Drug store only had it in a soap, will ask the vet tomorrow. Druggist was concerned that it didn't have the same foaming action that peroxide does as the abcess is thick like cottage cheese. So far haven't found any probiotics but the farm store is open tomorrow and will follow the lead of horse probiotics. Am using my husbands today as they are a powder and just sprinkled them on the wet dandelions. They at least contain 13 different probiotic bacteria. Warm tea bag on face acting well before cleaning. Seemed to loosen some of the pus and make it more priable to squeeze out. Then we were able to get the syringe in a little deeper and give it a good clean. Have given it 2 good cleans today and will do another before bed. Amount of pus the 2nd time was less than yesterday at vet but still a good amount coming out. Will be glad when the antibiotics take effect. Will ask vet tomorrow about at least X-raying so that we can rule out or confim tooth involvement. He is only 4 months old so tooth involvement seems so strange, am hoping more for spider or bug bit. So far the abcess appears to be the size of a marble, at the largest point of treating it. Yuck disqusting stuff.
Paddington my grand daughters 4 month old mini lop has an abcess on his cheek. She phoned me today to ask for my help, she thought her bunny had food lodged in his cheek. I went up there and could feel a large scab and sweeling on his check. Upon closer observation I could see the scab. When cutting some of the fur off so that I could clean it, the sore started to ooze pus. Hot cloths later and lots of pus the top let loose and I could see heavy think pus underneath. 4 o'clock on a Saturday but the vet was still there. They lanced the abcess and then scooped large quantities of heavy pus for it. Then the flushed it with peroide. He is on chorpalm - 2 times a day - I understand this is illegal in many countries except Canada, and peroxide flush 2 times a day. Quarantened from all of the other rabbits until it heals. It was deep right to the bone, that is understandable on a 1.4 pound baby rabbit, don't know if it is a molar as he couldn't get his mouth open enough to check. Prayer for the next week would be most appreciated as if it doesn't heal they don't offer much hope. All of this was done without freezing or anything, their feeling was he was just too little, amazing that he didn't scream or fuss, maybe he is too sick or in too much pain at the moment to really care:?. I just know that I was pretty horrified at the whole thing, but was beyond what I could do on my own. But that is not the worse part. A couple left the building as we were arriving, looking upset. When I went to the washroom the examining room door had been left open by them when they left and their little scotty type dog was lying on the examining table, dead. They had just had him put down, and then left. No one bundled him in a blanket, covered him NOTHING. THEY just left.I am guessing that they felt bad, but OMG couldn't someone cover him up like he mattered.
