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Tethra

Took Tethra back for his check up and he's finally been discharged :D He's still scabby :( The vet tried to poke at the largest scab, but it was hard and stuck fast. She reckons his eye is not 100%, but she feels nothing more would be gained by continuing the eye drops. Similarly she said that she's happy there's no active virus still present, so no point in continuing with the Penicillin. She did say to hang on to the bottle though in case stopping provokes a relapse.

She was very pleased to have a very good stroke of him and said that not many rabbits allow her to do this :D I told her that it was only because he was so scared :lol:

Anyway we have now booked the RHD2 vaccination for all three.

Excuse me, but Mr T would like it to be known that he is most definitely not a 'scabby' Rex !! :lol: He says now please will you let him get back to the important matter of eating, a Rex has to keep up the Breed Standards you know. :D
 
Took Tethra back for his check up and he's finally been discharged :D He's still scabby :( The vet tried to poke at the largest scab, but it was hard and stuck fast. She reckons his eye is not 100%, but she feels nothing more would be gained by continuing the eye drops. Similarly she said that she's happy there's no active virus still present, so no point in continuing with the Penicillin. She did say to hang on to the bottle though in case stopping provokes a relapse.

She was very pleased to have a very good stroke of him and said that not many rabbits allow her to do this :D I told her that it was only because he was so scared :lol:

Anyway we have now booked the RHD2 vaccination for all three.


Oh Wow this is indeed good news!

I've been meaning to ask you for ages how things were going, but always struggle to find old threads :lol:

Well done everyone :D
 
Excuse me, but Mr T would like it to be known that he is most definitely not a 'scabby' Rex !! :lol: He says now please will you let him get back to the important matter of eating, a Rex has to keep up the Breed Standards you know. :D

Well there was never any appreciable difference in his eating capabilities and yes they all take this particular item of the Breed Standards very seriously :lol: The main benefit he will receive now is that, when I open the shed door with food, he can make sure he can get to that food at the same time as the other two (and thus obviously obtain his fair share) instead of having to wait to see if he needs to hide in his box in his attempt to avoid being picked up for meds.

Thanks everyone for their support during Tethra's illness. Yes, Scrappy it does seem as though it's been a long slog :) It makes it all worth it though to finally get a good result.
 
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