Hi Ambience, so sorry again about Adonia
As Jane said alot of buns that have been exposed to EC (which is something like 75% :shock
dont show any physical symptoms atall for their whole lives. It really is completely individual to the bun. If your others have been exposed theres no way of knowing whether they'll become poorly or not unfortunately.
You are doing all you can in treating them with 28days of panacur. If they have come into contact with it hopefully that will stop the parasite in its tracks
I know you must be so worried after losing Adonia to it but please try not to worry too much about the others. Even if they have been exposed to it, either from Adonia or from their mothers or siblings at birth they may never become ill from it :wave: Keep treating them with panacur throughout their lives xxxx
Thankyou Gemma,
I really am worried about all the buns. I think I'm going to get them all in for a health check make sure nothing I've not missed anything.
I'm putting rescuing on hold until i make sure that there is no risk to any other buns that come into the household. I don't want other bunnies contracting it either because they come here.
There used to be dogs in the house - the previous owners bred them. Could EC have been present in the environment because of them?
Ava is going in for her leg taken off on Wednesday, so I'm concerned she has more of a risk of catching EC. I wonder if they should be doing the operation before I've treated her with the full course of panacur?
If i just do it routinely, should it keep EC at bay or can buns get it anyway even if being treated. I don't like to do too much handling as it increases stress with the buns picking them up. So i prefer to give meds less rather than more.
Is it similar to pasturella?- in that most rabbits carry, but not all will develop pasturellosis like adonia had.
I really need to get some good veterinary medical books about rabbits- there is one by frances harcourt brown. I'm not sure if anyone has this or if it's any good.
It sounds like it is a tough parasite to combat with it surviving so long. I'm pretty sure it would be almost impossible to eradicate completely if it is airbourne. Is it just urine that it's transmitted through?
Thanks again for your thoughts about adonia. I wanted to turn back time and get her ashes back yesterday, but she has gone to the pet crematorium now, because my boyfriend thought it would really upset me having her ashes around and i can't possibly do this with all the buns i have which will inevitably pass away in the future. and especially now that I'm rescuing too.
She was my bun i was most bonded with of all my bunnies. I think I'm going to get her picture framed in memory of her and keep it beside my bed like i used to with my first cat jasper whom i was also massively bonded with also.
I think because adonia was a solo bunny it makes it harder as i was her best friend, whereas other buns i have bond with each other more and i am more the carer rather than best friend. I already regret not getting her ashes back though.
Thankyou for all the information about EC. xx