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Causes of a fever

Dieselsmum

Dieselsmum

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I really don't know what I would do without this forum for advice [emoji4]

I have an 18 month old bun. In his short life he has had a broken jaw and two cases of GI stasis. Well this past week I noticed he wasn't himself so I made an appointment for a check up on Friday.

Vet checked him over and said he had a temp of just over 40.

There are no obvious issues, he is still eating, drinking, pooping ok but I just had a feeling he wasn't quite right.

He was given antibiotics and pain killer injections as well as medication for him until later this week.

My question is, can buns just feel unwell with a temp for no apparent reason? He does appear much better since the meds started so I'm not overly worried now but just curious as to why this would happen?


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A raised temperature generally indicates the presence of a bacterial or viral infection somewhere. I hope that he continues to improve now :)
 
Thank you! He has baytril and loxicom. Do you think this is the right treatment? I get so worried considering his history


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Thank you! He has baytril and loxicom. Do you think this is the right treatment? I get so worried considering his history


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Baytril is a good broad spectrum antibiotic, the Loxicom is a non steroidal anti-inflammatory which also has antipyretic properties (reduces a fever) xx
 
Thank you! I think he's doing better. He has a follow up appointment tomorrow but the vet said I could cancel if he was better. I'm tempted to still take him to check his temp but don't want to stress him out. Arghhhh, rabbits are worse than children [emoji23]


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Me again. Just to follow up on my previous post, I didn't take diesel to the vet yesterday as he was back to his normal self. However, today, I noticed he was leaving little brown smudge marks wherever he was laying. I picked him up and had a look at his bum and was shocked to see it covered in poop. It was a bit runny. I cleaned him up the best I can and rang the vets for advice. I have an appointment at 6.

In general he is fine, eating, drinking etc.

Could this be related to his fever, or perhaps a reaction to his meds?


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Dieselsmum said:
Me again. Just to follow up on my previous post, I didn't take diesel to the vet yesterday as he was back to his normal self. However, today, I noticed he was leaving little brown smudge marks wherever he was laying. I picked him up and had a look at his bum and was shocked to see it covered in poop. It was a bit runny. I cleaned him up the best I can and rang the vets for advice. I have an appointment at 6.

In general he is fine, eating, drinking etc.

Could this be related to his fever, or perhaps a reaction to his meds?


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It could be a combination of both. Hope the appointment goes well this afternoon xx
 
Thank you!

I just cleaned out his litter tray and notice what I think may be blood in his urine spots. There also looks like what I can only describe as sludge!? Needless to say, I'm panicked now and rang the vets to see if I could get an earlier appointment. Being seen at 3.50 x


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