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Gentamicin - how dangerous is it to eat?

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bunnylover177

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My vet, after a chat with John Chitty, has given me gentamicin to paint on Felix's jaw abscess in addition to other meds. She added that we mustn't let him groom himself and eat it. Yeah, right! I didn't take the phone call so I didn't get a chance to talk to her myself. I am seeing her tomorrow and will ask for a Brandon collar. However it would be useful to start it sooner if Felix removes the scab over it tonight (which is quite likely). Can he poison himself with it?
 
bunnylover177 said:
My vet, after a chat with John Chitty, has given me gentamicin to paint on Felix's jaw abscess in addition to other meds. She added that we mustn't let him groom himself and eat it. Yeah, right! I didn't take the phone call so I didn't get a chance to talk to her myself. I am seeing her tomorrow and will ask for a Brandon collar. However it would be useful to start it sooner if Felix removes the scab over it tonight (which is quite likely). Can he poison himself with it?
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It can be nephrotoxic so I would definitely not want a Rabbit to ingest it

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...=onepage&q=rabbit gentamicin toxicity&f=false
 
bunnylover177 said:
My vet, after a chat with John Chitty, has given me gentamicin to paint on Felix's jaw abscess in addition to other meds. She added that we mustn't let him groom himself and eat it. Yeah, right! I didn't take the phone call so I didn't get a chance to talk to her myself. I am seeing her tomorrow and will ask for a Brandon collar. However it would be useful to start it sooner if Felix removes the scab over it tonight (which is quite likely). Can he poison himself with it?
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This is what Medirabbit says:

http://www.medirabbit.com/Safe_medication/Antibiotics/Safe_antibiotics.htm

Best avoided for use in rabbits
Depending on dosage: Ototoxicity
Nephrotoxic, neuromuscular block

 
Hi, yes, sorry for the delay in answering. We didn't use the gentimicin in the end as my vet was also uncertain when I questioned it. Felix is doing remarkably well for a rabbit with who had an enormous jaw abscess. The vet took the scab over the abscess opening off to reveal very clean skin underneath. We are continuing with the baytril (which it is sensitive to) and metacam long term as probably something nasty is still lurking. So far so good! Felix is fine in himself other than expressing strong views on being handled so much and made to drink baytril (yuk!).
 
bunnylover177 said:
Hi, yes, sorry for the delay in answering. We didn't use the gentimicin in the end as my vet was also uncertain when I questioned it. Felix is doing remarkably well for a rabbit with who had an enormous jaw abscess. The vet took the scab over the abscess opening off to reveal very clean skin underneath. We are continuing with the baytril (which it is sensitive to) and metacam long term as probably something nasty is still lurking. So far so good! Felix is fine in himself other than expressing strong views on being handled so much and made to drink baytril (yuk!).
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I am glad to hear that Felix is doing well and I hope that the Baytril keeps the infection under control. It sounds as though it is doing so at the moment. Shame it tastes so rank though !
 
bunnylover177 said:
Hi, yes, sorry for the delay in answering. We didn't use the gentimicin in the end as my vet was also uncertain when I questioned it. Felix is doing remarkably well for a rabbit with who had an enormous jaw abscess. The vet took the scab over the abscess opening off to reveal very clean skin underneath. We are continuing with the baytril (which it is sensitive to) and metacam long term as probably something nasty is still lurking. So far so good! Felix is fine in himself other than expressing strong views on being handled so much and made to drink baytril (yuk!).
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Hi there and thanks for coming back to post :wave:

I hope Felix continues to feel well and get better and that the Baytril works for him :)
 
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