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Panacuring a skinny bunny

MichG

MichG

Mama Doe
I have seen 2 different vets now, both with differing opinions.

My foster boy was very skinny, he was treated with abx for snuffles. Eating fine etc but not putting on any weight. He was skin and bones.
The vet put him on panacur and a couple of days later he started putting weight on.
3 weeks ago he was 0.97 kgs and today he weighs 1.82kgs. He is approx 16 weeks old. He is still fairly skinny for his size, but not unhealthily so.

My question is could it be the panacur helping him put on weight?
I thought weightloss with EC was down to some of the problems caused by it (i.e Kidney Damage) and not be the remedy to the weightloss.
He is on day 23 of Panacur now.
 
Panacur is a wormer as well isn't it? Could he have had worms (of the stomach variety) that were causing him not to gain weight? I don't know if rabbits even get them. :oops:
 
Yeah they can do, but they are normally quite obvious, and I believe it would have to be quite a heavy infestation to cause such bad skinnyness. Definitely no obvious worms.
 
Just had a quick chat with Faye (a friend who is an amazing bunny vet) who mentioned the possibility of neoplasia :cry: He has a lump on his nose which could be (amongst a couple of other things) a tumour.
If it is the panacur can supress some of the neoplasia and cause weight gain (that is the very short story. I can't remember the longer version, I am very tired)
We plan to xray and biopsy (if necessary) the lump after Christmas.

I really hope it is just a congenital defect or scar tissue.
 
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