Furry
Young Bun
This is a long story, but will try to keep it short.
My Buffy is 7.5yrs old, She had EC a year ago and never seem to have shaked off the symptoms. She had lost control of her right leg, developed incontinence and recently, (about 2months ago) i noticed she has lost quite a bit of weight, she was dribbling abit at her corner of her mouth, she was eating but not as much as she used to be. Saw vet, checked her teeth, no problem. She was put back on panacur and antiboitics as the vet suspect she still have active EC.
i am not sure if the stress of the vet trip or what, a day later she stopped eating completely, went back to the vet, had her teeth looked at again. no obvious spurs. By this time she was dangerously thin, she weight 1.6kg from 2kg, she was sent home after a gut stimulant injection and pain killer injection.
No improvement was seen, i started syringe feeding her and took her back to the vet, she was put under GA and had her teeth looked at probably. The vet still said there's nothing wrong with her teeth. After this they said they can do no more for her as her condition is critical. They suggested i should had her PTS.
I refused as when i went to pick her up she was still very responsive to me and does not seem to have given up. So i took her home and nurse her round the clock for the first few days.
Now 2 months later, her dribbling seems to have stopped since her dental work, her incontinence have improved after the panacur treatment, she is still unable to lift her right leg to scratch her head though. She now can run around the house as normal, and she is slowly gaining weight.
The problem is i am still syringe feeding her twice a day as she is still not eating enough on her own. She eats a little bit of her pellets and very limited hay. She is on metacam as i think this does help her alot. as i noticed that when the medicine wears off she seems more relunctant to eat, so there is still definately something not right. But there are times i think she is perfectly ok as she chews on things that i thought it would be too hard for her if she had teeth problem. i also noticed she had some white discharge from her eyes last week, but this has cleared up on its own or her friends been cleaning her eyes out as i dont see any for the last few days. She also sneeze, once every 2-3 hours interval.
She went back to see vet last Saturday (a different vet as my usual vet were very nasty to us when we went back there a month ago requesting a re-assessment, i vow not to go back there ever even though they are very rabbit knowledgeable). i am not sure if this new vet know much about bunnies but fingers crossed i hope they are. Anyway, he said her teeth are looking quite long so need filing down. ( this is expected as she havent been eating her hay). i also requested a x-ray on her skull as i suspected she may have some teeth root problem that has caused all the problem in the first place.
what do people think she may have? Could a bunny get to a state that she is too weak to even chew her food on her own? or is it becuase i am feeding her too much so she doesnt proactively eat? But she does beg for food but not really interested in pellets when offered.
She is due in tomorrow for the operation so hope all goes well. If the x-rays does shows its her teeth root problem, what can be done? or if the x-rays does not show up anything what else can it be? Could it be EC related? is it kidney failure - she does drink vast amount of water.
Apologies for the long post, i am a very worried mum for the past 2 months.
Any advice/comments are much welcomed.
My Buffy is 7.5yrs old, She had EC a year ago and never seem to have shaked off the symptoms. She had lost control of her right leg, developed incontinence and recently, (about 2months ago) i noticed she has lost quite a bit of weight, she was dribbling abit at her corner of her mouth, she was eating but not as much as she used to be. Saw vet, checked her teeth, no problem. She was put back on panacur and antiboitics as the vet suspect she still have active EC.
i am not sure if the stress of the vet trip or what, a day later she stopped eating completely, went back to the vet, had her teeth looked at again. no obvious spurs. By this time she was dangerously thin, she weight 1.6kg from 2kg, she was sent home after a gut stimulant injection and pain killer injection.
No improvement was seen, i started syringe feeding her and took her back to the vet, she was put under GA and had her teeth looked at probably. The vet still said there's nothing wrong with her teeth. After this they said they can do no more for her as her condition is critical. They suggested i should had her PTS.
I refused as when i went to pick her up she was still very responsive to me and does not seem to have given up. So i took her home and nurse her round the clock for the first few days.
Now 2 months later, her dribbling seems to have stopped since her dental work, her incontinence have improved after the panacur treatment, she is still unable to lift her right leg to scratch her head though. She now can run around the house as normal, and she is slowly gaining weight.
The problem is i am still syringe feeding her twice a day as she is still not eating enough on her own. She eats a little bit of her pellets and very limited hay. She is on metacam as i think this does help her alot. as i noticed that when the medicine wears off she seems more relunctant to eat, so there is still definately something not right. But there are times i think she is perfectly ok as she chews on things that i thought it would be too hard for her if she had teeth problem. i also noticed she had some white discharge from her eyes last week, but this has cleared up on its own or her friends been cleaning her eyes out as i dont see any for the last few days. She also sneeze, once every 2-3 hours interval.
She went back to see vet last Saturday (a different vet as my usual vet were very nasty to us when we went back there a month ago requesting a re-assessment, i vow not to go back there ever even though they are very rabbit knowledgeable). i am not sure if this new vet know much about bunnies but fingers crossed i hope they are. Anyway, he said her teeth are looking quite long so need filing down. ( this is expected as she havent been eating her hay). i also requested a x-ray on her skull as i suspected she may have some teeth root problem that has caused all the problem in the first place.
what do people think she may have? Could a bunny get to a state that she is too weak to even chew her food on her own? or is it becuase i am feeding her too much so she doesnt proactively eat? But she does beg for food but not really interested in pellets when offered.
She is due in tomorrow for the operation so hope all goes well. If the x-rays does shows its her teeth root problem, what can be done? or if the x-rays does not show up anything what else can it be? Could it be EC related? is it kidney failure - she does drink vast amount of water.
Apologies for the long post, i am a very worried mum for the past 2 months.
Any advice/comments are much welcomed.