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Anaemic Bunny...
- Thread starter GrahamL
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
GrahamL
Wise Old Thumper
Currently unknown, could be any kind of organ issue (liver/kidneys has been mentioned), possibly genetic.
Not seeing the vet to discuss blood results til wednesday, but wondered out of interest what RU'ers thought, was secretly hoping you'd reply Jane
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Currently unknown, could be any kind of organ issue (liver/kidneys has been mentioned), possibly genetic.
Not seeing the vet to discuss blood results til wednesday, but wondered out of interest what RU'ers thought, was secretly hoping you'd reply Jane
I think treatment would need to be based on establishing a primary cause first. I assume blood biochemistry has been run too to assess kidney/liver function ?
Is there a chronic bacterial disease process going on ?
Any Dental problems ?
GrahamL
Wise Old Thumper
I believe so re the bloods, i'll find out more on Wednesday.
She does have dental problems, only found last week during exploratory GA and just had first dental during said GA. The back of her mouth does not close properly, so the rear molars are not worn down at all, even though she is a hay monster. This was not affecting her AT ALL.
She's 'not bunny' as far as her internal back end is concerned and is missing apparently the majority of the mass which surrounds the organs as a protective area?
Siblings have history of genetic dental/skeletal issues.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Jane, are there any links on this? Or could you explain anymore?
GrahamL
Wise Old Thumper
i really should of held out on starting this thread, until i got back wednesday, eh?
I'm genuinely unsure right now, just it was mentioned when i called up about the results.
Got so much to talk about!
GrahamL
Wise Old Thumper
Jane, such a diamond. I was searching around for hours last night, but found pretty much zip.
Ginger has pasteurella, and the 2nd link states that can cause mild anaemia, so that would make sense.
Theres lots of other stuff going on with her right now, so it could all be related one way or another.
