Hi all. On monday we adopted a lion head rabbit that had come into out local PaH adoption centre.
He only has 1 ear and a stump as he was interbreed. He was taken with his 2 brothers to PaH as the owner 'couldn't keep them'.
When my mum went in on Monday, they were seperating him from his 2 brothers as they were attacking him, and the guy asked my mum if she would take him as no one wanted him and were laughing at him due to his missing ear. (we know the guy well as we had brought our chinchilla from him).
Mum checked him over and he looked healthy, so she brought him home. Last night we noticed a lump on his head and took him to the vet today.
THe vet burst it and tons of pus came from it.
He thinks it was where his brothers bit him, and it became infected.
He has told up to bathe the lump with warm salt water and remove any puss each day. He is also on a course of Baytril in his water.
If it hasn't cleared up next week, our vet is going to operate to remove it.
Has anyone experienced this before? Will it clear up without needing an OP?
Also, he doesn't think Simba will have a long life due to being interbreed.
Has anyone had an interbreed bunny before? Did the have as long a life as other bunnies?
We are worried about him, as our last bunny had a brain infection and was extremely poorly before she was PTS and we don't want the same to happen if possible.
He only has 1 ear and a stump as he was interbreed. He was taken with his 2 brothers to PaH as the owner 'couldn't keep them'.
When my mum went in on Monday, they were seperating him from his 2 brothers as they were attacking him, and the guy asked my mum if she would take him as no one wanted him and were laughing at him due to his missing ear. (we know the guy well as we had brought our chinchilla from him).
Mum checked him over and he looked healthy, so she brought him home. Last night we noticed a lump on his head and took him to the vet today.
THe vet burst it and tons of pus came from it.
He thinks it was where his brothers bit him, and it became infected.
He has told up to bathe the lump with warm salt water and remove any puss each day. He is also on a course of Baytril in his water.
If it hasn't cleared up next week, our vet is going to operate to remove it.
Has anyone experienced this before? Will it clear up without needing an OP?
Also, he doesn't think Simba will have a long life due to being interbreed.
Has anyone had an interbreed bunny before? Did the have as long a life as other bunnies?
We are worried about him, as our last bunny had a brain infection and was extremely poorly before she was PTS and we don't want the same to happen if possible.