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Antibiotics

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Mrs Cullen

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Bella was spayed two weeks ago and her recovery was great. Then last tue she picked the scab and had to be put on Antibiotics on Thursday. The Vet said on Sat to finish the course. However it's been a week now and her belly looks great and she has only a tiny scab. I seem to have enough Antibiotic left for another week. My question is do I carrie on giving her the Antibiotics or stop?
 
Your vet said to follow the course, so I would suggest doing that. If you're unsure what he meant by 'course', I would suggest calling the surgery and asking :)
 
Finish the course. The antibiotics are killing the bugs, which is why Bella's looking so much better, but if you stop the course early, there's a chance they won't be completely gone and will just multiply again, leaving you back at square one. Same as humans. :wave:
 
Mrs Cullen said:
Bella was spayed two weeks ago and her recovery was great. Then last tue she picked the scab and had to be put on Antibiotics on Thursday. The Vet said on Sat to finish the course. However it's been a week now and her belly looks great and she has only a tiny scab. I seem to have enough Antibiotic left for another week. My question is do I carrie on giving her the Antibiotics or stop?
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It is always important to complete the full course of abx as prescribed by your Vet unless the Rabbit develops adverse side effects. In that case you would need to contact the Vet again to seek his/her advice :)
 
Finish the said 'course' your vet prescribed. It may look great on the outside but you don't know what's happening underneath.
xxx
 
Thanks guys, I have looked on the bottle and its 15ml. She needs 0.6 twice a day. So that works out at 12 days, Its the 8th today. So I will carrie on till Wed. :)
 
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