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Antibiotic ear-wicks

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hoppetylop

Mama Doe
Hi.My bun Harry is having ear-wicks containing penicillin put in his ears today to treat his long standing ear infection.Its a fairly new procedure I believe but because he cant have the penicillin injections any more this is our only option before going down a more complicated surgery route.
I just wondered if anyone elses bun had had this treatment and if it helped?
Could I also ask for some vibes for successful treatment?:)
Thanks.
 
I have heard of their use before but so far none of my Rabbits have had this type of treatment

I assume that the Vet has done some culture and sensitivity testing ? Sometimes if a Rabbit has been on Penicillin injections for some time the bacteria involved may have developed a resistance to it.
 
Yes my French Lop Skye had this procedure done a few weeks back to treat an ear infection - she had them put in under GA and taken out and ears flushed a week afterwards. It made a massive difference and cleared her infection up really well :D
 
Jack's-Jane said:
I have heard of their use before but so far none of my Rabbits have had this type of treatment

I assume that the Vet has done some culture and sensitivity testing ? Sometimes if a Rabbit has been on Penicillin injections for some time the bacteria involved may have developed a resistance to it.
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Hi Jane.Yes hes done a culture and sensitivity testing.The injections were working all be it slowly but he developed such a bad reaction on his injection site that the vet wanted to try this approach to see if we had better results.
 
catherine09 said:
Yes my French Lop Skye had this procedure done a few weeks back to treat an ear infection - she had them put in under GA and taken out and ears flushed a week afterwards. It made a massive difference and cleared her infection up really well :D
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Thanks for your reply Catherine09.Im glad it helped Skye.Hope Harry has similar success.
 
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