Sproggie14
Warren Scout
We adopted Wyn last February and the first thing we did was get him neutered and get his teeth checked (his eyes were watery) and they did find a few spurs. He's been very well since then, put on loads of weight and has always been a big, strapping healthy lad.
A few weeks back he very suddenly stopped eating and started doing tiny poops so a recurrence of his dental issues was my first thought. Sure enough his teeth were overgrown again and had cut his cheeks and tongue
He came home after the dental but didn't pick up so he went back to the vets where they found his tongue had become infected Anyway, lots of treatment, syringe feeding etc etc later and he has been doing much better, eating well again, starting to put on weight etc. He has been separate from Maggie during this time so we could monitor his eating, not something I'd usually do but he really was critical for a while.
And then, last week, I noticed some clumps of fur in his area. I thought, at first that Maggie had pulled them out - they can snuffle through the bars and he had been sitting up next to the bars to be close to her. But when I picked him up to weigh him he felt scabby and I found bald patches developing. We saw the vet the following day and he thought it was bacterial and gave him a long acting antibiotic.
We went back to the vets a couple of days later and saw one of the rabbit specialists. She took some skin scrapes and samples and checked him for mites which appeared to be clear but we have treated him with xenex just in case. He's also still on the antibiotics and we're waiting for the results of a ringworm test.
Wyn is still quite bright in himself and still eating well although he's now struggling to maintain his weight. But he looks AWFUL, honestly just looking at him makes me cry. When I did his jab last night a massive clump of fur came away in my hand so now he has a big bald patch on his back, bald patches and cuts on his tummy and the rest of him looks really scruffy. The skin itself looks ok to me, apart from the odd place where there is a scratch or cut.
Anyway, the next step if the ringworm is negative, is a biopsy and bloods which means a sedation. I just wondered if anyone had seen anything similar, had any ideas what it might be etc? Poor Wyn has been through so much recently and it's breaking my heart to see him looking like this
A few weeks back he very suddenly stopped eating and started doing tiny poops so a recurrence of his dental issues was my first thought. Sure enough his teeth were overgrown again and had cut his cheeks and tongue
He came home after the dental but didn't pick up so he went back to the vets where they found his tongue had become infected Anyway, lots of treatment, syringe feeding etc etc later and he has been doing much better, eating well again, starting to put on weight etc. He has been separate from Maggie during this time so we could monitor his eating, not something I'd usually do but he really was critical for a while.And then, last week, I noticed some clumps of fur in his area. I thought, at first that Maggie had pulled them out - they can snuffle through the bars and he had been sitting up next to the bars to be close to her. But when I picked him up to weigh him he felt scabby and I found bald patches developing. We saw the vet the following day and he thought it was bacterial and gave him a long acting antibiotic.
We went back to the vets a couple of days later and saw one of the rabbit specialists. She took some skin scrapes and samples and checked him for mites which appeared to be clear but we have treated him with xenex just in case. He's also still on the antibiotics and we're waiting for the results of a ringworm test.
Wyn is still quite bright in himself and still eating well although he's now struggling to maintain his weight. But he looks AWFUL, honestly just looking at him makes me cry. When I did his jab last night a massive clump of fur came away in my hand so now he has a big bald patch on his back, bald patches and cuts on his tummy and the rest of him looks really scruffy. The skin itself looks ok to me, apart from the odd place where there is a scratch or cut.
Anyway, the next step if the ringworm is negative, is a biopsy and bloods which means a sedation. I just wondered if anyone had seen anything similar, had any ideas what it might be etc? Poor Wyn has been through so much recently and it's breaking my heart to see him looking like this
