Hi everybody, I have never posted on here before but the time has now come
On Saturday I rescued two of the most friendly buns I have ever met from a lady who was keeping them in awful conditions. She assured me that they were healthy and had no previous medical problems (lies!). Alarm bells should have been ringing when I saw that they were being kept inside overnight in a completely bare 2 tier cage that was full of faeces and urine. During the day they were being put outside in a pen with no shelter (they have very thin inside coats). They had mouldy vegetables and no sign of hay anywhere. I just wanted to get them out of that situation
When I took them home their health problems became pretty obvious. They both have ear mites. They both sneeze, the boy has a runny nose and I have noticed him losing his balance when cleaning himself a few times. I must say that despite these, they are generally very well. Lots of energy and a very big appetite
I took them to the vets to get fully checked out. The vet has confirmed ear mites and suspects clinical pasteurella in them both- either that or ECuniculi … poor chaps
I have started them on 28 days of Panacur, will be treating them for the ear mites with either the injections or the vet recommended
The vet has said that with the Panacur, treating the mites, an improvement in diet and lots of love and attention we might see an improvement in their other symptoms. In terms of the pasteurella he has suggested waiting for the other things to be treated and we will probably see an improvement in their other symptoms. Unfortunately I am not in a great financial situation with all of these other treatments…
Just wondering if any of you have any advice? I have (luckily) never encountered any of these illnesses before. Need to nurse them back to health and get their little immune systems bouncing back!
Thanks
On Saturday I rescued two of the most friendly buns I have ever met from a lady who was keeping them in awful conditions. She assured me that they were healthy and had no previous medical problems (lies!). Alarm bells should have been ringing when I saw that they were being kept inside overnight in a completely bare 2 tier cage that was full of faeces and urine. During the day they were being put outside in a pen with no shelter (they have very thin inside coats). They had mouldy vegetables and no sign of hay anywhere. I just wanted to get them out of that situation
When I took them home their health problems became pretty obvious. They both have ear mites. They both sneeze, the boy has a runny nose and I have noticed him losing his balance when cleaning himself a few times. I must say that despite these, they are generally very well. Lots of energy and a very big appetite
I took them to the vets to get fully checked out. The vet has confirmed ear mites and suspects clinical pasteurella in them both- either that or ECuniculi … poor chaps
I have started them on 28 days of Panacur, will be treating them for the ear mites with either the injections or the vet recommended
The vet has said that with the Panacur, treating the mites, an improvement in diet and lots of love and attention we might see an improvement in their other symptoms. In terms of the pasteurella he has suggested waiting for the other things to be treated and we will probably see an improvement in their other symptoms. Unfortunately I am not in a great financial situation with all of these other treatments…
Just wondering if any of you have any advice? I have (luckily) never encountered any of these illnesses before. Need to nurse them back to health and get their little immune systems bouncing back!
Thanks