My boy Quinn has not been well lately. I say that, but he's been eating like a horse, pooping wonderfully and if he hears a fenugreek crunchie packet he's halfway up the door. That's why it took me so long to realise his respiratory rate was far too high.
After checking on him a few times and seeing his breathing always fast (no fluctuation) I took him to the vets and saw a different vet at the practice than his usual. She checked him over, poked and prodded, listened to his heart and lungs, weighed him, fed him and declared that he was a healthy rabbit and 'maybe he's just stressed?'
This suggestion didn't go over well. I was somewhat comforted that she said his lungs were fine, so I sprayed pet remedy around his house for a bit while remaining somewhat confused. I decided to seek a second opinion and eventually got him to see his usual vet, who took it more seriously. She confirmed the high resting resp rate, said she thought she could hear something and ordered blood and x-rays, diagnosing him with a lung infection.
He was on two weeks of baytril (no effect) followed by depocillin injections (no effect). His resp rate is still 160.
He was referred to a specialist vet, who saw him today. The vet checked him over and couldn't find anything wrong with him either. He did an abdominal ultrasound and an endoscopy, which showed up...... nothing. The specialist doesn't know what's wrong either.
I'm going to collect him tomorrow and he'll start on metacam and twice daily nebulising. If no effect, the next suggestion was a ct scan but betting that's not cheap either. :?
It's been a very trying month.
After checking on him a few times and seeing his breathing always fast (no fluctuation) I took him to the vets and saw a different vet at the practice than his usual. She checked him over, poked and prodded, listened to his heart and lungs, weighed him, fed him and declared that he was a healthy rabbit and 'maybe he's just stressed?'
This suggestion didn't go over well. I was somewhat comforted that she said his lungs were fine, so I sprayed pet remedy around his house for a bit while remaining somewhat confused. I decided to seek a second opinion and eventually got him to see his usual vet, who took it more seriously. She confirmed the high resting resp rate, said she thought she could hear something and ordered blood and x-rays, diagnosing him with a lung infection.
He was on two weeks of baytril (no effect) followed by depocillin injections (no effect). His resp rate is still 160.
He was referred to a specialist vet, who saw him today. The vet checked him over and couldn't find anything wrong with him either. He did an abdominal ultrasound and an endoscopy, which showed up...... nothing. The specialist doesn't know what's wrong either.
I'm going to collect him tomorrow and he'll start on metacam and twice daily nebulising. If no effect, the next suggestion was a ct scan but betting that's not cheap either. :?
It's been a very trying month.