titchy_fish
Young Bun
Hope you get some answers re Skye soon x
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Worried about Skye :-( - weight loss UD 8th July another GA
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catherine09
Mama Doe
Skye is going to see JC on Monday evening. I had hoped it might be sooner but they had no appointments in the evening 
catherine09
Mama Doe
Thanks
catherine09
Mama Doe
Thanks for your vibes everyone
Skye has been admitted and they are going to put her under a GA tomorrow and do a full dental exam, more bloods, X-rays and ultrasound to try and identify what's making her so poorly. Noah is there with her keeping her calm I hope.
Whilst it was horrible leaving her there I also feel very relieved as I finally feel like we might get to the bottom of what's making her poorly
Skye has been admitted and they are going to put her under a GA tomorrow and do a full dental exam, more bloods, X-rays and ultrasound to try and identify what's making her so poorly. Noah is there with her keeping her calm I hope.
Whilst it was horrible leaving her there I also feel very relieved as I finally feel like we might get to the bottom of what's making her poorly
catherine09
Mama Doe
Well the receptionist just rang me (was expecting the vet to tbh!) and wanted to arrange for me to pick Skye up this evening at 6 and see a vet nurse at the same time. Wouldn't give me any more information than that :? - so I assume she has got through the GA ok, and they will tell me more later.
chloemurray
Warren Veteran
Glad she's woken up and I hope you finally get some answers xx
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Hopefully you will get all the details when you collect her this evening xx
catherine09
Mama Doe
Right, only just managed to sit down to update this thread
Skye had x-rays, more blood tests and a full examination under GA today.
Her teeth and teeth roots are fine (thank goodness as they are excluded from insurance due to her previous dental)
She has an inner ear infection - this really confused me as she has been showing no signs of head tilt or balance problems, apparently the head tilt only will show if it's one side of the ear that's got the infection, as both sides of hers are, she didn't show any usual signs
She also has arthritis in her hips and knees - I'd noticed in the past few weeks she had been slowing up a bit but I had (wrongly) assumed that was muscle wastage due to the extreme weight loss.
She also had a gassy caecum - which even JC was surprised at as she is eating and pooing normally and has been throughout
So she has been sent home tonight with Septrin for the ear infection, Metacam for joints/ear and Cisapride for her gassy caecum
So although I'm pleased that she is being treated for the issues she has, unfortunately it brings us no closer to diagnosing her rapid weight loss as those things alone wouldn't really cause it.
We are waiting on the results of some further blood tests so hopefully they will shed some more light on what is wrong.
She is happy as ever though, and enjoyed a very long head rub tonight and a run out on the grass. She especially liked her pellet mush which I hid all the medication in
ETA: Also - thank goodness for insurance. Skye's vet bills are now at a total of just under £800 for the diagnostics so far :shock:
Skye had x-rays, more blood tests and a full examination under GA today.
Her teeth and teeth roots are fine (thank goodness as they are excluded from insurance due to her previous dental)
She has an inner ear infection - this really confused me as she has been showing no signs of head tilt or balance problems, apparently the head tilt only will show if it's one side of the ear that's got the infection, as both sides of hers are, she didn't show any usual signs
She also has arthritis in her hips and knees - I'd noticed in the past few weeks she had been slowing up a bit but I had (wrongly) assumed that was muscle wastage due to the extreme weight loss.
She also had a gassy caecum - which even JC was surprised at as she is eating and pooing normally and has been throughout
So she has been sent home tonight with Septrin for the ear infection, Metacam for joints/ear and Cisapride for her gassy caecum
So although I'm pleased that she is being treated for the issues she has, unfortunately it brings us no closer to diagnosing her rapid weight loss as those things alone wouldn't really cause it.
We are waiting on the results of some further blood tests so hopefully they will shed some more light on what is wrong.
She is happy as ever though, and enjoyed a very long head rub tonight and a run out on the grass. She especially liked her pellet mush which I hid all the medication in
ETA: Also - thank goodness for insurance. Skye's vet bills are now at a total of just under £800 for the diagnostics so far :shock:
chloemurray
Warren Veteran
Really glad you've got some answers at least. Hopefully the medication will sort out those issues, odd about the weight loss though :?
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
When Morse had flare ups of his chronic ear disease the weight would fall off him overnight. Yet he continued to eat like a Horse throughout. So I would not totally discount chronic otitis as being at least in part the reason Skye has lost a lot of weight xx
catherine09
Mama Doe
That's interesting Jane, thanks. She certainly has never stopped eating like a horse! :lol:
Can I ask you something? How did you notice when Morse was having these flare ups? I was very shocked and saddened when JC told me about her inner ear infection as I honestly hadn't got a clue, I had always known that a head tilt could mean an inner ear infection but she didn't have any head tilt, nor balance issues (she could jump on and off her box and shelf normally) so I hadn't suspected a thing. Infact, neither did JC until he saw her Xray, when he examined her ears he said there was some build up but that is quite normal in lops.
I'm just concerned that if we treat this flare up, I might not notice again when she has another one and we can't keep putting her under a GA to check :?
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I agree with this. We just cannot get extra weight on taz despite him eating loads more than a normal rabbit. I find that any rabbit fighting a chronic infection anywhere in their body have weight issues
