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abscesses in rabbits

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Accrington1947

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Does anyone have abscesses in their rabbit? I have experience of this and have been successful in three out of three cases using my natural methods.
 
Yes I have & many others here. My greatest success has been with surgical lancing, flushing / cleaning of the site & use of Manuka 35+. I'm sure others would love to know what has worked for your rabbits
 
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joey&boo said:
Yes I have & many others here. My greatest success has been with surgical lancing, flushing / cleaning of the site & use of Manuka 35+. I'm sure others would love to know what has worked for your rabbits[/QU

I rescued a rabbit which had been attacked by other rabbits. The vet said that he would be dead in two weeks and that the only thing was to put him to sleep. I phoned a vet in Ireland and he said to put a couple of drops of 6 per cent food grade hydrogen peroxide in its food and water. This didn't seem enough to save him to me, so I used a syringe and put it in the abscesses, it didn't hurt the rabbit who never flinched. 3 months later I took him back to the vet and he couldn't believe it was still alive. The vet in Ireland said he hadn't used antibiotics for over 30 years and had used hydrogen peroxide with incredible results. I have taken hydrogen peroxide orally myself in orange juice and even put 6 per cent in my eyes so its perfectly safe. Vets use Hydrogen peroxide, but only to clean wounds on animals.
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Accrington1947 said:
joey&boo said:
Yes I have & many others here. My greatest success has been with surgical lancing, flushing / cleaning of the site & use of Manuka 35+. I'm sure others would love to know what has worked for your rabbits[/QU

I rescued a rabbit which had been attacked by other rabbits. The vet said that he would be dead in two weeks and that the only thing was to put him to sleep. I phoned a vet in Ireland and he said to put a couple of drops of 6 per cent food grade hydrogen peroxide in its food and water. This didn't seem enough to save him to me, so I used a syringe and put it in the abscesses, it didn't hurt the rabbit who never flinched. 3 months later I took him back to the vet and he couldn't believe it was still alive. The vet in Ireland said he hadn't used antibiotics for over 30 years and had used hydrogen peroxide with incredible results. I have taken hydrogen peroxide orally myself in orange juice and even put 6 per cent in my eyes so its perfectly safe. Vets use Hydrogen peroxide, but only to clean wounds on animals.
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Certainly hydrogen peroxide has historically been used to flush abscess wounds, it's been typically used alongside bicillin/penicillin injections. Manuka honey does much the same thing, and is more widely used these days :thumb:
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Accrington1947 said:
Certainly hydrogen peroxide has historically been used to flush abscess wounds, it's been typically used alongside bicillin/penicillin injections. Manuka honey does much the same thing, and is more widely used these days :thumb:[/

I didn't flush it with H2o2 I injected it. I've taken three rabbits to vets with abscesses and none used hydrogen peroxide all they used was iodine. After I treated my first rabbit, The vet shook my hand and said : ''you've saved its life.'' The second rabbit was given Manuka but it failed to make any impression so I did the same again and it recovered too. My latest rescue has 6 abscesses and the vet just wanted to put it to sleep, as she thought it wouldn't last the night, its survived 6 days now after H2o2 and is recovering well.
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MightyMax said:
Accrington1947 said:
Certainly hydrogen peroxide has historically been used to flush abscess wounds, it's been typically used alongside bicillin/penicillin injections. Manuka honey does much the same thing, and is more widely used these days :thumb:[/

I didn't flush it with H2o2 I injected it. I've taken three rabbits to vets with abscesses and none used hydrogen peroxide all they used was iodine. After I treated my first rabbit, The vet shook my hand and said : ''you've saved its life.'' The second rabbit was given Manuka but it failed to make any impression so I did the same again and it recovered too. My latest rescue has 6 abscesses and the vet just wanted to put it to sleep, as she thought it wouldn't last the night, its survived 6 days now after H2o2 and is recovering well.
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Ah right, when you said you used a syringe and put it in the abscesses it wasn't clear that you actually used a needle and syringe and injected into the abscess without first draining it.

I understand now, thank you :)
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MightyMax , your welcome, Hope this helps everybody who has a rabbit with this problem. It will take a while to make this little boy right again because of the severity of its injuries and the number of abscesses. Of course you have to be careful when doing this, its best if you can find a hole were the puss is coming out and insert the needle gently. you could also as I have done, get the vet to lance the abscess, but this can be risky if the animal is very ill and you think it may not stand the anaesthetic, that was my main worry. My rabbit was so ill I thought that he would not survive anaesthetic so this was an emergency. But I would advise getting the vet to lance it if you can.
 
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