Sharpie
Warren Scout
Hi all,
I took one of my bunnies (i have 6 in total) into the vets last week as i noticed his teeth were pretty overgrown - I have no idea of his age or medical background as we found him over the fields opposite our house just hopping about! We knew he wasn't wild so i rushed over with a carry box and rescued him as the fields are home to a fair few fox families!.
Anyway the vet checked him and he does indeed need both front and back teeth doing, i also mentioned that i think he has a spinal injury as he falls over a lot and wobbles, she said Nope! Brain parasite :O
I was totally shocked! I did some googling and found that E.conculi is known for causing loss of balance, weak hind legs and incontinence.
My Sid falls over whenever he tries to move around, when he does manage to stay upright he wobbles on the spot, we did notice when we first got him that he didnt have full control of his hind legs, we thought he might just have "big feet" as we've had bunnies before whos feet were HUGE compared to their body size - but as the months have gone on we've noticed more and more issues such as the wobbles and falling over - he does wee on himself as well.
I rushed down to Pets at home today and brought some Panacur as i read online it kills the parasite in 9 days.
I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this and if he'll recover or will he be wobbly forever?
Also he lives with 5 other bunnies - none are showing any signs, should i be using panacur on them too? I clean them out twice a week as there's so many it gets smelly quickly! also Sid has a separate bowl of Mushed up nuggets as he is struggling to eat
I did read that it can be spread via eating food which has been pee'd on by an E.conculi bunny - what do i do? and is 9 days enough, some sites said 28 days treatment for e.conculi?
I took one of my bunnies (i have 6 in total) into the vets last week as i noticed his teeth were pretty overgrown - I have no idea of his age or medical background as we found him over the fields opposite our house just hopping about! We knew he wasn't wild so i rushed over with a carry box and rescued him as the fields are home to a fair few fox families!.
Anyway the vet checked him and he does indeed need both front and back teeth doing, i also mentioned that i think he has a spinal injury as he falls over a lot and wobbles, she said Nope! Brain parasite :O
I was totally shocked! I did some googling and found that E.conculi is known for causing loss of balance, weak hind legs and incontinence.
My Sid falls over whenever he tries to move around, when he does manage to stay upright he wobbles on the spot, we did notice when we first got him that he didnt have full control of his hind legs, we thought he might just have "big feet" as we've had bunnies before whos feet were HUGE compared to their body size - but as the months have gone on we've noticed more and more issues such as the wobbles and falling over - he does wee on himself as well.
I rushed down to Pets at home today and brought some Panacur as i read online it kills the parasite in 9 days.
I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this and if he'll recover or will he be wobbly forever?
Also he lives with 5 other bunnies - none are showing any signs, should i be using panacur on them too? I clean them out twice a week as there's so many it gets smelly quickly! also Sid has a separate bowl of Mushed up nuggets as he is struggling to eat
I did read that it can be spread via eating food which has been pee'd on by an E.conculi bunny - what do i do? and is 9 days enough, some sites said 28 days treatment for e.conculi?