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Liver disease?!?

H

hoppetylop

Mama Doe
Hi all,my bunny Milly has had bloods taken at the vet as she has lost some weight the last few days and has also been drinking more.Her liver is enlarged and the vet said it could be liver disease,response to an infection or EC.Ihave had experience with EC but dont know any thing about liver disease.Does that phrase cover more than one illness?Shes recently had a mild ear infection caught from her husbun-treated successfully but her white blood cells are very high as is her blood sugar so diabetes is also being investigated.Im very worried.we are only just getting over the ear infection and just before that her husbun had EC so it feels like an uphill struggle at the mo.Im so careful to keep their shed and run clean and they have a varied,healthy diet.
Are liver disease or diabetes difficult to manage?
 
hoppetylop said:
Hi all,my bunny Milly has had bloods taken at the vet as she has lost some weight the last few days and has also been drinking more.Her liver is enlarged and the vet said it could be liver disease,response to an infection or EC.Ihave had experience with EC but dont know any thing about liver disease.Does that phrase cover more than one illness?Shes recently had a mild ear infection caught from her husbun-treated successfully but her white blood cells are very high as is her blood sugar so diabetes is also being investigated.Im very worried.we are only just getting over the ear infection and just before that her husbun had EC so it feels like an uphill struggle at the mo.Im so careful to keep their shed and run clean and they have a varied,healthy diet.
Are liver disease or diabetes difficult to manage?
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Diabetes is extremely rare in Rabbits and it cannot be diagnosed by just one blood test, several samples need to be taken at specific times in a 24 hour period. Rabbit blood glucose levels can be elevated due to stress-ie due to being at the Vets !!

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/Diabetes_mellitus_Rabbit.htm

An enlarged Liver can occur for a variety of reasons, the specific liver enzyme levels need to be evaluated to try to find out the precise liver problems involved. Sometimes the Liver can 'recover'. More diagnostics would be needed to obtain a definitive diagnosis- eg an Ultra-sound and possibly a Liver Biopsy

I would try not to panic too much just yet and wait for your Vet to carry out more investigations.

Sending vibes for Milly xx
 
Thankyou for your reply Jane,i feel more reassured about her.I forgot to say shes drinking more water too.The vet is going to do more investigations so hopefully we will get to the bottom of this.Thanks again for your advice.
 
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