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hypoglycemia treatment?

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narufry

New Kit
Ive just taken my 11 week old bunny to the vet and been told she has hypoglycemia as a result of not being able to eat due to floppy bunny syndrome.

He has given me some white liquid medicine to give to her twice a day and told me to mash up pellets in water and feed her via a syringe into her mouth every two hours or so.

She is having quite strong seizures every five minutes and grinding her teeth quite loudly during these and I really want this to stop as soon as possible because it must be so horrible for her.

Is there anything I can do to help her more and am i missing out on anything super important?
I have to feed her via syringe as she wont take anything into her mouth herself.

I would be so grateful for any help or advice!!

thankyou
 
It sounds as though she needs to be admitted for intensive care. The symptoms you describe are indicative of Encephalitozoon Cuniculi (EC). This is a protozoal parasite that can effect the brain, kidneys, eyes and other internal organs. The severity of symptoms (seizures) indicate that the brain is definitely effected and in such a very young Rabbit this really merits ongoing intensive care as an inpatient.

Are you in the UK ? Is your Vet a Rabbit specialist ?

This is some detailed information about EC

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...N3ISKU&sig=AHIEtbR1V0Bkgl46nxoM3IZVX7iM5Uaz_Q
 
im actually in new zealand, i hear there are different diseases for bunnies in different countries so i think in this case we might not have that here?
I've given her some food ad some honey to raise her blood sugar and she is looking a lot more lively, moving around running ocaisionally. but she is still having small seizures, less frequently though.

we reached the conclusion it was hypoglycemia because she was very small, underweight, very bony and light and i had noticed that she wasnt eating much of her hay recently.
And he did a blood sugar test which came up as 0.9 forgot to add that. definitely hypoglycemia at the moment.

thanks for your input!
I think i'll wait a little to see if she recovers more as we are very low on money at the moment and another trip to the vet would likely break us..
IF she doesnt show any signs of recovery by tomorrow I will take her to another vet
 
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