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Rabbit has myxi
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biscandmatt1
Wise Old Thumper
sending loads of vibes for your bun... i hope he can get through this. x
yes do get him to a good vet adn he needs antibiotics, metacam(pain relief and anti inflammatry) and ideally warmth, myxi nodular form which is what he has will be transmitted by biting insects i suppose this could be through mites but icould just as easily be mozzis or fleas or flys too.
keep him indoors constantly tempt him with food in order to get antibs into him easier try putting it into one of the following,
mushed banana or mushed apple/carrot puree, babyfoor(hipp red berrie and apple compote maybe?) or try on a spring green leaf, also our vet once told us to try mixing it with a small amount of neat ribena as baytril is very bitter. most buns wil ltake metacam easily due to its honey taste also a probiotic is usually used something like bio lapis? x
keep him indoors constantly tempt him with food in order to get antibs into him easier try putting it into one of the following,
mushed banana or mushed apple/carrot puree, babyfoor(hipp red berrie and apple compote maybe?) or try on a spring green leaf, also our vet once told us to try mixing it with a small amount of neat ribena as baytril is very bitter. most buns wil ltake metacam easily due to its honey taste also a probiotic is usually used something like bio lapis? x
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
This might help :wave: http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=136183
sorry to hear about you rabbit firstly i will have to say this if you have other rabbits quaritine is very important change clothes wash hands etc when you have finished with ill bunny before going to the others you must do this and you must keep well away from other peoples rabbits quarintine your self from all rabbits for at least a month !!
the hutch the rabbit is in now will need destroying afterwards or at least bleaching and drying bleaching again and you must not put any rabbit in it for a few months to be safe yes this is that serious :?
not so long ago you had yo report myxi to the maff and they came out quarintine you and destroyed all rabbits in your care its a horried illness
i would personally if it happened to me have the rabbit pts its too much of a risk to the others
yes rabbits which are vaccinated do die from it its sad but true i know 6 vaccinated rabbits that have died from it its like the lotto luck of the draw as my vet said
as starlight has said your rabbit requires alot of medication and its costly for a uncertain outcome think this through and decided what you think is best i will warn you yes the rabbit may recover but it could cost £1000 it can still cost you a fortune and the rabbit could still die im sorry but i feel i have to be honest with you
good luck
ann xx
the hutch the rabbit is in now will need destroying afterwards or at least bleaching and drying bleaching again and you must not put any rabbit in it for a few months to be safe yes this is that serious :?
not so long ago you had yo report myxi to the maff and they came out quarintine you and destroyed all rabbits in your care its a horried illness
i would personally if it happened to me have the rabbit pts its too much of a risk to the others
yes rabbits which are vaccinated do die from it its sad but true i know 6 vaccinated rabbits that have died from it its like the lotto luck of the draw as my vet said
as starlight has said your rabbit requires alot of medication and its costly for a uncertain outcome think this through and decided what you think is best i will warn you yes the rabbit may recover but it could cost £1000 it can still cost you a fortune and the rabbit could still die im sorry but i feel i have to be honest with you
good luck
ann xx
parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
I think one needs to perhaps be cautious here.
There are other threads that discuss the evidence (or lack of) for transmission of myxi without direct blood to blood transfer via biting insects.This is not the place for this arguement to start again but it is fair that the person who has started this thread gets the other point of view.
I personally did NOT remove any of my other 16 buns from my myxi bun neither did I wash hands etc etc OR bleach the hutch or anything. Once I knew none of them had mites or fleas then the only danger that can be proven in my opinion is the transfer by biting insects. I have had 2 myxi buns (years apart) and in both cases they have not infected the other buns, despite my not quarentining them or myself.
I also have nursed both through myxi - one many years ago before the present drug and treatment regime was well known.
I know a lot of other people who have nursed vaccinated myxi buns through the illness - each bun reacts differently.
Depending on the serious ness and symptoms it may involve just a few trips to vets and the drug costs - it just happens that my latest myxi bun had associated nasal scabs which meant we had to spend a lot of money of nebulising and trying to get nasal breathing happening.
There are other threads that discuss the evidence (or lack of) for transmission of myxi without direct blood to blood transfer via biting insects.This is not the place for this arguement to start again but it is fair that the person who has started this thread gets the other point of view.
I personally did NOT remove any of my other 16 buns from my myxi bun neither did I wash hands etc etc OR bleach the hutch or anything. Once I knew none of them had mites or fleas then the only danger that can be proven in my opinion is the transfer by biting insects. I have had 2 myxi buns (years apart) and in both cases they have not infected the other buns, despite my not quarentining them or myself.
I also have nursed both through myxi - one many years ago before the present drug and treatment regime was well known.
I know a lot of other people who have nursed vaccinated myxi buns through the illness - each bun reacts differently.
Depending on the serious ness and symptoms it may involve just a few trips to vets and the drug costs - it just happens that my latest myxi bun had associated nasal scabs which meant we had to spend a lot of money of nebulising and trying to get nasal breathing happening.
youngbunny2
Mama Doe
I agree with that.Our vet also said it is the insect that spreads it not us.
i cant believe you did that how could you take such a risk ?
Myxomatosis is spread by direct contact with an affected animal or by being bitten by fleas or mosquitoes that have fed on an infected rabbit. The myxomatosis virus does not replicate in these insect hosts, but can be physically carried by an insect's mouthparts, i.e. from an infected rabbit to another susceptible animal. Due to the potential of insect vector transmission, pet rabbits may be susceptible in enzootic areas and vaccination is highly recommended.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxomatosis i think you need to read that link which is all about the horried illness and you will find it is passed on by direct contact between rabbit
my vet says were gloves when handling the rabbit and change clothes before handling others this illness wipes out rabbitrys every year its not a illness you can take lightly
youngbunny2
Mama Doe
I had 9 buns,3 got myxi and were still in the same garden as the others and none of them got it.
youngbunny2
Mama Doe
a warning of upsetting pics may have been useful having lost buns to this
well its still not worth the risk and its a risk i would never take i value my rabbits too much to risk losing them all, and yes if that means pts one to save the rest i will
im lucky i have not ever had it i quarentined myself from the school rabbits when they got it yes they were vacinated and both died from it
when my friends rabbits got it again vacinated rabbit i wouldnt let her come round for a month after the rabbits death too much of a risk in my eyes and its a risk i will never ever take
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Do you vaccinate all your Rabbits ?
youngbunny2
Mama Doe
we had nowhere to move the others too at first.once the ill ones came inside the others went to my mums
