back from the vets with Gabriel

well i took gabriel to the vets this morning, and what a good boy he was! my vet absolutely loved him-had to check the carrier on the way out to make sure he was still there :wink: :lol:

well she gave him an injection of panamec for his mites, and i have to go back in two weeks for a second injection, and then another two weeks after that. she also thinks he has conjuctivitus(sp?) so gave me some ointment for his eyes. she cleaned his eyes up for him in the vets and when i got home i put the drops in-he was as good as gold! and his eyes are looking much better already

she has also gave me baytril to give him, as she suspects he may have pasturella(sp?) and she wanted to treat him to be on the safe side. the good little boy let me syringe it into his mouth with no problems whatsoever-my ratties always have to have baytril mixed in with something yummy, and even then if they get the taste of it they refuse to eat it! :roll: :lol:

im not 100% sure what pasturella is though-is it a sort of respiratory infection?

oh, she also weighed him-hes only 564g! i have rats heavier then he is! :shock:

she was very good and definately seemed to know her stuff about bunnies. gave me a little pack as well with lots of leaflets in, that were written by the RWF.

just got to concentrate on getting this little boy in good health now

I guess pastrella is abit like myco in rats. It's a resp infection and a rabbit with it can have flair ups in particular when they are under the weather.

http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabrefs.html#past

Tam

thanks for that link im assuming my vet is treating him with baytril because of his eyes then, incase it turns out to be pasturella and not conjuctivitus. that puts my mind at ease a little then!

I'd imagine so. Usually its discharge from the nose though so I'd think the eyes are probably just conjuctivities that's not been treated.

Tam