E.Cuniculi help..

Can a bun with E.C show no other symptoms other than a weightloss?

The bun I had with it drank excessively but didn't have weight loss. As your bun been diagnosed with Ec

No its not for me

I'm talking to Karly, she's just asked whether you can only have weightloss

Hi Gem

Yes, a bun with EC can just present with weighloss. However, there are numerous other reasons for weightloss eg Pasteurellosis, Dental probs, a neoplastic disease (cancer) Kidney disease.
Best thing is to get Bun checked over by a Vet

Janex

Karly's off to the vet again tonight, thanks Jane!

Gem said:

Karly's off to the vet again tonight, thanks Jane!

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Karly sounds like me, spending more time at the Vets than at home!! :roll:
Hope her Bunster will be OK

Janex

Thanks for posting this Gem!
Just got back from the vets with Joey. Didn't see the vet who saw Joey yesterday or the one who did the dental but he's another good vet who I often see.
I discussed him with the surgeon who did his dental this morning over the phone and she's concerned that the weightloss could be due to a buildup of fur in his stomach, as both him and Nina are doing a continious moult type thing, rather than tufty moults which I can tug out.
She said his tummy felt a bit doughy, hence her concern of the above. She said she couldn't feel any masses though, and nothing to suggest tumours.
He had a blood test before his dental incase of kidney or liver problems causing the weightloss but they came through clear.
After chatting a bit with the other vet this evening, I've got Panacur to treat Joey and all the other bunnies incase Mary's weight loss/wetting of himself episode a while ago was due to EC (as he got better after a month of Panacur, but this may have been a coincidence :?) and the offchance that this is what's making Joey poorly.
He had a dental as he did have sharp spurs, but the surgeon couldn't see any signs of ulceration or digging in to the cheek or tongue, so shouldn't have stopped him eating, and I've not noticed him eating any less than usual, and his poos have been fine (though perhaps a little bit smaller than usual, but same colour and firmness)
I'm going to bring him and Nina indoors for the next couple of nights so I can monitor his eating and let him recover from the GA, he's apparently been eating Science Recovery out of a bowl so will continue that, as well as making sure he drinks plenty and give him some leafy greens to hydrate his gut incase it is a 'hairball' as such. Fingers crossed this'll all do the trick!

worms can also be the cause of weight loss Gem, panacur for that one :wink: