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Did your rabbit react to the VHD vaccine?

What sort of reaction did your rabbit have to the VHD jab?

  • No reaction - he / she was fine

    Votes: 13 54.2%

  • Slightly off colour, but otherwise OK

    Votes: 5 20.8%

  • Very negative reaction - rabbit stopped eating, etc

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Local skin reaction only

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Total voters
    24
M

Morrigan1981

Mama Doe
A friend of mine has been off work today caring for one of her rabbits, who reacted very badly to his VHD vaccination yesterday.

Neither Jen nor Frankie suffered any side effects when they were vaccinated - I watched them both very carefully after their VHD jab, particularly as Frankie's brother had a bad reaction, but they both ate, drank and behaved as normal :D (a real relief!)

A negative reaction to the vaccine seems fairly common though, so I just wondering exactly what sort of percentage of RR buns had this reaction? Is there any way of minimising the chance that a rabbit will respond badly?

Re: the poll, If you have more than one rabbit, then please just vote for how the majority of your buns responded (and then maybe post the details if it varied from rabbit to rabbit? :))

Poll on it's way!
 
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Rowan developed a 'vhd limp'. You should ask Jane about this- shes got lots of info from RU members!
 
Oops - I hope I'm not repeating an old topic :oops: I tried to do a search but 'VHD' was a letter too short, and 'reaction jabs' a bit vague :lol:
 
My 2 bunnies are constantly vulnerable to gut stasis. Both were slightly off colour afterwards, and one of them worried me a lot - fine by the morning though, so another disaster averted.
 
I was very concerned about Fudge when her had his vhd..
He wouldn't eat,drink and he was unsteady on his feet :( by the next morning though he was just fine ..
 
karen354 said:
I was very concerned about Fudge when her had his vhd..
He wouldn't eat,drink and he was unsteady on his feet :( by the next morning though he was just fine ..
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It was remembering Fudge's reaction that made me so nervous about Frankie, but he barely responded to it at all :? I had the indoor cage ready, I was so sure he'd have to come in over night!
 
Both mine were fine ...absolutely no reaction at all. I could vote only once though, so there should actually be another one on the "no Reaction" part!!:lol:
 
Please PM me with any details of a reaction to the CYLAP VHD Vaccine. Please include name of Rabbit + owner, Name and address of Vet, date of vaccination, details of side effects and how long they lasted aswell as any additional Veterinary treatment needed.
You need to ensure that it was CYLAP and not LAPINJECT that was given. I am in contact with the Cylap manufacturers Vet. He is undertaking an investigation into adverse reactions

Janex
 
All mine have been fine thank goodness. Had 3 under 3 months old done last week and all were well.
 
What is strange is that i remember oscar having a limp... and i am pretty sure it was soon after his vhd vaccination. He wouldnt put any weight on one of his front paws, vets checked him over, and his paw was ok and he was given an anti-imflammatory, he was fine the next day.. i suspect this too was 'vhd limp'.
 
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