Hello ... Sorry, more questions.
I've taken them in to the vets this morning so that Ada can have a nasal swab and X-ray under GA, and the E. Cuniculi blood test (the latter because the vets prefer to test first rather than giving all rabbits Panacur as a matter of course).
She has been sneezing for about 12 days; it started towards the end of a course of Baytril that she was on for gut problems. She has been sneezing quite a lot, including alarming sneeze-fits that lasted over a minute - though seems to have got a bit better in the last few days. She has been on Metacam for a week. I have only seen snot on her nose once, last week, (it was whitish-clear) and other than the sneezing she seems healthy.
Since Tuesday, I have seen Beatrix sneeze 3 or 4 times, but nowhere near as violently as Ada. She is still very perky and eats lots.
I had read that for infection control, it's best that when they start antibiotics, you dispose of all chewable toys that could harbour bacteria. For similar reasons, I hadn't been letting them out since Ada's sneezing got bad, as it would be a bit of a nightmare trying to disinfect the carpet.
This morning the nurse who admitted them said that they don't usually advise people to get rid of the chewable toys when rabbits have infections. Now, these vets see a lot of rabbits, one of them has owned rabbits for over 15 years, and they are highly recommended on more than one forum. So I certainly give some weight to their opinion.
But I'm a little surprised about what they say about the toys (though of course I like the idea of not having to throw things out). I'd be interested in hearing about other people's experiences. Have you successfully treated infections whilst keeping toys like this? Or did you find that a problem dragged on until you disposed of that hay tunnel or wooden hut or whatever it was?
And if I were to dispose of the toys, what are the poor little mites supposed to chew whilst they're on antibiotics? I can't get them new ones every day.
I've taken them in to the vets this morning so that Ada can have a nasal swab and X-ray under GA, and the E. Cuniculi blood test (the latter because the vets prefer to test first rather than giving all rabbits Panacur as a matter of course).
She has been sneezing for about 12 days; it started towards the end of a course of Baytril that she was on for gut problems. She has been sneezing quite a lot, including alarming sneeze-fits that lasted over a minute - though seems to have got a bit better in the last few days. She has been on Metacam for a week. I have only seen snot on her nose once, last week, (it was whitish-clear) and other than the sneezing she seems healthy.
Since Tuesday, I have seen Beatrix sneeze 3 or 4 times, but nowhere near as violently as Ada. She is still very perky and eats lots.
I had read that for infection control, it's best that when they start antibiotics, you dispose of all chewable toys that could harbour bacteria. For similar reasons, I hadn't been letting them out since Ada's sneezing got bad, as it would be a bit of a nightmare trying to disinfect the carpet.
This morning the nurse who admitted them said that they don't usually advise people to get rid of the chewable toys when rabbits have infections. Now, these vets see a lot of rabbits, one of them has owned rabbits for over 15 years, and they are highly recommended on more than one forum. So I certainly give some weight to their opinion.
But I'm a little surprised about what they say about the toys (though of course I like the idea of not having to throw things out). I'd be interested in hearing about other people's experiences. Have you successfully treated infections whilst keeping toys like this? Or did you find that a problem dragged on until you disposed of that hay tunnel or wooden hut or whatever it was?
And if I were to dispose of the toys, what are the poor little mites supposed to chew whilst they're on antibiotics? I can't get them new ones every day.
