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Ear abscesses
- Thread starter Fran
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/S/00dis/Bacterial/Abscessation_rabbits.htm
http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/navc/2006/SAE/617.pdf?LA=1
abbymarysmokey
Wise Old Thumper
As Jane says, a C&S test will help identify the bacteria involved. You have to be careful with C&S results though because they often say that pasteurella is sensitive to baytril, which is is (strictly speaking) but the nature of rabbit pus makes it pretty ineffectual.
One of mine had ear abscesses removed a couple of years ago, then treament with depocillin for about 8 months afterwards. He's been abscess free ever since
louise and Gus
Wise Old Thumper
It's Piglet. She's going back on thursday as she's lost weight & if she's lost more/not put any on by then he'll look at her teeth again and he wants to look at her ear at the same time.
Thanks, I'll know more next week as it wasn't me who took her last week
louise and Gus
Wise Old Thumper
It's Piglet. She's going back on thursday as she's lost weight & if she's lost more/not put any on by then he'll look at her teeth again and he wants to look at her ear at the same time.
Thanks, I'll know more next week as it wasn't me who took her last week
Aw poor Piglet
hope it can be sorted out easily enough xx
