Banditas Dad
New Kit
My 5 year old English Spot started to breathe rapidly on the odd occasion. Everything else is fine in all respects except for this rapid breathing which looks like trembling. After seeking advice from bunny parents, sanctuaries and such I decided to see a vet. There are truly very few real rabbit vets in this city. She could not hear the heart when listening from her back and had to go to the chest to hear it. She said that it is rare that one cannot hear the heart from anywhere on the torso and thought a chest x-ray might be in order. I had it done and she said it looks like asthma but would like a specialist to confirm. Extra money.
The radiologist confirmed what she thought was asthma and said my bunny was very obese. She also stated the heart looked good but there is a fatty mass in the area which partly obstructed the view of the lungs. She weighs 2.5 kgs and has maintained that weight since adulthood. Even the vet was surprised by the comment.
The vet has now recommended a 10 day course of Baytril and an inhaler which would be an enfant size mask.
The general consensus among rabbit people is it might be a bit too much. The bunny is showing no outward signs of asthma - no sniffles, no wheezing and no noise in her chest. I am in a quandary as what I should do. Follow the vet's advice or let it sit for a few days and see. This has been going on for for almost 2 weeks and I see no signs of it worsening.
I saw a vet a week ago for an unrelated item and told him about the breathing. He checked her vitals and heard her heart from her back contrary to what was said by vet number 2.
So far this has been an expensive ordeal and I am happy to pay it as long as I am getting her taken care of.
The radiologist confirmed what she thought was asthma and said my bunny was very obese. She also stated the heart looked good but there is a fatty mass in the area which partly obstructed the view of the lungs. She weighs 2.5 kgs and has maintained that weight since adulthood. Even the vet was surprised by the comment.
The vet has now recommended a 10 day course of Baytril and an inhaler which would be an enfant size mask.
The general consensus among rabbit people is it might be a bit too much. The bunny is showing no outward signs of asthma - no sniffles, no wheezing and no noise in her chest. I am in a quandary as what I should do. Follow the vet's advice or let it sit for a few days and see. This has been going on for for almost 2 weeks and I see no signs of it worsening.
I saw a vet a week ago for an unrelated item and told him about the breathing. He checked her vitals and heard her heart from her back contrary to what was said by vet number 2.
So far this has been an expensive ordeal and I am happy to pay it as long as I am getting her taken care of.