Carole thecat
New Kit
Hello and i hope someone can give me any advise if thier bunny has had syphlis.
Last year i put straw in her hutch after reading it was warmer than hay during the winter time.January this year i noticed a scratch just under her eye and as she is allowed out all day i thought she had done it herself.After a while and it not inmproving i took her to the vet to find out it was Syphlis !!
Vet put her on a corse of penecilln G for 4 weeks but this was a bit hap hazzard as the injection has to be took elsewhere and so it was missed and her poops went a bit squashy so it could not be administered then.
All in all it did clear up but not compleatly so now we find ourselves back up the vet for another corse of jabs
Its clearing up well but vet recons 4 is the normal amount of jabs and going over is going to be a bit risky for Pip.
We have moved the hutch to another part of the garden and also bought her a bigger new one as the last hutch had a right littel slug eco system (we did think they slugs were the cause).
We were prescribed Fibreplex for her tummy whist the antibiotics were in, but she did not like the hassle or i at 3 times a day so i found and alternative which is working well.
Now has anyone ever gone down this route? Did the antibiotics cure it compleatly? Did the slugs make the situation worse?
Vets recons this will be an ongoing thing for the rest of her life.
Sorry for the long winded thread but i hope this may help someone else.
Last year i put straw in her hutch after reading it was warmer than hay during the winter time.January this year i noticed a scratch just under her eye and as she is allowed out all day i thought she had done it herself.After a while and it not inmproving i took her to the vet to find out it was Syphlis !!
Vet put her on a corse of penecilln G for 4 weeks but this was a bit hap hazzard as the injection has to be took elsewhere and so it was missed and her poops went a bit squashy so it could not be administered then.
All in all it did clear up but not compleatly so now we find ourselves back up the vet for another corse of jabs
Its clearing up well but vet recons 4 is the normal amount of jabs and going over is going to be a bit risky for Pip.
We have moved the hutch to another part of the garden and also bought her a bigger new one as the last hutch had a right littel slug eco system (we did think they slugs were the cause).
We were prescribed Fibreplex for her tummy whist the antibiotics were in, but she did not like the hassle or i at 3 times a day so i found and alternative which is working well.
Now has anyone ever gone down this route? Did the antibiotics cure it compleatly? Did the slugs make the situation worse?
Vets recons this will be an ongoing thing for the rest of her life.
Sorry for the long winded thread but i hope this may help someone else.