Hello all. I took Harmony to the vets last week as she was breathing weird and making a pain noise. The vet said she has a respiratory infection and after asking how she could've gotten it she told me that it could be the hay or an allergy. Well she had some injections and I was given some medication for her (Marbocyl) that she's had in the past for other illnesses. She was fine almost right away after the vet trip, the breathing went back to normal but we still gave the medication for the recommened time from Saturday till today.
Right well anyway I noticed her sister, Buffy (who has never been to the vets for anything other than myxo/vhd injections and her spay, until yesterday) was not quite herself on Wednesday evening and then later that night when feeding she tilted her head and I did panic a bit thinking the worst and it was E.Cuniculi. Well I got her to the vet yesterday and the vet I saw herself has a rabbit and she said hers recently had an ear infection. She told me Buffy has an inner ear infection in her right ear (she was holding that ear down Wednesday evening, I thought nothing of it as I have read it is a sign of contentment or her listening to surroundings). I mentioned about Harmony and wondered if there was a link and she told me that it could be contaminated hay and nothing I did or didn't do and that any rabbit no matter how healthy could still get an infection. I mentioned E.Cuniculi and she told me there is no way to actually diagnose it for a live rabbit, vets can only guess as it is very difficult to diagnose and the only 100% way is post-mortem. She said Buffy isn't showing signs of it as she had other symptoms like a raised temperature which indicates ear infection. Apparently if it is E.Cuniculi then she would not have any other symptoms and just the head tilt.
Today Buffy has been fine while in the run with her two sisters and brother but just before covering the rabbits an hour ago I fed them and she was running around like crazy with the others (their normal behaviour) but as soon as she started eating she started with the head tilt again. She has been fine all day and been given her medication. I am just confused is this supposed to happen when a rabbit has an ear infection or could this be E.Cuniculi? The vet said to give the medication and bring back next week and the appointment is booked already. Buffy is still eating, she has never been off her food. I just need to know if it is normal for the head tilt to still be there considering she was only at the vets yesterday (the head tilt appears to not be permanent though as her head does go back to normal when running like while in the run earlier today).
By the way I am sorry for the long essay I just wanted to make sure I explained everything that happened since last Friday. Any advice would really be appreciated.
Right well anyway I noticed her sister, Buffy (who has never been to the vets for anything other than myxo/vhd injections and her spay, until yesterday) was not quite herself on Wednesday evening and then later that night when feeding she tilted her head and I did panic a bit thinking the worst and it was E.Cuniculi. Well I got her to the vet yesterday and the vet I saw herself has a rabbit and she said hers recently had an ear infection. She told me Buffy has an inner ear infection in her right ear (she was holding that ear down Wednesday evening, I thought nothing of it as I have read it is a sign of contentment or her listening to surroundings). I mentioned about Harmony and wondered if there was a link and she told me that it could be contaminated hay and nothing I did or didn't do and that any rabbit no matter how healthy could still get an infection. I mentioned E.Cuniculi and she told me there is no way to actually diagnose it for a live rabbit, vets can only guess as it is very difficult to diagnose and the only 100% way is post-mortem. She said Buffy isn't showing signs of it as she had other symptoms like a raised temperature which indicates ear infection. Apparently if it is E.Cuniculi then she would not have any other symptoms and just the head tilt.
Today Buffy has been fine while in the run with her two sisters and brother but just before covering the rabbits an hour ago I fed them and she was running around like crazy with the others (their normal behaviour) but as soon as she started eating she started with the head tilt again. She has been fine all day and been given her medication. I am just confused is this supposed to happen when a rabbit has an ear infection or could this be E.Cuniculi? The vet said to give the medication and bring back next week and the appointment is booked already. Buffy is still eating, she has never been off her food. I just need to know if it is normal for the head tilt to still be there considering she was only at the vets yesterday (the head tilt appears to not be permanent though as her head does go back to normal when running like while in the run earlier today).
By the way I am sorry for the long essay I just wanted to make sure I explained everything that happened since last Friday. Any advice would really be appreciated.
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