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Ptyalism

Fish smell is bacterial infection and a bad one.

The most important is to treat the cause and make the salvating stop.
She will most likely need antibiotics and pain meds both maximum dosage every 12 hours, for longer period of time. Skin infections are a b*tch! I have manny micro towels (for dogs mostly), but they work superb for any animal. Pat dry.
I had to wash infected are with antiseptic shampoo 2x per day and then I had to used soothing cream that sooths itching, promotes healing, moistens the skin oh and honey based cream for wounds. PLUS he had a hard time chewing-dry herbs, critical care and fresh veggies.
 
So, Bungee has an appointment at Cambridge Vet Group on Tuesday. Hopefully to stay for her operation, as we don't want to stress her by taking her backwards and forwards.
She's doing a bit of tooth grinding today, so have just given her some Metcam which will hopefully help. I've also dried her chin and neck as best as I can, and put a little sudocreme on any sore bits.
Could anyone recommend an antibacterial shampoo suitable for bunnies as AnjaSanja has suggested? I don't know if she would tolerate it, but it might be worth a try.
She is still eating her pellets and veg, but not hay so I am giving recovery and fibreplex too, and she is still enjoying the odd treat.
Thank you InspectorMorse I will definitely speak to the vet about the possible pseudomonas.
poor Bungee. It's her birthday on Sunday too :cry:
 
clarebear said:
So, Bungee has an appointment at Cambridge Vet Group on Tuesday. Hopefully to stay for her operation, as we don't want to stress her by taking her backwards and forwards.
She's doing a bit of tooth grinding today, so have just given her some Metcam which will hopefully help. I've also dried her chin and neck as best as I can, and put a little sudocreme on any sore bits.
Could anyone recommend an antibacterial shampoo suitable for bunnies as AnjaSanja has suggested? I don't know if she would tolerate it, but it might be worth a try.
She is still eating her pellets and veg, but not hay so I am giving recovery and fibreplex too, and she is still enjoying the odd treat.
Thank you InspectorMorse I will definitely speak to the vet about the possible pseudomonas.
poor Bungee. It's her birthday on Sunday too :cry:
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Keep us updated on how sweet Bungee gets on. I really hope she has a comfortable stay and can get her eye sorted with an easy recovery. Will be sending you both lots of vibes x
 
Thank you so much I'll let you know how things go.
She's been really good taking her Fibreplex and still eating her veggies. I think she's still struggling with hay, so I may try her with a little bit of grass tomorrow. Xxx
 
We dropped Bungee off at Cambridge vets yesterday morning, with her packed lunch.
Vet has called this morning, and he has taken xrays of her chest and everything looks okay.
So, he is operating today to remove the mass in her mouth. Should hear back from them this afternoon.
Please keep your paws crossed for her xxx
 
Thank you for all your messages. She doing okay. Happily eating veggies, but no hay or pellets yet so topping her up with fibreplex and I'm going to try some syringe feeding now.

It was a pretty big op and the vet has actually removed half of her mouth pallet to remove the lump. He was very surprised when she started eating as soon as she woke up!

They are sending the lump off to be tested and we should have the results in a week. It looks like it was a malignant melanoma, so the tests will tell us if it's likely to grow back or not.

We go back next Wednesday for him to see how things are healing.
 
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