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Rear leg amputation UPDATE Question re vaccination?

Hi everyone she is doing fantastic we've finished the antibiotics and so far so good no signs of any sepsis or necrotic tissue, she's on a reduced amount of pain relief with the hope to stop it completely in next few days she's incredibly inquisitive and is trying how to figure out how to jump with the one back leg don't think it's going to take her long and today she's been helping (meaning making a mess) me clean her room we should get the lab results back this week with a bit of luck maybe even tomorrow
She is such a trooper I'm hopeful for a future for her although I want breathe a sigh of relief til those results come back, I'm so glad she came along just at the right time x

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willowflower27 said:
Hi everyone she is doing fantastic we've finished the antibiotics and so far so good no signs of any sepsis or necrotic tissue, she's on a reduced amount of pain relief with the hope to stop it completely in next few days she's incredibly inquisitive and is trying how to figure out how to jump with the one back leg don't think it's going to take her long and today she's been helping (meaning making a mess) me clean her room we should get the lab results back this week with a bit of luck maybe even tomorrow
She is such a trooper I'm hopeful for a future for her although I want breathe a sigh of relief til those results come back, I'm so glad she came along just at the right time x

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She sounds to be continuing to recover amazingly well. I really hope all the lab results will be OK xx
 
willowflower27 said:
Hi everyone she is doing fantastic we've finished the antibiotics and so far so good no signs of any sepsis or necrotic tissue, she's on a reduced amount of pain relief with the hope to stop it completely in next few days she's incredibly inquisitive and is trying how to figure out how to jump with the one back leg don't think it's going to take her long and today she's been helping (meaning making a mess) me clean her room we should get the lab results back this week with a bit of luck maybe even tomorrow
She is such a trooper I'm hopeful for a future for her although I want breathe a sigh of relief til those results come back, I'm so glad she came along just at the right time x

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How wonderful!

I hope you get the lab results soon and that they are OK :)
 
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The results are back and it's GOOD news although the tissue surrounding the bone had some signs of infection the bone didn't have any osteomyelitis and definitely no tumour

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willowflower27 said:
The results are back and it's GOOD news although the tissue surrounding the bone had some signs of infection the bone didn't have any osteomyelitis and definitely no tumour

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That’s good news :thumb: I assume the infected area has been removed/any remaining will be covered by the antibiotics?
 
Zoobec said:
That’s good news :thumb: I assume the infected area has been removed/any remaining will be covered by the antibiotics?
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Yes the margins at the top of the tissue in this case her bone was healthy and the two antibiotics she was on should be enough to sort everything else

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willowflower27 said:
Yes the margins at the top of the tissue in this case her bone was healthy and the two antibiotics she was on should be enough to sort everything else

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That’s really good news, you must be so relieved:thumb:
 
Phew! So lovely to think nothing is standing in the way of her recovery.

Was it the case her previous owners thought her recovery would be too expensive or time consuming? She certainly seized this chance with both paws xx
 
joey&boo said:
Phew! So lovely to think nothing is standing in the way of her recovery.

Was it the case her previous owners thought her recovery would be too expensive or time consuming? She certainly seized this chance with both paws xx
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Sorry for the late reply but yes the previous owners were concerned about the cost but mostly looking after a "disabled"rabbit she was there first ever bunny and she's a bit of a handful

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Ok so she is doing really well and I can start thinking vaccination is there a specific way round the vaccines should be given I have read much conflicting advice myxo RHD or eravac first?

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willowflower27 said:
Ok so she is doing really well and I can start thinking vaccination is there a specific way round the vaccines should be given I have read much conflicting advice myxo RHD or eravac first?

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I think with the current situation going on, its advised to get filivac if you can, and do that one first. it covers both RHD1 & RHD2 if I'm not mistaken. both RHD viruses are airborne, so there's nothing we can to against it to protect. myxi is mostly flies I believe, so steps can be taken to prevent it. although of course both are as important.

eravac is a different vaccine and only covers RHD2. its usually given to meat rabbits as it has a withdrawal period of 0 days, meaning that there is no wait time between having the vaccine and when the rabbit can be slaughtered. if you can only get that one, then I'm not sure what I would do first, possibly still eravac, but its a tough call.

don't quote me on it, but I do believe that eravac has only 9 months of immunity (filivac has 12), or at least that's what this link says:
https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/product-information/eravac-epar-product-information_en.pdf
 
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