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snuffles update

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emmaclaire

Warren Scout
Well my nethie Alan has been on baytril for 4 days now for snuffles, I know it's early days but he's still very snotty and blocked when should I expect improvement, he will finish his antibiotics Sunday so he will probably be back on Monday, he is eating drinking pooing and weeing normal and quite active so totally normal in his self x
 
emmaclaire said:
Well my nethie Alan has been on baytril for 4 days now for snuffles, I know it's early days but he's still very snotty and blocked when should I expect improvement, he will finish his antibiotics Sunday so he will probably be back on Monday, he is eating drinking pooing and weeing normal and quite active so totally normal in his self x
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Finish the course then ask the vet to either extend the course if there's been some improvement, or change the antibiotic.

I'm glad he's OK within himself! :thumb:
 
If he doesn't improve soon you can ask them to do a culture swab so they know which bacteria they are fighting and can choose the best abx. I hope Alan gets better soon. btw you don't happen to use wood shavings do you as they are bad for bunny.
 
tonibun said:
If he doesn't improve soon you can ask them to do a culture swab so they know which bacteria they are fighting and can choose the best abx. I hope Alan gets better soon. btw you don't happen to use wood shavings do you as they are bad for bunny.
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No Alan is a spoilt bunny he lives in the house on carpet he has a litter tray with newspaper and hay in x
 
Laura10101 said:
Our vet suggested we try steam to help a snuffles bunny. Not sure if it works but could be worth a try!
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Well Alan has been on baytril for 6days today is the 7th he's still making the odd squeak when breathing and his nose is wet he finishes his meds on Sunday should I book him in for Monday or see how he goes over the weekend. He has been so good taking his meds bless him and all through he has been his lively self and eating and drinking well but it's just that awful noise I keep hearing as he is a house rabbit I can hear everything x
 
If he's still unwell I'd book him in and get the meds extended. He needs to be symptom free really when the course finishes.

If he doesn't improve soon you can ask them to do a culture swab so they know which bacteria they are fighting and can choose the best abx
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If you decide to go ahead with a culture swab make sure your vet realises the bunny must not be on any antibiotics at the time the swab is taken.
 
Amy104 said:
If he's still unwell I'd book him in and get the meds extended. He needs to be symptom free really when the course finishes.



If you decide to go ahead with a culture swab make sure your vet realises the bunny must not be on any antibiotics at the time the swab is taken.
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It's not necessary to come off antibiotics - in fact it may be very inadvisable. The vet will know to tell the lab what antibiotics he's on and they can get the correct reading.

A deep nasal swab is quite invasive and doesn't always produce results, though ..
 
It's not necessary to come off antibiotics - in fact it may be very inadvisable. The vet will know to tell the lab what antibiotics he's on and they can get the correct reading.
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Really that's great. The last time I had one done was years ago when you had to take them off for 7 days prior, so its great to know this is now possible. I agree though, it didn't give us the results we were after though I still felt it was worth it.
 
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