infection in mouth of vagina - swollen

Hello, My bunny often gets a messy bottom so I check her regularly. Today when I checked her she had poo stuck over her anus completely blocking it. I cleaned her up and she had a little diaorhea and a few normal pellet stools inside that came out. But the thing that worried me most was the vagina area is swollen and when I move it a bit it is very red and raw inside. I have washed the area in camomile and salt water. I had some metacam and fuciderm gel left over from previous illnesses and have given her this to help with the swelling, pain and infection. These drugs may not be of any use, however; they are within use by date, but they have not been used for a while. I also gave her probiotics as she is off her food today.

I am hoping the swelling will go down so if I see signs of improvement tomorrow, I will not worry so much. I think this has happened before, actually, but maybe not this bad. That time, it healed by itself.

What do you think? Any advice? I would rather not go to the emergency vet tomorrow, as I am already in debt. And I like her own vet who I will be able to see at 6.30PM on Monday. (Last time I took her to the emergency vet he wanted to put her down but me and her usual vet had more faith and time for her and she pulled through fine, so I'm loath to spend loads of money on someone who doesn't do any better than me)

Any advice? How serious is this? I do not want to wait if it is risking her life. How will I know if it is getting worse?

Is she Vaccinated? Is she Spayed? How old is she?

How is she this morning :?

effie doing better

She is vaccinated and speyed. She is doing a lot better. The swelling has gone down and she is eating again. I am takgin her to her vets now, so will let you know.
Thanks,
Jo

Effie is better!

The vet said she was looking good down there. That I had done his job for him and that he was going to pretend he hadn't seen me!
So having that tube of fuciderm handy, really helped Effie heal quickly and saved me a lot of money! My vet did not think antibiotics were necessary as he would rather avoid using them whenever possible and it was looking healthy again. He described it as nappy rash, but, seriously it was so red and raw and she was in pain. So i'm glad I also had the metacam handy.
Thanks for you support!
Jo

Im so glad Effie is on the mend

my rabbit has the same problem-her vulva is swollen. we are snowed in and i cannot get to the vets nor can anyone get here so what do you think i should do? she was mated 17 days ago and again 9 days ago and has been acting as though she is in kindle. she is a dwarf lop doe. she has not been vaccinated.she is 18 months old. thanks

petparadise123 said:

my rabbit has the same problem-her vulva is swollen. we are snowed in and i cannot get to the vets nor can anyone get here so what do you think i should do? she was mated 17 days ago and again 9 days ago and has been acting as though she is in kindle. she is a dwarf lop doe. she has not been vaccinated.she is 18 months old. thanks

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You need to make your own thread for this, more people will reply then.

If you are breeding her surely she should be vaccinated? Bunnies need Myxo Jabs twice a year and VHD Jabs once yearly. I would personally take her to the vets, as it could be serious Or at least speak to your vet on the phone. Hope she imrproves soon xXx