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How much Panacur? Head tilt?

SamanthaJane

SamanthaJane

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With Harvey having apparant EC I am starting treating my other rabbits with Panacur (Borrowing yours Jane - am fetching some more from the vets tomorrow but I want to start it ASAP) - the vet said I can pop in and pick some up.

How much is the dosage though? Is it the same for all rabbits?

I'm paranoid Binky's head is tilting - but I think I'm being paranoid :( How clear is it (I haven't seen Harvey since this happened this morning - he was in the vets with stasis)
 
I have one rabbit with confirmed EC and was advised to treat all the rest with 9 days of panacur, dependant on weight 1-2 graduations per rabbit. It says on the leaflet, but from memory is it 1 graduation per 1.5kg of rabbit? Only the rabbit with confirmed EC got 28 days of panacur.

If Ec was to have passed around the bunnies it would be likely to stay dormant until times of stress or other factor so having another with head tilt so soon would be very, very unlikely.
 
For the panacur rabbit paste it's one graduation per 2.5kg of rabbit weight. I know because one of my rabbits is sometimes 2.6kg :?
Each tube of paste contains 18 graduations, so for a rabbit less than 2.5kg that's 18 days dose.

Lapizole can be cheaper if you need more doses.
Panacur 10% liquid can be cheaper if you need a lot more doses, but the dosage is more complicated and isn't contained in the instructions because it's meant for dogs and cats but contains exactly the same thing.
 
The cheapest place I found the Panacur paste was the VetUk website. When Finley was being treated for EC, I was told to treat Emily for 28 days too. She did not show any signs but this was a precaution.
 
Hi Samantha,

Your welcome to have the panacur for your buns and get some new stuff from the vets for Harvey and Hermy.

Have your buns been on the same area as Harvey and Hermy? If not - EC isn't airborne- it is spread solely through the urine. So unless there was some cross contamination in that respect you should be fine.

Good luck with all the medicating.

~Jane
 
They have - because Harvey and Hermione came in on Saturday night so I could look after Harvey better.

After I took Harvey to the vets (and he stayed in) Binky and Bailey got into the other room before I got chance to clean properly.

But it's passed through urine and Harvey wasn't weeing at all (I don't think) so hopefully that's that.
 
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