Misfitfiend1989
New Kit
Hey guys,
In the past 4 weeks my 5 year old Lion Head Lola has developed a small horn growing from her nose. It literally grew over night (I pick her up for cuddles every day and I didn't see it before this time!). When I first noticed it, it looked like a claw or a nail at first attached to a sore spot. I took her straight to the Vets as soon as I noticed it and they had no idea what it was. The first Vet pulled the small horn off, squeezed the spot and said to keep an eye on it, he suggested popping it myself and cleaning it if it came back.
Soon enough it grew straight back, so I popped it and cleaned it as the Vet had recommended (note nothing actually had come out of it on either occasion). A few days later it grew back again! Now the whole time this has been on her nose she has been acting completely normal, eating normally, pooping, running, binky-ing so as if nothing is wrong.
I took her back to the vet for a second time, this time we saw a different vet at the same practice. She also had no idea what this was and suggested having it removed in surgery. We booked her in for surgery and waited for a call from the veterinary surgeon to discuss the procedure.When I spoke to the surgeon on the phone he said he wanted to take a look at the horn for himself to decide if this was the best measure and see what he was dealing with so sure enough I took her in for another check up.
Now as soon as the surgeon looked at it he said that's a bunny wart, he said it was nothing to worry about too much but is extremely rare, especially for a single house bunny. He said there is a possibility it has developed due to her age and hormones but couldn't say for sure. After having a good look at it he said he thought it was too small to operate on and wouldn't want to cause further harm. He advised to put a small amount of steroid cream for 3 days on the popped horn to avoid infection and then leave it and see how it goes.
We are now at the 4 week mark of this bunny mystery and it has grown back and bigger! Lola is still acting as usual and doesn't look in any discomfort. My worry now is that it is getting closer to the edge of her nose and I have no idea what the best measure is. I have read every article I can find about these and have found out that it is Shope Papilloma Virus (The same strain of virus as HPV or Cervical Cancer in humans). It is classed as a skin cancer in bunny's and can develop into serious life threatening cancer. The only cause I can find is insects such as mosquitos spreading this virus, and the only advice I can find is to leave it 6-12 months and it should disappear or have it removed with the strong possibility it will grow back.
I'm running out of ideas the thought of just leaving this with the possibility it could spread into a serious cancer is not something I want to do, but even the Vet's don't seem to know very much about this subject. I've searched on this forum and it has only been mentioned twice when someone on the internet filmed an extreme case on a wild rabbit.
Does anyone have any more information or advice on dealing with these?
I've popped some pictures on the bottom that hopefully you can see.
Thanks
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9mq9rhbu8olv000/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.29.44.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/8844qd05rmn0pqn/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.29.55.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/c7y72d1jirbp9wm/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.25.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/gdw9r3k0jwm74ms/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.35.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/pprf188mw8m9xmw/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.46.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/5r5c4nmcdck5nd9/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.55.png
In the past 4 weeks my 5 year old Lion Head Lola has developed a small horn growing from her nose. It literally grew over night (I pick her up for cuddles every day and I didn't see it before this time!). When I first noticed it, it looked like a claw or a nail at first attached to a sore spot. I took her straight to the Vets as soon as I noticed it and they had no idea what it was. The first Vet pulled the small horn off, squeezed the spot and said to keep an eye on it, he suggested popping it myself and cleaning it if it came back.
Soon enough it grew straight back, so I popped it and cleaned it as the Vet had recommended (note nothing actually had come out of it on either occasion). A few days later it grew back again! Now the whole time this has been on her nose she has been acting completely normal, eating normally, pooping, running, binky-ing so as if nothing is wrong.
I took her back to the vet for a second time, this time we saw a different vet at the same practice. She also had no idea what this was and suggested having it removed in surgery. We booked her in for surgery and waited for a call from the veterinary surgeon to discuss the procedure.When I spoke to the surgeon on the phone he said he wanted to take a look at the horn for himself to decide if this was the best measure and see what he was dealing with so sure enough I took her in for another check up.
Now as soon as the surgeon looked at it he said that's a bunny wart, he said it was nothing to worry about too much but is extremely rare, especially for a single house bunny. He said there is a possibility it has developed due to her age and hormones but couldn't say for sure. After having a good look at it he said he thought it was too small to operate on and wouldn't want to cause further harm. He advised to put a small amount of steroid cream for 3 days on the popped horn to avoid infection and then leave it and see how it goes.
We are now at the 4 week mark of this bunny mystery and it has grown back and bigger! Lola is still acting as usual and doesn't look in any discomfort. My worry now is that it is getting closer to the edge of her nose and I have no idea what the best measure is. I have read every article I can find about these and have found out that it is Shope Papilloma Virus (The same strain of virus as HPV or Cervical Cancer in humans). It is classed as a skin cancer in bunny's and can develop into serious life threatening cancer. The only cause I can find is insects such as mosquitos spreading this virus, and the only advice I can find is to leave it 6-12 months and it should disappear or have it removed with the strong possibility it will grow back.
I'm running out of ideas the thought of just leaving this with the possibility it could spread into a serious cancer is not something I want to do, but even the Vet's don't seem to know very much about this subject. I've searched on this forum and it has only been mentioned twice when someone on the internet filmed an extreme case on a wild rabbit.
Does anyone have any more information or advice on dealing with these?
I've popped some pictures on the bottom that hopefully you can see.
Thanks
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9mq9rhbu8olv000/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.29.44.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/8844qd05rmn0pqn/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.29.55.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/c7y72d1jirbp9wm/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.25.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/gdw9r3k0jwm74ms/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.35.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/pprf188mw8m9xmw/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.46.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/5r5c4nmcdck5nd9/Screen Shot 2014-06-29 at 23.40.55.png