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Coco

Jack's-Jane said:
Good advice from J+B




If he feels cold to touch you need to provide him with a heat pad of some sort. Even if all you have is a warm towel to cover him over. When a Bunny is poorly hypothermia can occur rapidly and this, in turn, can make their situations more serious.

I do hope that he will feel better soon xx
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I didn't just leave him cold we wrapped him up!

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We are at the vets. We've seen the consultant nurse, she checked his teeth said he's too young for teeth problems. Said the concern is if he has gut stasis so we gotta see a vet now. He tried running away she said he's active now though isn't he [emoji23] he just hates vets they hurted him last time!

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slob1231 said:
I didn't just leave him cold we wrapped him up!

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You may find it useful to buy a special round heatpad and cosy cover. They are designed for pets and you can just heat them up in a microwave. I bought mine from Amazon but I think PaH sell them. They are a good addition to your 'emergency' kit.
 
Hi everyone.

Coco has a high temperature, didn't like the thermometer being put up his bum! She pulled it out and there was all blood on there [emoji21]
He has had an antibiotic injection and another injection, he's on medication now which i have to give him tomorrow from 4.45pm, he's also been given recovery liquid feed which i have to give him every 2 hours. If hes not better within 24hrs i have to phone them back and take him down.

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Babsie said:
You may find it useful to buy a special round heatpad and cosy cover. They are designed for pets and you can just heat them up in a microwave. I bought mine from Amazon but I think PaH sell them. They are a good addition to your 'emergency' kit.
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I've seen the heatpads and i will be getting him one thanks

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do you have confidence in this vet?

i would like to hear from others here, but imo Coco is a very poorly boy and i'm not sure.
where are you based? just wondering if someone here might be able to recommend a vets for tomorrow & onwards.
 
mikek said:
do you have confidence in this vet?

i would like to hear from others here, but imo Coco is a very poorly boy and i'm not sure.
where are you based? just wondering if someone here might be able to recommend a vets for tomorrow & onwards.
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I was wondering this too :(

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Oh I'm really sorry :( this is probably not what you want to hear but I wouldn't personally treat a rabbit with antibiotics without a proper diagnosis. My vet has mentioned to me that they are pretty much useless unless injected and for specific causes for example inner ear infections and abscesses.

I think as my friend boobly has said a glucose reading is a good place to start pointing you in the right direction. I personally do that and x rays (concious) when my buns are poorly.

Did you manage to find a savvy vet? They will save you a lot of time and money. Did coco get any metacam?

Where are you maybe someone can help?


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Please go to vets. Our rabbit had those symptoms. I didn’t go. It was late. I thought I would check him in the morning. In the morning he was dead. I would not make that mistake again.


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mikek said:
do you have confidence in this vet?

i would like to hear from others here, but imo Coco is a very poorly boy and i'm not sure.
where are you based? just wondering if someone here might be able to recommend a vets for tomorrow & onwards.
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I have to agree. I am extremely concerned about the high fever and blood coming from his anus :cry:
 
I did ask if the bleeding from his bum was okay? And she said it seems to be? She could tell this from wiping? Could It have been from the thermometer?

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slob1231 said:
I did ask if the bleeding from his bum was okay? And she said it seems to be? She could tell this from wiping? Could It have been from the thermometer?

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Is your vet rabbit savvy?

I'd be extremely concerned if my rabbit had blood from there... And the vet couldn't explain why...

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Loopyloo10 said:
Please go to vets. Our rabbit had those symptoms. I didn’t go. It was late. I thought I would check him in the morning. In the morning he was dead. I would not make that mistake again.


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I have been to the vets.

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slob1231 said:
It was pdsa...

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Ultimately I can only tell you what I'd do, which could be ofc wrong. But I'd want a rabbit savvy vet looking at him tonight :(

I think he needs looking at by a vet who knows what they're looking at, and tbh in my experience a lot of standard vets just don't know enough about rabbits :(

If you could share rough location, maybe people could suggest exotic vets?
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