Rosie

One of my bunnies ( rosie) was off colour a couple of weeks ago, She has back pain so we put it down to that, but the amount of metacam given suggested otherwise .., she developed a lump under her ear .. she had 3 abcsesses and the vet flushed them, but he said at the time that the abcsess' are too deep,as close to her jaw , i needed to flush the opening three times daily, did that, last week she had her check and he had to flush more out, when i took her today, i thought that the worst was over, as not much puss came out and what followed was blood, he said that abcsesses in rabbits are hard to treat, he re opened the hole and lots of puss came out and it also came out of her ear! He said he would flush it again and pack the wound with anti biotics, she has that done on thur morning - but he implied that referal to a specialist would give us the same results. ( pointless in other words, when swab taken initially the vet said it would show the anti biotics to treat her - but all that they said was it showed pasturella! when asked again today the vet said, that is cos all bacteria/infection in rabbits comes back as pasturella??)

Please help me, we love rosie as she is one of our family, any experienced bunny owners, vets or vet nurses who can PLEASE PLEASE help me.

sorry to hear your bunny is poorly. I'm afraid i havent had any experience of rabbit abcesses but there are certainly experienced owners on here who have. Hopefully someone will be able to post you some advice.
I do hope the vet is able to clear up the abcess

Hi, sorry to hear of your girls troubles. Going to a specialist is a good idea, I think a second opinion is needed.

My bun Archie recently had an lateral ear canal resection to remove an abscess at the base of his ear. I had to take him to a specialist because the first vet didn't know much about treating abscesses and wouldn't operate to removed it a second time. He was also on an anti biotic called depocillin which he was injected with for 3 months and that got most of the infection he had under control.

Because of the location of the Abscess she may be in pain eating so you could try soaking her pellets and offering her soft food. Hope you get things sorted for Rosie