Remedies for bunny with HSV encephalitis
Has your bunny now been diagnosed positive for this?
Hello,
My 10-year old rabbit has recurring HSV1 encephalitis, which I accidentally gave to him in his 9th-10th year.
When he was seen by the vet for seizures and circling, the vet saw a cold sores after inspecting my rabbit's eye and took brain x-rays but did not diagnose the cause of the encephalitis. My rabbit tested negative for E. Cuniculi. I ultimately made the connection with my own cold sore outbreak.
The vet said I should prepare for the worst and advised against brain surgery due to his age and said he wouldn't survive the operation.
Despite this, I have so far been able to heal my 10 year old rabbit from his HSV encephalitis twice using the following protocol three times a day (morning, lunch and bedtime):
colloidal silver - three squirts in infected ear and one on the infected eye (his eye developed cataract due to the swelling)
quercetin Quercetin 500mg Capsules 98% Extract (2 capsules in about 100 ml of water solution) - 6 ml of solution
Levetiracetam (anti seizure med from vet) - 0.15 ml
VetRx - on nostril
The other thing I do, espeically towards the beginning of the swelling, is to gently hold ice in a dish towel to his head for about 30 seconds, repeating as often as tolerated. The heat from the infection subsides, and that's how you know that the inflammation is responding.
I have only used a dab of the mild herbal oil VetRx on my rabbit's nostrils, I also mixed it with anti-HSV melissa essential oil on my rabbit's nostrils. However, I would only do this in an emergency as essential oils can burn skin. My rabbit hated it, but didn't have a problem. I wouldn't reccomend putting it near an eye or an ear. Also, the colloidal silver,which is use for treating animal wounds at farms, is slightly abrasive to skin. It caused my rabbit to lose a little hair by his ear, so this is an emergency-only treatment - he seemed to tolerate this however.
While the encephalitus and brain swelling caused my rabbit did go blind with a cataract in one eye, the brain swelling went down, he regained normal movement, and his seizures now are not every day. I have been alble to keep him for a couple extra months so far