bunnymadhouse
Wise Old Thumper
UPDATE on mummy bunny ESMEE
Well .. firstly she is home and eating . Back with her babies after a day at the vets.
For people who don't know her story -
We sent her in as she had a lump on her lower jaw . I was sure it was an Abscess . Vet thought it probably was too although we did discuss a few other possibilities .
She is feeding 3 babies who are only a few weeks old and is possibly pregnant again , so she was having a local anaesthetic and having the abscess drained .
WELL ... things didn't go as planned . She didn't have an abscess at all . Instead it seams that she has a tapeworm cyst . It is a fluid filled bag that is home to tapeworm eggs .
We ..and our vet ...have never come across this before . But after some research it seems that this part of the parasites lifecycle is not harmful to the rabbit . The eggs would stay dormant unless the rabbit was eaten by a dog or fox .. they would then be ingested and hatch .
The cyst sadly could not be removed today as it was too firmly attached to be done with out a GA . So she will have further surgery in the future to remove it once its safe to do so.
Thank you to anyone who has donated so far towards her vet treatment .
And lastly there is a footnote to this story .
WORM and DEFLEA YOUR ANIMALS . Esmee came from a totally indoor home . There was also a dog . It is highly likely that this is how she came to be infected . Her babies had fleas at 10 days old.
enough said .
(I have a pic of what the vet found in the lump . I haven't posted it as its quite gruesome . but if anyone is interested and wants to see please message me . Might be useful info for other rescues )
Well .. firstly she is home and eating . Back with her babies after a day at the vets.
For people who don't know her story -
We sent her in as she had a lump on her lower jaw . I was sure it was an Abscess . Vet thought it probably was too although we did discuss a few other possibilities .
She is feeding 3 babies who are only a few weeks old and is possibly pregnant again , so she was having a local anaesthetic and having the abscess drained .
WELL ... things didn't go as planned . She didn't have an abscess at all . Instead it seams that she has a tapeworm cyst . It is a fluid filled bag that is home to tapeworm eggs .
We ..and our vet ...have never come across this before . But after some research it seems that this part of the parasites lifecycle is not harmful to the rabbit . The eggs would stay dormant unless the rabbit was eaten by a dog or fox .. they would then be ingested and hatch .
The cyst sadly could not be removed today as it was too firmly attached to be done with out a GA . So she will have further surgery in the future to remove it once its safe to do so.
Thank you to anyone who has donated so far towards her vet treatment .
And lastly there is a footnote to this story .
WORM and DEFLEA YOUR ANIMALS . Esmee came from a totally indoor home . There was also a dog . It is highly likely that this is how she came to be infected . Her babies had fleas at 10 days old.
enough said .
(I have a pic of what the vet found in the lump . I haven't posted it as its quite gruesome . but if anyone is interested and wants to see please message me . Might be useful info for other rescues )