Please Note - Medical Advice
Please keep in mind that posts on this forum are from members of the public sharing personal opinions. It is not a replacement for qualified medical advice from a veterinarian. Many illnesses share similar symptoms but require different treatments. A medical exam is necessary for an accurate diagnosis, without which appropriate treatment cannot be given.
You should always consult your vet before following any suggestions for medication or treatment you have read about. The wrong treatment could make your rabbit worse or mean your vet is unable to give the correct treatment because of drug interactions. Even non prescription drugs can do harm if given inappropriately.
We are very grateful to members who take time to answer other members questions, but please do be clear in your replies that you are sharing personal experience and not giving instructions on what must be done.
Urgent Medical Advice: If you need, or think you might need, urgent medical advice you should contact a vet. If it is out of working hours phone your vet's normal number and there should be an answer phone message with instructions on what to do.
) had a total mastectomy and there was no metastatic disease xx
. Flora is 8 years old. She was spayed by the RSPCA when she was around 6 months old. However, my vet said it is very easy for an inexperienced vet to leave behind some small amount of uterine material, which causes phantom pregnancies (Flora had a massive one of these about 8 weeks ago). So we're now just waiting for the swellings to go down and hope that's the end of it (for now).Flora saw the vet this week for 'mammary tumours'. Fortunately, my extremely bunny-savvy vet is 99% certain it's hormonal swelling rather than tumours. She has swellings on every nipple but they are soft and squidgy. When he squeezed a couple of them, yellowy-pale beige liquid came out which he said was milk (albeit probably a bit stagnant :shock
