Please Note - Medical Advice
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Hey clarke, i've just adopted a bun with pastruella and he has nearly the exact same syptoms as your bun bar the ear thing. he's been on anitobotics now for 3 weeks and is slowly getting better. mine bun has been through alot though. hope your bun feels better soon.thank you for your reply, and links to websites which helped a great deal. Our bunny went in to be neutered about a month ago and when he was back home he started to develop symptons after a week. We had been bonding him with a female and when we introduced them he started to become ill! Started with a limp, holding up front paw so we took him vets who could find nothing wrong. We returned home and he started sneezing and really looking unwell, not eating or moving so took him back to vet two days later. Said he had snuffles and had antibiotic and painkiller. Back home and syringe fed him critical care and had baytrill to feed too. Still not well after another two days and his ear had swollen up so back to vet again and yet more injections where they said he had pasturella. so now visiting vet every two days for antibiotic injection with vet consultation every 7 days and this is the way for month at least with no guarentee it will solve problem. However eating and drinking as normal now, ear going crusty on outside so not sure whats going on or what future holds. Sorry for the long explanation it just seems that the vets are guessing as to the problem but he is such a lovely bun we don't want to give up on him yet!!
Pixie was diagnosed with pasturella on Monday. She is currently on a 14 day course of Baytril and once the infection runs clear, she'll be switched to Septarin. I'm syringe feeding her and she has started to mouth breath. I'm so worried I'm going to lose her.
Pixie lost her fight today
Pixie lost her fight today
Pixie lost her fight today