Monday Morning - Im changing vets! - day 10-13 since catching nodular myxi
CHilling in garden before vets at 11am
Had rung a couple of rabbit specialist vets - who advise that most rabbits with
nodual myxi and have previous had vaccines usually survive with TLC - avoiding secondary infections, and they would not normally PTS due to a few skin bumps. They recommended speaking to my own vet and explain that although she may look bad, if she not showing any other signs on pain then likely hood is, its just the skin affected. She should be kept warm, with anti inflamatorys and anti biotics.
She basically went nuts - and if another vets advises treatment then take her to another vet! why should she have to medicate a dying rabbit and prolong its suffering! Then pretty much turfed me out.
Luckily i have two homes, one north, one south, and near to my southern home is a good rabbit vet who said he will help with supportive treatment of any secondary symptoms. As he had known of a rabbits to survive nodular myxi.
Whilst i appreciate my old vet has never seen a rabbit recover from mxyi - i also wonder if this is because she encourages PTS at first signs. Why would you put a rabbit down with lumps on face if theres a good chance they can survive? is there not update every few years about mxyi so vets can be aware that survival is possible? Do vets not talk to each other - or do any research - There is plenty of infomation about nodular mxyi after vacine around. I just dont understand how one vet wants to PTS, other vets think survival is likely! One vet i rung wasnt in, but his collegue asked what i was ringing about, and in 30 seconds he checked his vet website and found info saying pet rabbits can recover with TLC - why couldnt my vet spare 30 seconds to check too?
We are on day 10-13 (depending on when got bitten by a mosi more than likely) and we still have a really happy, healthy, eating drinking rabbits. Only signs of myxi is two big lumps on face, and puffy eyes - her eyes and chest for checked today, and no signs of any damage. Vet thinks she is thin, but she weighs the same as she did 3 years ago......
Any tips on food to fatten rabbits up?
Rabbit after vet - with her fresh greens bowl near by!
Full of beans running around house
One thing vet did do is print out her medical history - which showed up that within the vitamin c drops is baytrill, so shes has been on 2 different types of antibiotics! Nice of them to read her history before administering more drugs - so shes had engecymin and bayrill at same time for 5 days.
Shes now got metacam 1.5mg/ml - 10ml bottle, to have once a day dose for a 10kg dog (shes a 3.5kg rabbit)- vet wasnt happy about this saying it
could cause other complications? But couldnt really argue whther it was good or not because shes never treated a rabbit with mxyi - just PTS usually.
Medication and treatment:
1ml abidec drops - contains baytrill 10% - twice daily
injection of engecymin once every 3 days
larilube eye lubricant - vet wont give any thing else as her eyes arent infected
Washing and bathing eyes with warm camolmile tea as often as needed - not producing any mucus - but the larilube makes her eyes greasy around eye ball.
Being kept inside - sleepingin dog crate during night, roaming house and sofas during day
Food:
As much as she likes:
spinach
rocket
dandelion leaves
willow bark to chew
super excel pellets
excel forage - dried hay stuff
fresh water - bowl and bottle - still using both
Any hints and tips, im all ears!