bunnymyhoney57
Warren Scout
One of my buns, Chloe 5yr old spayed doe has been at the vets today.She has an abcess which I first noticed on Sunday on her lower jaw. The vet says its caused by the roots of two lower molars being infected. The teeth are that bad he reckons they'll fall out, which in itself would cause problems .i.e. the top teeth would have to be trimmed regularly to keep them from getting too long. She has been picking at her A & P pellets the last few days and has'nt shown interest in her carrots and greens altho she has been outside binky'ing and eating grass and leaves.Her mate has been most attentive- maybe he realises she is feelin poorly. He cant cut the abcess out and has suggested trying to remove the pus as best he can and putting an antibiotic gel in the wound to clean it from the inside and giving her injections of antibiotics and pain killers.This would have to be done on a daily basis and would be expensive as it may take weeks. Also there is no guarantee that she would get better as abcesses have a habit of re-occurring as in rabbits they are difficult to treat. I have to think overnight whether I want todo this.She is being kept in and they have already given her painkillers and atibiotic jabs for now.Otherwise we could have her home for 24 hours and then she would be put to sleep. Please offer any thoughts. thanks........lynne