Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Poor lad Sending more vibes for him xx
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Swelling is not improving. He's not touched any pellets this morning though will eat greens.
I’m just thinking if It would be worth contacting the vet, in case he needs gut stimulants?
Thanks, I have some if needed.
He is eating, but its so exhausting for him as it makes breathing difficult so hes eating small amounts at intervals. We still have healthy looking output.
Thank you. He's showing a little more interest in hay today - my Timoth Hay has just arrived so will try him on it as soon as I finish work.
Thank you. He's showing a little more interest in hay today - my Timoth Hay has just arrived so will try him on it as soon as I finish work.
We had been doing so well and moving in the right direction - swelling had finally started to reduce.
Yesteday I got home from work and his nose was hanging off.
Thankfully my vets stayed late waiting for me to get through rush hour traffic and saw him straight away.
We discussed nodular myxi again and whilst we can't rule it out, the vet felt this was still unlikely given there are no other lesions or swellings.
I explained that when it started to go down the scabs the first vet noticed, looked very much like puncture wounds to me.
The suggestions now are that he was bitten by something and infection built up until the pressure was too great.
The vet removed his nose, with little effort, and I just about managed not to pass out. I'm usually very good at dealing with bunny illness but this was a bit much even for me.
The good news is that the vet thinks it will actually heal easier now aslong as we can prevent infection. He's on antibiotics, pain relief and hibiscrub washes.
To top it off a lorry crashed a grit bin into my car aswell yesterday so all in all it was not a good day.
We had been doing so well and moving in the right direction - swelling had finally started to reduce.
Yesteday I got home from work and his nose was hanging off.
Thankfully my vets stayed late waiting for me to get through rush hour traffic and saw him straight away.
We discussed nodular myxi again and whilst we can't rule it out, the vet felt this was still unlikely given there are no other lesions or swellings.
I explained that when it started to go down the scabs the first vet noticed, looked very much like puncture wounds to me.
The suggestions now are that he was bitten by something and infection built up until the pressure was too great.
The vet removed his nose, with little effort, and I just about managed not to pass out. I'm usually very good at dealing with bunny illness but this was a bit much even for me.
The good news is that the vet thinks it will actually heal easier now aslong as we can prevent infection. He's on antibiotics, pain relief and hibiscrub washes.
To top it off a lorry crashed a grit bin into my car aswell yesterday so all in all it was not a good day.
Thanks Jane. I'm definately keeping an eye just incase any more swellings appear. Although both the vets and I really don't think its that, I feel its better to be safe than sorry.
The cars not to badly damaged - more of an inconvinience than anything.
I was completely stressed yesterday, but feeling much better about it all today, think it was mostly just the shock.