Well we just toke the bunny to the vet today with all the info we had gathered on rabbit syphilis. The vet toke a cell scraping, and no syphilis. So I'm really stumped now. The vet said things looked normal under the microscope, but his white blood cells were high, meaning some sort of infection. Here are the symptoms in more depth.
Hutch Burn-treated with daily bathing.
Black scabs on the scrotum-we dab them with a diluted (10 water-1 iodine) solution.
Weepy eyes-clean with saline treat with terramycin.
Gimpy leg from parrelesis-we give him rimadyl because we think it pains him. He gets around fine he just shows a little tenderness to the leg.
He did have fur mites but they are gone now. he also had pyoderma but that has cleared up with baytril. He also shows sensativity to yougurt drop treats, he gets diarrea. The vet now put him on trimethp/sulfamthzl at 1 cc 2 times daily.
So right now he is on 1/4 rimadyl every other day and the trimethp/sulfamthzl he also gets daily baths. Help?
2006-12-18 10:59:17 · 7 answers · asked by Greyhound 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I recommend you contacting Dr. Chris Hayhow of the ARBA with your question or possibly have your veterinarian contact him. If your veterinarian contacts him, he might be able to inform him of what all tests he has done and convey what he is seeing to Dr. Hayhow better than you alone. There is the possibility that it could be rabbit pox like the one person mentioned, however I would not draw that conclusion very hastily. Dr. Hayhow is a very knowledgable rabbit veterinarian. Below is a webpage that has his contact information:
http://www.arba.net/officers.htm
He is the president of the American Rabbit Breeders Association and is very knowledgable and I am sure he could help you or help guide your veterinarian in the right steps to take or things to look for and do.
One note, it's normally not a good idea to bathe your rabbit. If the treats give your rabbit diahrrea, quit giving your rabbits the treats.
It sounds like you have either multiple health problems with your rabbit or one very serious health problem. If you can take digital pictures and email them to Dr. Hayhow I'm sure that would help.
I'd contact him ASAP if you are wanting to save your rabbit. If you have any other rabbits please quarantine that rabbit away from them and wash your hands thoroughly before handling any of your other rabbits. I also recommend not handling or visiting anyone else's rabbits if it is something like rabbit pox.
2006-12-20 04:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good God! A regular vet has no clue how to treat a rabbit. Find a vet who specializes in the treatment of exotics.
Secondly, the rabbit may have an inner ear infection which would cause the hutch burn and the leg problem. I had a rabbit with similar problems--at first it seemed like arthritis and that as he got older he was messing all over causing the burn. Not so. He was finally diagnosed correctly with an inner ear infection and the proper antibiotics helped, but it was too late. I felt terrible that it had gone undiagnosed too long before he could have been saved. Find the right vet--quickly!
2006-12-18 11:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by The One 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be Rabbit Pox? From http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/rwf/articles/skin.htm
'Rabbit pox
Rabbit pox is a viral disease that closely mimics rabbit syphilis. It causes crusty, scabby lesions around the genital region, lips, and eyelids that eventually clear up by themselves after a few weeks or months.
Pox tends to be diagnosed when "vent disease" fails to respond to antibiotics, but it can be confirmed using skin biopsies and blood tests. This is recent and unpublished information, which has not yet reached textbooks of rabbit medicine. '
2006-12-19 01:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by mbunnyau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you stupid. I am an animal officer. The vet even said "All of the meds. are causing this." Please email me back NOW at s_sapkosky@yahoo.com and I can explain more to you. This also can be caused by the age which the meds. can hurt him instead of helping. I say take the animal to a vet that is specialized with rabbits. That is your best bet on saving his life.
2006-12-18 11:05:30 · answer #4 · answered by Scott S 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sorry to hear about your rabbit.
A good site that has a lot of info, and vets in your area.
WWW.rabbit.org
2006-12-18 11:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by rodjared 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can rabbits have immunodefficiency virus? as in HIV, but RIV? Because it sounds like he just has an all around bad immune system allowing every little thing to attack him
2006-12-18 11:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by Kareen L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bring it to another vet for a second opinion.
2006-12-18 11:03:40 · answer #7 · answered by mister 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋