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Anaemia?

TheBee

TheBee

Mama Doe
Does anyone have experience of anaemia in rabbits at all? One of mine suffers but we don’t know why. Bloods, scans, xrays etc have come back twice as ‘unremarkable’, though he is dropping weight. He seems to stabilise after antibiotics but other than plenty of iron rich veg, is there anything I can do to prevent this keep happening?
 
TheBee said:
Does anyone have experience of anaemia in rabbits at all? One of mine suffers but we don’t know why. Bloods, scans, xrays etc have come back twice as ‘unremarkable’, though he is dropping weight. He seems to stabilise after antibiotics but other than plenty of iron rich veg, is there anything I can do to prevent this keep happening?
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Is it regenerative or non regenerative anaemia ?
 
Not sure that I understand the difference. If it’s regenerative, how would you ever know that you were anaemic in the first place? By regular fluctuating bloods? I’m going to guess that it is non regenerative, as he requires treatment to ‘right’ him each time. Or does non regenerative mean that even despite treatment he would be permanently anaemic?
 
https://www.msdvetmanual.com/circulatory-system/anemia/overview-of-anemia

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Hematology/Differentials/anemia.htm

Causes of regenerative anaemia can include blood loss from wounds,bladder infection causing haematuria (blood loss in urine), internal organ damage (liver/spleen). Rabbits who may ingest lead via nibbling painted surfaces (old paints often contained lead) can also exhibit symptoms of regenerative anaemia

Non regenerative anaemia is usually associated with chronic disease such as Dental disease, kidney disease, sore hocks, some cancers, chronic ear infections etc.,

Information obtained from 'Notes on Rabbit Internal Medicine' by Richard Saunders & Ron Rees Davies

https://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/rabbit-internal-medicine-notes-on.html
 
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I don’t have any experience of this so I can’t advise but I’m sending lots of vibes:thumb:
 
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