purplebumble
Warren Veteran
gods i really am in between a rock and a hard place with bertie right now.
he has about two or three days worth of the recent batch of baytril left...and rather than the one big dose once a day we split it to make it easier on him to swallow with his breathing probs.
The problem is no matter what i try to flavour it with he fights me with the baytril until hes so angry he attacks the syringe and i squirt it in quick.
he lovingly takes his metaclop and his metacam.
I really am stressing now...his breathing has improved a lot...but today hes breahting hard and rasping when he eats drinks or washes or gets stressed..which medicating him makes him.
the piriton i confess to wrapping in something sweet and he munches it no probs. but 2.2ml of baytril is hard to conceal!!
i want to check his toes to see how the sores are doing....if theyd cleared up enough hed be able to have steroids...if not then he couldnt.
would steroids work that well if its an upper resp problem..guess it would..like the asthma nebuliser at the docs...cept i also end up on steroid pills for days on end too.
hes washing and not rasping now..but when hes stressed out or sleeping...hes still noisy but his breathing is very hard and fast 24/7...guess thats the pasturella right?
i will ring the second vets up in morning..our vet aksed about bertie and i said hes on piriton again as it helped a fair bit last time. she said.....ive never heard of that an di would never have thought of using piriton on rabbits.
makes me kinda uncomfortable.....ellen is our sual vet closer to me...but emergencys etc meant having to get a taxi to the hospital each time at about £40 taxi fare there and back.
so we agreed id register with claire at the other vets further than ellen but not as far as the hospital!
im impressed with claire at the back up vets and have been keeping the continuity with her.
berties metacam has run out...i had no idea. and i dont know who will give me a repeat for him...ellen or claire...
whoever i talk to i cannot take him to the vets..he gets so breahtless when hes stressed and taking him to the othert end of the lounge affects him now.
luckily his lungs are clear. if the extra baytril hasnt cleared it then ts not an infection..the piriton helped it to a degree so its gotta be inflamamtion..
but the morte meds i give the more hes going to stress...viscious circle
anyone able to pass on advice?
he has about two or three days worth of the recent batch of baytril left...and rather than the one big dose once a day we split it to make it easier on him to swallow with his breathing probs.
The problem is no matter what i try to flavour it with he fights me with the baytril until hes so angry he attacks the syringe and i squirt it in quick.
he lovingly takes his metaclop and his metacam.
I really am stressing now...his breathing has improved a lot...but today hes breahting hard and rasping when he eats drinks or washes or gets stressed..which medicating him makes him.
the piriton i confess to wrapping in something sweet and he munches it no probs. but 2.2ml of baytril is hard to conceal!!
i want to check his toes to see how the sores are doing....if theyd cleared up enough hed be able to have steroids...if not then he couldnt.
would steroids work that well if its an upper resp problem..guess it would..like the asthma nebuliser at the docs...cept i also end up on steroid pills for days on end too.
hes washing and not rasping now..but when hes stressed out or sleeping...hes still noisy but his breathing is very hard and fast 24/7...guess thats the pasturella right?
i will ring the second vets up in morning..our vet aksed about bertie and i said hes on piriton again as it helped a fair bit last time. she said.....ive never heard of that an di would never have thought of using piriton on rabbits.
makes me kinda uncomfortable.....ellen is our sual vet closer to me...but emergencys etc meant having to get a taxi to the hospital each time at about £40 taxi fare there and back.
so we agreed id register with claire at the other vets further than ellen but not as far as the hospital!
im impressed with claire at the back up vets and have been keeping the continuity with her.
berties metacam has run out...i had no idea. and i dont know who will give me a repeat for him...ellen or claire...
whoever i talk to i cannot take him to the vets..he gets so breahtless when hes stressed and taking him to the othert end of the lounge affects him now.
luckily his lungs are clear. if the extra baytril hasnt cleared it then ts not an infection..the piriton helped it to a degree so its gotta be inflamamtion..
but the morte meds i give the more hes going to stress...viscious circle
anyone able to pass on advice?