purplebumble
Warren Veteran
bertie was very ill again yesterday..not eating etc and i took him to see ellen and she also gave me the results of the swabs.
i was horrfied...not only was it was pastuerela but also methicillin resistant staph:shock: she assured me it wasnt actually MRSA tho.
im shocked and stunned..she says its very contagious to other buns but then some would get it..some wouldnt...same as pastuerella.
theone thing to knock it dead would be gentamyacin...but not only is it not safe for dogs and cats..theres no history of its use on rabbits. it causes kidney malfucntions and failure in dogs n cats so would prob be even worse with buns i gues.
im stunned..i tried surfing the net but it keeps coming up as mrsa and she said it wasnt mrsa......but a staph that occurs naturaly in all buns but only becomes a problem when they become very ill etc.
personally i think the stress of bif beating him up daily then the stress of her going into hopsital for a few days and him ining has been the bugbear..on top of his eye ulcer hes had ongoing treatment for until a few months back.
would that be enough to bring his imune system down.
shes told me to use up the lat few days of baytril and then taper off the metacam and keep to what shes trying..gentamyacin eye drops..she said in buns itd trickle into nose eventually hopefully .
she then wants to assess bertie to see what else maybe behind all this to begin with or see how at least hes responding.
everywhere online says immune compromised folks can get it. not to let your animal lick you etc..how can you stop kissing and cuddling your pet and getting a i love you wash off your bunny. berties a very cuddly hands on bunny.
but last night for the first night in weeks he slept up the other end of the lounge and didnt get in the beanbag next to me on the floor and demand cuddles and hugs. he didnt follow me aorund and to the toilet today either..so far so good. hes been norty tho..i got his baytril and eye drops done but he wouldnt play ball with the metaclop or metacam..and ive got to bathe his eys again and give him some more cirtical care.
she said his tummy was empty and not much poops there either but oculdnt find anything actually wrong with him so the good ole regime of metaclop..metacam and syringe feeding. hes eaten sone pelelts last night and overngint and he has pooed. so fingers crossed.
but the staph infections worried me sick. anyone possibly able to help me understand more or had experience?
i was horrfied...not only was it was pastuerela but also methicillin resistant staph:shock: she assured me it wasnt actually MRSA tho.
im shocked and stunned..she says its very contagious to other buns but then some would get it..some wouldnt...same as pastuerella.
theone thing to knock it dead would be gentamyacin...but not only is it not safe for dogs and cats..theres no history of its use on rabbits. it causes kidney malfucntions and failure in dogs n cats so would prob be even worse with buns i gues.
im stunned..i tried surfing the net but it keeps coming up as mrsa and she said it wasnt mrsa......but a staph that occurs naturaly in all buns but only becomes a problem when they become very ill etc.
personally i think the stress of bif beating him up daily then the stress of her going into hopsital for a few days and him ining has been the bugbear..on top of his eye ulcer hes had ongoing treatment for until a few months back.
would that be enough to bring his imune system down.
shes told me to use up the lat few days of baytril and then taper off the metacam and keep to what shes trying..gentamyacin eye drops..she said in buns itd trickle into nose eventually hopefully .
she then wants to assess bertie to see what else maybe behind all this to begin with or see how at least hes responding.
everywhere online says immune compromised folks can get it. not to let your animal lick you etc..how can you stop kissing and cuddling your pet and getting a i love you wash off your bunny. berties a very cuddly hands on bunny.
but last night for the first night in weeks he slept up the other end of the lounge and didnt get in the beanbag next to me on the floor and demand cuddles and hugs. he didnt follow me aorund and to the toilet today either..so far so good. hes been norty tho..i got his baytril and eye drops done but he wouldnt play ball with the metaclop or metacam..and ive got to bathe his eys again and give him some more cirtical care.
she said his tummy was empty and not much poops there either but oculdnt find anything actually wrong with him so the good ole regime of metaclop..metacam and syringe feeding. hes eaten sone pelelts last night and overngint and he has pooed. so fingers crossed.
but the staph infections worried me sick. anyone possibly able to help me understand more or had experience?