Oh no!..Myxi?

Sorry about the cross-post BUT....
Vibes Please for Monty, Leanne and all her buns. She has a bonded 6 and 2 giants who share a huge shed. Leanne rang me a few minutes ago to say that Monty is showing signs of Myxi. Closed eye and lumps appearing on his face and back(symptom free this morning)..he's also got a raised temperature. All her buns are up to date with their vaccinations. She's on her way to the vet now.

Oh No! Sending loads of vibes x

Oh no, I really hope it's not, vibes coming Leannes way, lets pray that it's a false alarm

Really hope it isn't, but he has a good chance of survival it is

everything crossed for all Leanne's bunnies

Hi. Just heard from Leanne. She saw a lovely rabbit-savvy vet. Yes, Monty has Nodular Myxi and is now on treatment. Hopefully he'll be one of the over 80% of vaccinated buns who come through it unscathed. The vet had diagnosed 4 rabbits with myxi today, none of which had been vaccinated.

Oh dear Fingers crossed for the poor bun x

Lots of vibes for Leannes bunny - hope bun recovers from this nasty thing.

Any update on this.

Leanne will probably be online later this afternoon, but meanwhile I can let you all know that she told me this morning that Monty's eye is no longer tightly shut, nor have any more lumps arrived so far. I'm sure she'll update soon.

Sounds like it was caught in time, hopefully Monty will make progress from now on

Hi guys.

Well this is what happened...

Monty had his eye tightly shut for most of the afternoon and even though I added some ointment I just KNEW it was mxyi. I rang Hilda later that evening but he didn't have any other signs at that point and she calmed me down and we agreed he'd probably banged it or something.There was no discharge, no redness, no swelling. I gave him a thorough check over and there were no lumps. Until I checked on him about 35 minutes later and found a couple of pimples:shock: . I found one near his eye, thought ok don't get paranoid. Then I found 2 on his rear and that was when I lost it. I panicked and became a gibbering, crying wreck and Hilda had to call the vet and organise the appointment for me and talk me through it all. Big thankyou for everything xxx

The vet confirmed mild nodular mxyi. His ears were hot but he didn't have a temperature. He is ok really in himself - if it wasn't for those blasted lumps you would not know anything was wrong... :?

I think the vet gave him antibiotics, fluids and baytril , plus Advantage treatment for my others ,though its all a bit of a blur .

I have just been sat with him and his ears have returned to normal temperature and his eye is open. Theres a tiny discharge if you move the lid. I am going to bathe it regularly. Vet didn't give me anything for it but I do have flucithalmic and stuff of my own. There were sloppy poos this afternoon which I am guessing is the result of the antibiotic injection - I have given him some avipro probiotic on a peice of bananna. Just going to go onto autopilot now and care for him to the max.

ANY advice or vibes will be hugely appreciated. Thanks xxx

Sending vibes.......

What a shock for you, thank goodness you and Hilda got him to a vet asap. Hope he recovers quickly.

Thankyou.

He suffers from FRS so I don't know if he had a weak immune system anyway making him sucesptible or if its just really pooey coincidence that the poor mite has got to suffer with this now too.

Hi Leanne:wave: Just do your usual fantastic-bunny-mummy-thing that you always do and keep going with the baytril etc. Be aware that he may well develop no more lumps for a day or two and then have another sudden eruption, but try not to panic as Floss did exactly the same. We are out later tonight, but text if you need anything. btw got you 2 bags megazorb which G will bring round when he sees you next.

Oh no, poor Monty

Sending lots and lots of vibes for him, and thinking of you too xx

Thankyou Hilda. I have just spent an hour sat in the shed with him and he was loving the attention. He doesn't seem outwardly poorly which I am thankful for.
Hes not developed any more lumps yet but I am checking him obsessively.
He takes the meds really well. Hes such a good patient.

The emergency vet said he wanted to see him Monday but do you think I should or take him to my regular vet? :?

Thanks for the MZ.

Take him to Fiona..she knows you and all your buns, and you have loads of faith in her.

I don't trust anyone else with my rabbits I'll call her first thing and she will squeeze me in I'm sure. If shes not there for whatever reason I'll take him back to the emergency one, though I didn't even ask him his name...