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fishy smell in the rabbit room

Georgeypudding

Georgeypudding

Wise Old Thumper
Since moving the buns inside/starting them on panacur solution the conservatory (where the rabbits are now living) smells kind of fishy :? I haven't pinned it down the anything (ie. not the hay or the litter tray specifically) but wondered if anyone could shed any light on what it might be? I need to go back to the vets over the weekend as they only gave me enough meds for 1 rabbit (or 14 days) so will ask then
 
Humphrey started to have very smelly urine the last few months of his life. That sound bad. He died from his heart, nothing to do with smelly wee. Anyway, his sister the beautiful Sophie died from EC. He never showed any symptoms but had several years later had been unwell and I asked my vet to ask for advice from Francis Harcourt-Brown and she recommended Panacur. That's when his wee started to smell really weird, very strong and unpleasant and yes, fishy. I thought it was the meds initially, but his wee always smelt like that after. My vet didn't have a clue why. He didn't show any signs of discomfort and he was already quite fragile with his heart, but I always felt uneasy about it, when the vet came to put him to sleep, he weed a bit and the vet commented on the smell again.
I'd be interested to know what it was though terrified in case I should have fought more about it. Humphrey was always a very sensitive soul, if there was any change or Sophie or his later partner, Jacob got poorly, Humphrey would go straight into GI. He had pneumonia, so many things. A real fighter but fragile emotionally. Much missed.
 
thats interesting thankyou, sorry about your loss :cry: One of the vet nurses has added me on fb and asked about the bunnies so have sent her a message :thumb:
 
Georgeypudding said:
thats interesting thankyou, sorry about your loss :cry: One of the vet nurses has added me on fb and asked about the bunnies so have sent her a message :thumb:
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I'd be interested to know if you find out anything. Humphrey's the only bunny I've known with this. Even when the beautiful Sophie had EC and treatment her wee was normal.
 
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