Please don't judge me .. I come here for help.
We have two Netherland Dwarf rabbits, one of whom had her Myxi jab earlier this Autumn. She then went in for neuter a week or so later and during the time she was away (recuperating) from Benji, he took ill. He lost so much weight you could feel his ribs.
I took him to the vets and she was unsure as his stomach felt fine, his teeth were fine .. all in all he seemed healthy, but skinny. She did give him some anti biotics just in case and I syringe fed him Recovery.
I asked at the time about the Myxi jab but he said he was going through too much at the moment to have that on top of his illness.
It soon turned out his illness was pining for Luna .. and as soon as they were back together he was eating like a horse ..thought I was still giving him a daily 5mg of rescue.
We noticed about 5 days ago, one his eyelids seemed a little bald and pink. I put this down initially to using straw as his bedding as I have only ever used hay before, on top of cardboard and shavings ... the straw was put on top of the cardboard and the hay on top of that, then masses of hay on top of that ... All in all their mattress was a giid 6 inch deep.
Yesterday I noticed his eyelid seemed pinker, so got him into the vets who though perhaps it may be mites (I'd used some panacur that morning) though he's not scratching .. or ring worm .. so she pulled a good bit of hair from him eye lid area. (Bless him, he was a perfect patient) She is sending that away to be diagonosed.
She said if it is not ring worm then they will have to take a skin scrape which will involve sedation obviously.
She has given me some cream to put on once a day Fucithalmic
He is eating fine .. and pooping fine .. and apart from his eye lids is the same old Ben. I've put some more ointment on and it doesnt look red any more. And I've put him back in with Luna .. as we seperated them last night, but reading another post, this could possibly be more stressful than keeping them seperate .. also, the vet said not to seperate them.
My daughter noticed a bare patch under his chin too .. but Ive not been able to to look properly at that as yet as he was stressed after the vet visit.
I'm putting up two pics .. one taken with flash the other without.
She took quite a lot of hair, so it looks more bald than it was ..
This is a very close up ... it's not as big a patch as it looks .. and remember, he is a Nethie, so small.
Thank you for any advice ..
Ben is my hero ... he's five and half and is my heart rabbit.
P.S. The pinkness is no more .. it's just the same as the rest of the skin around it.
We have two Netherland Dwarf rabbits, one of whom had her Myxi jab earlier this Autumn. She then went in for neuter a week or so later and during the time she was away (recuperating) from Benji, he took ill. He lost so much weight you could feel his ribs.
I took him to the vets and she was unsure as his stomach felt fine, his teeth were fine .. all in all he seemed healthy, but skinny. She did give him some anti biotics just in case and I syringe fed him Recovery.
I asked at the time about the Myxi jab but he said he was going through too much at the moment to have that on top of his illness.
It soon turned out his illness was pining for Luna .. and as soon as they were back together he was eating like a horse ..thought I was still giving him a daily 5mg of rescue.
We noticed about 5 days ago, one his eyelids seemed a little bald and pink. I put this down initially to using straw as his bedding as I have only ever used hay before, on top of cardboard and shavings ... the straw was put on top of the cardboard and the hay on top of that, then masses of hay on top of that ... All in all their mattress was a giid 6 inch deep.
Yesterday I noticed his eyelid seemed pinker, so got him into the vets who though perhaps it may be mites (I'd used some panacur that morning) though he's not scratching .. or ring worm .. so she pulled a good bit of hair from him eye lid area. (Bless him, he was a perfect patient) She is sending that away to be diagonosed.
She said if it is not ring worm then they will have to take a skin scrape which will involve sedation obviously.
She has given me some cream to put on once a day Fucithalmic
He is eating fine .. and pooping fine .. and apart from his eye lids is the same old Ben. I've put some more ointment on and it doesnt look red any more. And I've put him back in with Luna .. as we seperated them last night, but reading another post, this could possibly be more stressful than keeping them seperate .. also, the vet said not to seperate them.
My daughter noticed a bare patch under his chin too .. but Ive not been able to to look properly at that as yet as he was stressed after the vet visit.
I'm putting up two pics .. one taken with flash the other without.
She took quite a lot of hair, so it looks more bald than it was ..
This is a very close up ... it's not as big a patch as it looks .. and remember, he is a Nethie, so small.
Thank you for any advice ..
Ben is my hero ... he's five and half and is my heart rabbit.
P.S. The pinkness is no more .. it's just the same as the rest of the skin around it.