Zithromax

[Snowy]

Has anyone ever been prescriped Zithromax for a rabbit, what for? and what results did you get with it?

 

[biscandmatt1]

matt had zithromax at one point for his uri. he did well on it for about 8 weeks and then his symptoms returned. this was because he had too much mucus in his nose though and the meds couldn't be as effective. his c&s test did show it would kill the bacteria though. i found it good and he did really well on it. :wave:

 

[Snowy]

matt had zithromax at one point for his uri. he did well on it for about 8 weeks and then his symptoms returned. this was because he had too much mucus in his nose though and the meds couldn't be as effective. his c&s test did show it would kill the bacteria though. i found it good and he did really well on it. :wave:

:wave:thanks for that, so was he on it for 8 weeks? or is that how long the efeects lasted?

 

[biscandmatt1]

:wave:thanks for that, so was he on it for 8 weeks? or is that how long the efeects lasted?

that is how long the effects lasted but then his symptoms went back to how they were before. i think it would have worked well had it not been for the really bad build up of mucus in his nose not letting any meds work properly. :wave:

 

[Mackers]

Yes. My bridge bunny, Folly, was prescribed Zithromax on several occasions for pnuemonia (sp). I think she had it for around 10 days at a time. Something like every day for 4 days and then every other day until the remaining doses had been used up. We always had a very good result with it, until the next bout of pnuemonia came along several months later (she suffered recurring bouts every 6 months or so).

It's been a while since I used this but I *think* Zithromax has a cumulative effect in the body so you can't give it every day. This is why we used to give Folly the doseage every day for 4 days and then every other day (but don't quote me on that - it's been a long time since I've used it!)

 

[Bunnyaddict]

Yes our headtilt bunny Wilson had 7 days of Zithromax after we'd tried baytril, depocillin, stemetil, panacur, steroid injections for almost 2 months :? After the Zithromax he improved no end & was able to back to being like a normal bunny - just with a headtilt

 

[vick]

Zithromax worked wonders on Daisy's HUGE abscess. It was pushing out behind her eye and we thought she may have to have it removed, however a week or so on Zithromax worked a treat. The abscess totally disappeared and has shown no signs of returning!

 

[Hugo's There]

I used Zithromax on Gideons URTI, it worked really well

 

[Snowy]

Thanks everyone, sounds really positive, I have a bunny who has frontal sinusitis and has had the top of his nose drilled open and was wondering if Zithromax would benefit him?