wendymac
Well-Known Member
When I went back to the fairgrounds yesterday, I found out that there were rabbits dying. Kitty lost one out of her one meat pen, and one was just about dead. I ran to TSC and grabbed some Neomycin then to Giant for infant gas drops and pedialyte. I tried saving the sick one, but she was already in shock. :-(
Some kids lost their entire meat pens. So far it's only the younger ones. A friend of mine is just about done with vet school, and he actually cut one open to see what he could find out. He admitted they teach nothing about rabbits in vet school, but inspected all vital organs as well as he could (under a flashlight, on a picnic table). Anyway, he said, "I'm not sure why she died, but there's this jelly stuff in her small intestine." As soon as he said that, I was like, "mucoid enteritis." I told him what it was and he was going home to do some research on his own. We also found out that the rabbit is the closest you can get to seeing the inside of a horse, without actually opening up a horse. So it turned into a learning experience for a lot of the horse kids. And hopefully a future vet will do some research on his own into rabbit diseases.
It's very sad watching these young ones dying. And the only ones that seem even remotely concerned is myself and a horse buddy that I got into rabbits. Everyone else just shrugs and says, "Another one died."
I think the doe out of the Kitty's 3rd place pen is going to die shortly...just glad it lived long enough for the sale.
There's another 2 little does that I don't think are going to make it home, either. I ran home today to get my Critical Care and I'll try to save them. So far those are the only remaining ones (of ours) that appear "off".
My one son and I are headed down to the barn before we go, to move the ones that didn't go to the fair into the old rabbit stall....then tomorrow, when we bring the crew home, they'll be in quarantine.
Some kids lost their entire meat pens. So far it's only the younger ones. A friend of mine is just about done with vet school, and he actually cut one open to see what he could find out. He admitted they teach nothing about rabbits in vet school, but inspected all vital organs as well as he could (under a flashlight, on a picnic table). Anyway, he said, "I'm not sure why she died, but there's this jelly stuff in her small intestine." As soon as he said that, I was like, "mucoid enteritis." I told him what it was and he was going home to do some research on his own. We also found out that the rabbit is the closest you can get to seeing the inside of a horse, without actually opening up a horse. So it turned into a learning experience for a lot of the horse kids. And hopefully a future vet will do some research on his own into rabbit diseases.
It's very sad watching these young ones dying. And the only ones that seem even remotely concerned is myself and a horse buddy that I got into rabbits. Everyone else just shrugs and says, "Another one died."
I think the doe out of the Kitty's 3rd place pen is going to die shortly...just glad it lived long enough for the sale.
There's another 2 little does that I don't think are going to make it home, either. I ran home today to get my Critical Care and I'll try to save them. So far those are the only remaining ones (of ours) that appear "off".My one son and I are headed down to the barn before we go, to move the ones that didn't go to the fair into the old rabbit stall....then tomorrow, when we bring the crew home, they'll be in quarantine.
