to give him Ibuprofen along with the Panacur, or would this be harmful?
Also is there any way that I could trim his extra teeth down myself?
Also should I do anything else to help him get better and stay healthy?
Hope you can help,
Many thanks.
About a month ago my male, 5 year old rabbit Diesel started loosing lots of weight even though he was still eating and drinking. I was unsure of why so I just fed him extra pellets. But this wasn't helping. I checked his teeth because he stopped eating his hay as much and it turned out that he has two extra teeth growing at the front of his mouth, one at the top and one at the bottom. Then I noticed tiny moving dust particles in his fur so I knew he had fur mites. I treated this and now they are finally gone. Since then I have still been feeding him extra pellets (to help home put on weight) and giving him pro biotics is his water (to boost his immune system). However, he is still not putting on much weight. Then, yesterday when I came home I went out to top up everyone's hay and give them a snack, but when I looked in Diesel's enclosure he tried to come over to get his treat but was dragging his feet along. I researched this so now I know he has E cuniculi, he is showing other symptoms of it too including drinking much more and urinating frequently.
When I found this out I got Panacur for rabbits and give him one graduation of it, just as it says, and I bathed his back end.
He seems like he is still in pain, would it be fine to give him Ibuprofen along with the Panacur, or would this be harmful?
Also is there any way that I could trim his extra teeth down myself?
Also should I do anything else to help him get better and stay healthy?
Hope you can help,
Many thanks.
