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Wise Old Thumper
after posting about this
http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=163147
today, after i put the pic up i noticed all the puss had 'filled up' the hole, so as soon as my mum got in we whisked him up to Spring Lodge in Tiptree.
She looked at his hock and said he had an abcess underneath the skin and she is concerned that the infection has gone into the bone.
Tomorrow he is going to have a xray and she is going to see what needs to be done, it will either be:
1. the abcess is removed, dressed and he is given a long course of antibiotics
2. if the infection is in the bone, she said it is very slight that his leg can be saved as she said often the antibiotics will not fight it off and it just gets worse, so she said at worst he may need to have his leg amputated.
I said he was insured, however his policy started on the 4th july, and he had baytril for his sore hock in june :? however, his hock cleared up fine and then after that we have had no problems until now.
i am assuming despite this he still wont be covered?
this is bad financially, it is going to be £170 just for xrays and anasthetic, and then near on £200 for first course of antibioitics, and if his leg needs amputating it could be so so much higher.
please think of my baby tomorrow.
http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=163147
today, after i put the pic up i noticed all the puss had 'filled up' the hole, so as soon as my mum got in we whisked him up to Spring Lodge in Tiptree.
She looked at his hock and said he had an abcess underneath the skin and she is concerned that the infection has gone into the bone.
Tomorrow he is going to have a xray and she is going to see what needs to be done, it will either be:
1. the abcess is removed, dressed and he is given a long course of antibiotics
2. if the infection is in the bone, she said it is very slight that his leg can be saved as she said often the antibiotics will not fight it off and it just gets worse, so she said at worst he may need to have his leg amputated.
I said he was insured, however his policy started on the 4th july, and he had baytril for his sore hock in june :? however, his hock cleared up fine and then after that we have had no problems until now.
i am assuming despite this he still wont be covered?
this is bad financially, it is going to be £170 just for xrays and anasthetic, and then near on £200 for first course of antibioitics, and if his leg needs amputating it could be so so much higher.
please think of my baby tomorrow.
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