Rabbit in bad condition needs help!

[Spring]

Dear Sir,

My doe rabbit, Pinky, is approximately 3 years old. Of late, she hasbeen showing signs of tiredness and lack of appetite. Quite often, thearea around her face, eyes and ears turn from pink to blue and sheshows symptoms of passing out, then recovers. At times, she squeals, asthough in pain. Her two front paws have swelled up with pus since about3 months ago. We took her to the vet last Thursday, who made incisionsin both paws, drained the pus and given Bypofloxycine, to be taken oncea day. Pinky has to return to the vet today for another check up. Pinkyhas also been sterilised.

Any advise/information you can provide on the above will be most appreciated.

Thank you very much indeed and I look forward to hearing from you.

Alex Siddons



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It sounds like it could be a problem with her heart.
What has the vet said?
Was it Balofloxacin she's been given?
I know Balofloxacin is given to albino rabbits but I can't remember why!! Think its to treat uti's?
Let us know how you get on today,

Please help! :S Any ideas??

 

[Spring]

Anybody? Please? My heart goes out to this rabbit. Anybody with anything to try? or just things that come to mind? Please?

 

[Maureen Las]

This sounds terrible..never heard of it. I willguess that the change in pink to blue color in head and eyes iscyanosis...which is blood leaving the area (like when peoples lips andfingers turn blue) that is why the bunny looks like he is going tofaint. Is this rabbit eating?

 

[Maureen Las]

Afterthought...if the paws have had pus in themfor three months what took himso long to go to thevet? This rabbit sounds like heis in serious pain andtreatment should be aggressive. Needs an experienced person, maybesecond opinion

 

[pamnock]

Just throwing out a guess as there could be anumber of possibilities, but it sounds like the rabbit may be sufferingfrom septicemia brought on bythe infection (possiblystrep)in the feet. As Angieluvpointedout, the rabbit issuffering lapses of oxygen deficiency whichwould most likely be due to the infection spreading to the heart.

There are a number of antibiotics including PenicillinGbenzathine that can be used for treating a systemicinfection in rabbits. As well as antibiotics,anti-inflammatories and pain medicationareadvised.



Pam

 

[Maureen Las]

Pam..I thought all the "cillin" antibiotics were dangerous?

 

[RebeccaUK]

If this rabbit has already visited the vet andhad pus drained then surely the vet would have had an idea about whatwas wrong with the rabbit long term and had soem concern. Iwould definitely take the rabbit to anotehr vet immediately.

 

[Maureen Las]

This isgross but I just looked upsepticemia in rabbits. Apparently abscesses can form anywhere on thebody with pasteurella or staph. Sometimes the pus is so thick that theabscess must be surgically removed. This problem sounds like itrequires someone who REALLY! knows rabbits well. I really feel sorryfor this rabbit..must be in agony

 

[pamnock]

angieluv wrote:

Pam..I thought all the "cillin" antibiotics were dangerous?

Orally, they can be lethal but are often successfully used if injected.

This is a very good article:

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~jwmoore/bicillin/bicillin.htm

Pam

 

[Spring]

Ok thanks I'l transfer that information over.Also, His profile says he lives in Indonesia. Are there manyrabbit expierenced vetsthere? Anyway to find out?

Thanks again, and I'm not sure i'll ask for more information. Is there anything to reccommend to him?