I looked for my old post, but I couldn't find it - darn search feature - so I'll just do a quick recap.
Waaaay back (I don't even remember how long ago it was), Oliver started developing scabs on his mouth. Took him to the vet and she suspected Syphillis, so he was put on once a week penicillin injections. It cleared up after about 4 shots, and we stopped.
Two weeks later, scabs are back. So the vet decides to do the shots a little longer until it completely clears up and then three more after that to really make sure.
Ten shots and probably about $1000 later...
Every week, he gets the shot, and every week, it clears up, then near the end of the week, I notice his lip is a bit swollen again, and it's time for another shot. I told the vet I didn't think this was working and somewhere at the beginning of him getting more shots I asked about testing him to find out for sure what it was. Apparently, no labs in Toronto test for Syphillis and since the penicillin was clearing it up, she wanted to just continue with the needles. I suggested doing the shots closer together than a week, but the vet wanted to stick with once a week. Fine.
After he got a million shots, I stopped because honestly, what was the difference between ten shots and eleven when I was sure it wasn't getting any better. AND while he was on the penicillin, he started to develop two scabby things on his cheek.
Finally, my vet went on maternity leave, so I went to another vet in the office. He said if the scabs come back again, he wants to do the shots closer together. He will also let me just give them to him at home (I was a bit annoyed since I suggested to do that $500 ago).
So he's off the shots for 2 weeks and lo and behold, scabbing comes back and the ones on his cheek are getting worse. I take him back in - to the 3rd vet at this office (who is actually my favorite) and he says he would prefer to do a biopsy of the scabs on his lips andcheek and send it to the lab (HELLO, did I not ask the other vet about doing tests and she told me there was nothing she could test for?! I would have done this months ago.)
He thinks it's something more than just an infection because it just keeps coming back.
So - tomorrow, Oliver will be going in for surgery to get a biopsy of his scabs done. Poor thing. His mouth bugs him a lot, so after the surgery, they'll be giving him another shot of penicillin to clear up the scabs for the week.
So much for Oliver being the cheaper bunny. He's more than officially broken the $2000 mark now.
Nadia
Waaaay back (I don't even remember how long ago it was), Oliver started developing scabs on his mouth. Took him to the vet and she suspected Syphillis, so he was put on once a week penicillin injections. It cleared up after about 4 shots, and we stopped.
Two weeks later, scabs are back. So the vet decides to do the shots a little longer until it completely clears up and then three more after that to really make sure.
Ten shots and probably about $1000 later...
Every week, he gets the shot, and every week, it clears up, then near the end of the week, I notice his lip is a bit swollen again, and it's time for another shot. I told the vet I didn't think this was working and somewhere at the beginning of him getting more shots I asked about testing him to find out for sure what it was. Apparently, no labs in Toronto test for Syphillis and since the penicillin was clearing it up, she wanted to just continue with the needles. I suggested doing the shots closer together than a week, but the vet wanted to stick with once a week. Fine.
After he got a million shots, I stopped because honestly, what was the difference between ten shots and eleven when I was sure it wasn't getting any better. AND while he was on the penicillin, he started to develop two scabby things on his cheek.
Finally, my vet went on maternity leave, so I went to another vet in the office. He said if the scabs come back again, he wants to do the shots closer together. He will also let me just give them to him at home (I was a bit annoyed since I suggested to do that $500 ago).
So he's off the shots for 2 weeks and lo and behold, scabbing comes back and the ones on his cheek are getting worse. I take him back in - to the 3rd vet at this office (who is actually my favorite) and he says he would prefer to do a biopsy of the scabs on his lips andcheek and send it to the lab (HELLO, did I not ask the other vet about doing tests and she told me there was nothing she could test for?! I would have done this months ago.)
He thinks it's something more than just an infection because it just keeps coming back.
So - tomorrow, Oliver will be going in for surgery to get a biopsy of his scabs done. Poor thing. His mouth bugs him a lot, so after the surgery, they'll be giving him another shot of penicillin to clear up the scabs for the week.
So much for Oliver being the cheaper bunny. He's more than officially broken the $2000 mark now.
Nadia
still isn't well
