Hi everyone - I'm not a regular visitor here but I would really appreciate some advice please.
My rabbit Brandy, an English lop, 3 years old and spayed seems always to have a wet bottom. Two weeks ago at her VHD booster appointment, my vet started talking to me about E-cuniculi. He gave me loads of stuff to read and I got a lot of info from the links on here as well. But I'm just not convinced that's what she has!
The first week she had a urine scald for which we were given an ointment which quickly cleared it up. At that time she was incontinent and her urine was a bright traffic cone orange colour. Our vet prescribed a course of Baytril and she quickly picked up - no longer incontinent and the fur around her rear end was staying dry. I suspected she'd maybe had cystitis or something like that.
At the follow up appointment last weekend, the vet said this was a good sign, but didn't mean that she didn't have E Cuniculi. He said he wnated to withdraw the Baytril and see what happened. Today (5 days after withdrawing the Baytril) the fur around her rear is damp again, although there are no other symptoms. She's eating and drinking normally, enjoying her free range time binkying around the garden with her mate Barney and seeming completely her normal self.
We're back to the vet on Monday, where I suspect he'll be talking about EC again. What questions should I be asking? I've already told him I want to try anything and everything that will help Brandy. She had a really rough start in life, I rescued her and her sister 15 months ago (sadly we lost her sister last Christmas to a fox ) and I really want to see her enjoying life as she deserves to.
Sorry for long post - I hope someone will be able to advise/reassure me
My rabbit Brandy, an English lop, 3 years old and spayed seems always to have a wet bottom. Two weeks ago at her VHD booster appointment, my vet started talking to me about E-cuniculi. He gave me loads of stuff to read and I got a lot of info from the links on here as well. But I'm just not convinced that's what she has!
The first week she had a urine scald for which we were given an ointment which quickly cleared it up. At that time she was incontinent and her urine was a bright traffic cone orange colour. Our vet prescribed a course of Baytril and she quickly picked up - no longer incontinent and the fur around her rear end was staying dry. I suspected she'd maybe had cystitis or something like that.
At the follow up appointment last weekend, the vet said this was a good sign, but didn't mean that she didn't have E Cuniculi. He said he wnated to withdraw the Baytril and see what happened. Today (5 days after withdrawing the Baytril) the fur around her rear is damp again, although there are no other symptoms. She's eating and drinking normally, enjoying her free range time binkying around the garden with her mate Barney and seeming completely her normal self.
We're back to the vet on Monday, where I suspect he'll be talking about EC again. What questions should I be asking? I've already told him I want to try anything and everything that will help Brandy. She had a really rough start in life, I rescued her and her sister 15 months ago (sadly we lost her sister last Christmas to a fox ) and I really want to see her enjoying life as she deserves to.
Sorry for long post - I hope someone will be able to advise/reassure me