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Lump left from myxi jab

Charys

Charys

Mama Doe
A few months ago my baby bunny had his first jab. He ended up with a huge lump at the base of the ear where the final part of the vaccination was given. Although well in himself both at the time, and now, he still has a large hard lump at the site of the jab. Should I have another one done at 6 months ? If he carries on like now then his ears will be a massive lumpy mess a few years down the line !
 
i noticed my rabbit too has had this normally i have a very rabbit savvy vet who prefers the 10% to also go in the scruff and does it corrrectly(tho she admits it is harder to do she feels its better for the bunnys) i hadnt had it done par tin ear before but it seems my bunnys ear also has the lump maybe you could sugget teh 10 % being done in the skin in the neck instead? to save lumpyness. x
 
Thnaks bunlover, I didn't realise that the final 10% could be done in the scruff of the nexk i thought it had to be the ear. I will definitely ask for that to be done.
 
Charys said:
Thnaks bunlover, I didn't realise that the final 10% could be done in the scruff of the nexk i thought it had to be the ear. I will definitely ask for that to be done.
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it must be done into the skin(10%)...which is difficult to do and so a lot of vet opt to do it in the ear as there is only skin so lunikely to get it wrong and therefore lessen the proitection of the vaccination. however if the vet is confident with doing it in neck usually they will either put it in the skin first...then push deeper after doing the 10% or pull out a bit for the 10% in the end. its just another way but its obviously harder to judge the needle is just in the skin and not deeper.
 
Not sure but I think sometimes a lump can occur after vaccination (my VET told me this with my dog when she was vaccinated), I think this is temporary though.
 
A lump at the vaccination site is usually good news as it suggests the vaccination produced a strong immune response. Therefore, your rabbit should have fairly good protection against myxi.

The 10% can be done in the scruff also ( my vet does this - personal preference)
 
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