Hi I'm new to this sort of thing so I hope I have the right thread area.
My Black Lop rabbit Midnight showed serious signs of mixi tue 21st oct. We always clean both our boy rabbits out on a friday & both looked well & acted as per normal. The weekend we gave them eve feeds, as we were out during the days, so it was dark when feeding them. On the Tuesday morning when my husband went to feed them he saw that Midnights eyes were stuck together & that he looked very swollen around the eyes. We took him straight to the vets & she confirmed it was miximetosis. He has lumps around his ears, neck, head,genital area.He looks very poorly & his breathing is a tad noisy (almost bunged up when we humans get colds). His eyes are gunky too & swollen. One eye remains open at present. The vet has prescribed him Meloxidyl oral liq, Baytril 2.5% oral solution,Fucithalmic vet, Bisolvon 5g sachet. The vet says he is very poorly with Miximetosis.
Both of our rabbits are vaccinated against Mixi & we do this twice a year. Its very frustraighting that now that My poor bunny has mixi so badly & Im really confused about how thats happened. Snuggles our other bunny had a very mild case last year & we brought him indoors where he lived with us & our cats for three wks til he was allowed to rejoin his brother. Snuggles is not showing any signs of mixi, but I guess the next few days will tell.
Each morning we give Midnight his Meloxidyl & twice a day give him his Baytril. He also has a pinch of Bisovon in a syringe with water.we are cleaning his eyes with warm water & treating him with his Fucithalmic eye drops. I continue to clean his eyes during the day too so that the gunk is removed.Also I am cleaning his large indoor cage area every day (Do I need to be doing that??) I just figure I will treat him like he's in hospital & keep everything as hygenic as possible. Is that neccessary? The vet has also given us Supreme Science Recovery sachet, to which Midnight does not need because he is still eating very well & drinking from his bottle. My husband has assured me once he has mixi the antibiotics is working to kill off the illness, so it cant keep being spreadaround the place. unless its direct contact with another rabbit, so by keeping the brothers apart its for the best.
I just have a few questions if anyone can help, so as to ease my mind a bit, as I am finding the whole thing very distressing.
1/ Does he have a fighting chance even though he sounds like he has flu & his eyes are very puffed up & his mouth is very swollen & has been vacinated, although vets say its a nasty bout of the miximetosis.
2/ Why do you think the vet prescribed Supreme Science food when he is eating as normal, if not some what slower & noisily? Am I to expect something else?
3/ The first week of taking his medicine will he show any kind of change?
we have another visit to vets on monday to access his situation & decide if he is to be put down or to carry on treatment.
4/ Come Monday if the vets say we are to continue treatment do you think they will do this because they are hopefull it is making a difference?
5/ If Midnight does recover which I pray he does, because I am a massive softy & cant bear my animals to be in any form of distress is there any way that I can protect them in future living outdoors. As silly as it sounds, but like Mosquito nets, sprays etc all over the hutch & run that are not harmful to bunnies or other animals.
6/ Finally is it safe to bring his brother indoors for his usual stokes & allow him near his poorly brothers cage or wait a few wks or so? They are very close brothers & play lots.
Many Thanks for anyone who reads about me rattling on about it, but I strangely feel a weight has been lifted by talking about it. Please any advise welcome.
A very worried Bunny Mummy!!
My Black Lop rabbit Midnight showed serious signs of mixi tue 21st oct. We always clean both our boy rabbits out on a friday & both looked well & acted as per normal. The weekend we gave them eve feeds, as we were out during the days, so it was dark when feeding them. On the Tuesday morning when my husband went to feed them he saw that Midnights eyes were stuck together & that he looked very swollen around the eyes. We took him straight to the vets & she confirmed it was miximetosis. He has lumps around his ears, neck, head,genital area.He looks very poorly & his breathing is a tad noisy (almost bunged up when we humans get colds). His eyes are gunky too & swollen. One eye remains open at present. The vet has prescribed him Meloxidyl oral liq, Baytril 2.5% oral solution,Fucithalmic vet, Bisolvon 5g sachet. The vet says he is very poorly with Miximetosis.
Both of our rabbits are vaccinated against Mixi & we do this twice a year. Its very frustraighting that now that My poor bunny has mixi so badly & Im really confused about how thats happened. Snuggles our other bunny had a very mild case last year & we brought him indoors where he lived with us & our cats for three wks til he was allowed to rejoin his brother. Snuggles is not showing any signs of mixi, but I guess the next few days will tell.
Each morning we give Midnight his Meloxidyl & twice a day give him his Baytril. He also has a pinch of Bisovon in a syringe with water.we are cleaning his eyes with warm water & treating him with his Fucithalmic eye drops. I continue to clean his eyes during the day too so that the gunk is removed.Also I am cleaning his large indoor cage area every day (Do I need to be doing that??) I just figure I will treat him like he's in hospital & keep everything as hygenic as possible. Is that neccessary? The vet has also given us Supreme Science Recovery sachet, to which Midnight does not need because he is still eating very well & drinking from his bottle. My husband has assured me once he has mixi the antibiotics is working to kill off the illness, so it cant keep being spreadaround the place. unless its direct contact with another rabbit, so by keeping the brothers apart its for the best.
I just have a few questions if anyone can help, so as to ease my mind a bit, as I am finding the whole thing very distressing.
1/ Does he have a fighting chance even though he sounds like he has flu & his eyes are very puffed up & his mouth is very swollen & has been vacinated, although vets say its a nasty bout of the miximetosis.
2/ Why do you think the vet prescribed Supreme Science food when he is eating as normal, if not some what slower & noisily? Am I to expect something else?
3/ The first week of taking his medicine will he show any kind of change?
we have another visit to vets on monday to access his situation & decide if he is to be put down or to carry on treatment.
4/ Come Monday if the vets say we are to continue treatment do you think they will do this because they are hopefull it is making a difference?
5/ If Midnight does recover which I pray he does, because I am a massive softy & cant bear my animals to be in any form of distress is there any way that I can protect them in future living outdoors. As silly as it sounds, but like Mosquito nets, sprays etc all over the hutch & run that are not harmful to bunnies or other animals.
6/ Finally is it safe to bring his brother indoors for his usual stokes & allow him near his poorly brothers cage or wait a few wks or so? They are very close brothers & play lots.
Many Thanks for anyone who reads about me rattling on about it, but I strangely feel a weight has been lifted by talking about it. Please any advise welcome.
A very worried Bunny Mummy!!
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