sun_city_girl
Warren Veteran
So my rabbit Hitley was castrated last Thurs; all was fine with the wound healing well and thats all good. However on Saturday he escaped and got in a fight with our other bun which is male non-castrated; i checked his wound and it was good but he wouldnt sit properly on his bottom sunday or monday so we gave him some metacam and Tuesday he had his post-op check which was good but the vet nurse found he had a very sore bottom which we thought was a bite wound from the fight.
Today we took him back to see the vet, she was very good and said straight away that she thought it could be syphilis and that she thought he may have a lesion on his lip aswell; however she has started him on Baytril to see if it clears up, we have to go back next Tues to see her and am guessing if its still sore he will have to have penicillin; although she mentioned it can cause fatal diarrhoea in rabbits; im guessing because it kills normal rabbit gut flora. So we are giving him metacam and baytril, he seems somewhat unhappy has a reduced appetite ie not eating his pellets but eating plenty of hay/greens but other than that pretty much his normal self.
im guessing he caught it at birth which make me wonder if i should be getting my other bun 'Bun' treates as a prophylaxis as they are from the same litter.
Does anyone else have any experience/advice with this?
Thank You
Today we took him back to see the vet, she was very good and said straight away that she thought it could be syphilis and that she thought he may have a lesion on his lip aswell; however she has started him on Baytril to see if it clears up, we have to go back next Tues to see her and am guessing if its still sore he will have to have penicillin; although she mentioned it can cause fatal diarrhoea in rabbits; im guessing because it kills normal rabbit gut flora. So we are giving him metacam and baytril, he seems somewhat unhappy has a reduced appetite ie not eating his pellets but eating plenty of hay/greens but other than that pretty much his normal self.
im guessing he caught it at birth which make me wonder if i should be getting my other bun 'Bun' treates as a prophylaxis as they are from the same litter.
Does anyone else have any experience/advice with this?
Thank You