Middle/inner ear infection please help :(

Ok thank you for that Jack's-Jane I will mention my concerns about this to Molly and see what she thinks. I am very grateful for all of this advice from everybody, it's so hard to know what to try and what not to try as Alfie is my first rabbit. I am trying to educate myself as best I can from the internet, the facebook group, and all of you lovely people on here xx

Thank you MightyMax - the Lapizole has been prescribed for 1 week and if I see improvement to go back and ask for a 28 day prescription. Although I'm not sure how I know that any improvement I see is down to this medication as opposed to any of the others? I hope it can't harm him if he takes it for 28 days unnecessarily. Thanks for that suggestion. I managed to get him to eat 4 teaspoonfuls of his nuggets made into a paste with cool boiled water and Ellas kitchen baby food last night. This morning hasn't been as successful, he's only had 1 teaspoon but I keep trying to encourage him to have some more. Xx

I don't know if this will be of any help, but might be worth a try if your bun is struggling, or not wanting to eat. My bridge bun, Toffee, had ongoing dental/jaw problems, which made eating difficult for him most of the time. I used to mix a little Oxbow critical care, made into a thick paste, with a few crushed nuggets, and either a bit of grated carrot or apple. He used to love it, and at least he was getting some good fibre that way, as he struggled to eat hay. Not every bun likes critical care, but he loved it as it was aniseed flavoured. Good luck anyway with Alfie's ongoing treatment xxxx

BethsBunnies said:

Thank you MightyMax - the Lapizole has been prescribed for 1 week and if I see improvement to go back and ask for a 28 day prescription. Although I'm not sure how I know that any improvement I see is down to this medication as opposed to any of the others? I hope it can't harm him if he takes it for 28 days unnecessarily. Thanks for that suggestion. I managed to get him to eat 4 teaspoonfuls of his nuggets made into a paste with cool boiled water and Ellas kitchen baby food last night. This morning hasn't been as successful, he's only had 1 teaspoon but I keep trying to encourage him to have some more. Xx

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Hi Beth

You're very welcome!

For EC treatment, a 9 days course won't hit the spot. That's for pin worms only.

28 days is what's needed, the Panacur has been tested and well used by lots of rabbits. Of course everything has a side effect, but 28 days of a normal Panacur dose should be quite OK.

You cannot be expected to see any improvement specifically down to the Panacur - it will be impossible to tell what's working.

Re Ella's Kitchen - I used to vary the flavours as some buns can be really fussy :roll:


*There is also a school of thought that says when treating for EC you should bleach litter trays and clean - possibly steam - the environment as much as possible on days 21 and 28 of treatment, to interrupt the life cycle of the parasite.*

Thank you for everybody's replies. Alfie is pretty much the same. Head tilt, next to no balance, rolling, barely eating or drinking. I took him to a specialist who put him on doxycycline and stemetil alongside his metacam. I am also feeding him all sorts of combinations of food which he sometimes eats off a spoon but I'm also syringing him burgess dualcare (he wouldn't touch critical care and wouldn't swallow it when I syringed it either). She said if the meds don't show improvement that she'd recommend a CT scan to find a possible abscess. X

BethsBunnies said:

Thank you for everybody's replies. Alfie is pretty much the same. Head tilt, next to no balance, rolling, barely eating or drinking. I took him to a specialist who put him on doxycycline and stemetil alongside his metacam. I am also feeding him all sorts of combinations of food which he sometimes eats off a spoon but I'm also syringing him burgess dualcare (he wouldn't touch critical care and wouldn't swallow it when I syringed it either). She said if the meds don't show improvement that she'd recommend a CT scan to find a possible abscess. X

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Poor Alfie I really hope that he can show some signs of improvement soon xx

BethsBunnies said:

Thank you for everybody's replies. Alfie is pretty much the same. Head tilt, next to no balance, rolling, barely eating or drinking. I took him to a specialist who put him on doxycycline and stemetil alongside his metacam. I am also feeding him all sorts of combinations of food which he sometimes eats off a spoon but I'm also syringing him burgess dualcare (he wouldn't touch critical care and wouldn't swallow it when I syringed it either). She said if the meds don't show improvement that she'd recommend a CT scan to find a possible abscess. X

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You're very welcome Beth



You are working very hard in Alfie's favour and I really hope he will turn a corner soon xx

How's Alfie getting on?

BethsBunnies said:

Thank you for everybody's replies. Alfie is pretty much the same. Head tilt, next to no balance, rolling, barely eating or drinking. I took him to a specialist who put him on doxycycline and stemetil alongside his metacam. I am also feeding him all sorts of combinations of food which he sometimes eats off a spoon but I'm also syringing him burgess dualcare (he wouldn't touch critical care and wouldn't swallow it when I syringed it either). She said if the meds don't show improvement that she'd recommend a CT scan to find a possible abscess. X

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I know there are big financial implications with Alfie's treatment at the moment Beth, but I was wondering how both he and you are doing at the moment?