binkybunnyox
Warren Scout
pepper has had funny breathing for a little while, it sounds kinda wheezy.
She was initially been treated for a upper respiratory infection with baytril, with little improvement in her breathing. Her breathing got worse & sometimes it sounded as if I had a little piggie in the house instead of a rabbit ! The snorting? was usually at night when she got her pellets, she started sneezing a lot. After speaking to the vet we decided to do a nose swab. When we took her out the box in the vets she was doing her funny breathing (she had never had it on previous visits as it happens occasionally) she then had a major sneezing fit & lots of white discharge came out her nose ! The vet swabbed this & sent it for c+s . While we were there I noticed that her left eye was bulging and weepy, so asked the vet to check that too. The vet thinks she has a tumor in/behind her eye
He wants to give her a ga so he can take a fine needle aspirate from her eye to send for cytology to check that this is a tumor before removing the eye. Is it possible that it could be something else rather than a tumor ? Does anyone have any experience with rabbits that only have one eye ? I'm quite reluctant to even do the biopsy as I'm scared that they could damage her eye I'm really worried about her as she does have other issues but she doesn't seem bothered by it, she's still eating, drinking, pooing & terrorizing the household lol.
Any advice would really be appreciated
She was initially been treated for a upper respiratory infection with baytril, with little improvement in her breathing. Her breathing got worse & sometimes it sounded as if I had a little piggie in the house instead of a rabbit ! The snorting? was usually at night when she got her pellets, she started sneezing a lot. After speaking to the vet we decided to do a nose swab. When we took her out the box in the vets she was doing her funny breathing (she had never had it on previous visits as it happens occasionally) she then had a major sneezing fit & lots of white discharge came out her nose ! The vet swabbed this & sent it for c+s . While we were there I noticed that her left eye was bulging and weepy, so asked the vet to check that too. The vet thinks she has a tumor in/behind her eye
He wants to give her a ga so he can take a fine needle aspirate from her eye to send for cytology to check that this is a tumor before removing the eye. Is it possible that it could be something else rather than a tumor ? Does anyone have any experience with rabbits that only have one eye ? I'm quite reluctant to even do the biopsy as I'm scared that they could damage her eye I'm really worried about her as she does have other issues but she doesn't seem bothered by it, she's still eating, drinking, pooing & terrorizing the household lol.
Any advice would really be appreciated