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Leela is struggling with a URTI on top of her chronic breathing problems. She is on antibiotics but they do not seem to be helping, they never do
Leela's breathing has always been noisy and I mean really noisy. Last night we could hear her over the TV when she was in another room and the noise can be so rasping it gives you goose bumps like nails down a blackboard
She is very slightly mouth breathing and when she is able to lay down she has her head up in the air. However she is able to eat well and is often munching hay
Her eye is slightly deformed and is always weeping. It is bathed regularly and has eye drops long term but we no longer seem to be able to stay on top of it. The skin around it is very sore and there is no improvement even with the antibiotics.
She has always had noisy breathing because of scaring from previous pasturella infections but this is somthing else ( all her littermates died ). She is now making gurgling noises in her throat and is doing little sneezes. There is no discharge of any sort, never has been, and her lungs are clear.
The vets has suggested that if the meds haven't helped by the end of the week we need to consider pts But also feels she is too lively for this too.
However she doesn't binky and when she is out she normally just munches hay and then lies down making choking noises. But she still loves her food and gets very excited for treats :?
Leela is currently living alone as Larry attacked her, we now don't know if that is because he was in pain or because she was getting sicker:? The vet has suggested that she remain a single bunny due to the possibility of being infectious
Sorry for the long essay But what we need to decide is if the meds don't help her to do we let her struggle on indefinately with her breathing problems which can't be at all nice? Or do we do what we did for Dumpling
neither of us can bear the thought of her breathing like this for any length of time, is is distressing for us to listen too so must be worse for her. But neither of can bear the thought of letting her go when she is loving her treats and food
What else can we try?
Leela's breathing has always been noisy and I mean really noisy. Last night we could hear her over the TV when she was in another room and the noise can be so rasping it gives you goose bumps like nails down a blackboard
She is very slightly mouth breathing and when she is able to lay down she has her head up in the air. However she is able to eat well and is often munching hay
Her eye is slightly deformed and is always weeping. It is bathed regularly and has eye drops long term but we no longer seem to be able to stay on top of it. The skin around it is very sore and there is no improvement even with the antibiotics.
She has always had noisy breathing because of scaring from previous pasturella infections but this is somthing else ( all her littermates died ). She is now making gurgling noises in her throat and is doing little sneezes. There is no discharge of any sort, never has been, and her lungs are clear.
The vets has suggested that if the meds haven't helped by the end of the week we need to consider pts But also feels she is too lively for this too.
However she doesn't binky and when she is out she normally just munches hay and then lies down making choking noises. But she still loves her food and gets very excited for treats :?
Leela is currently living alone as Larry attacked her, we now don't know if that is because he was in pain or because she was getting sicker:? The vet has suggested that she remain a single bunny due to the possibility of being infectious
Sorry for the long essay But what we need to decide is if the meds don't help her to do we let her struggle on indefinately with her breathing problems which can't be at all nice? Or do we do what we did for Dumpling
neither of us can bear the thought of her breathing like this for any length of time, is is distressing for us to listen too so must be worse for her. But neither of can bear the thought of letting her go when she is loving her treats and food
What else can we try?
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