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thank you. Dexter is still on the pain meds so we just need to get the eye drops tomorrow

Thank you. I booked the vets as soon as I saw your message - we're going to the vets tomorrow morning Unfortunately it is the teeth causing the runny eyes and is something we have to live with.

Hi Jackie1992 Sorry to hear what you're going through. I am currently going through the exact same thing, where Dex developed a headtilt in November also. My story is: *When first thought it was EC we put him on Panacur straight away, and continued for nearly 2 months without any improvement...

Hi All So Dexter is still going strong despite the head tilt, which is actually getting better. However his eyes keep tearing up and I am doing about 3/4 eye cleans a day with warm boiled water. This has resulted in both eyes looking quite red and probably sore - see pics attached I was...

Hi All I just wanted to send you an update on Dexter A few weeks back I had an appointment with a rabbit savvy vet. The vet couldn't say why the head tilt occurred. She checked his ears and they were full of wax, and suggested we do an ear flush which remove some discomfort dexter was feeling...

Yes as soon as the physio mentioned this I put Dexter back on the metacam. Rabbits are too good at hiding any discomfort unfortunate :( thank you for all your well wishes. I might be imagining things but he seems to be able to straighten his head slightly more frequency. I'm trying to book...

Thank you @InspectorMorse for sending that guide through. Dexter doesn't score too well from that guide unfortunately although he still has an appetite :( I have booked an appointment to get a second opinion on his health. They are a rabbit savvy vets so hopefully they can give more details.

Hi All So the physiotherapist came today to see Dexter. Bearing in mind his head and body tilts to the left, the physio said that his neck area is very tense, and that even if she massaged the area it won't get better because of his body/head tilt. She said his muscles are slowly becoming...

so sorry for your loss :(

Yes I've stopped panacur and antibiotics for middle ear infection. Still giving him daily injection for depocillin for the tooth abscess - as mentioned it's been daily for 4 years and the vets said just keep going. I'll try the fibreplex in that case, might as well give it a go :) Hopefully he...

I've been putting the cecotropes in his face every day and as soon as they come, but he isn't interested at all :( they don't smell or look any different from before. Right now I am only giving him metacam. I decided to stop the treatment with panacur. I have quite a few fibreplex at home -...

Thank you all for your well wishes His appetite is good but it feels like sometimes he forgets to eat? Mobility is up and down, but all he can do is go in circles if he ever moves! I've got the physio coming in for Monday so I'm really hoping it will help Dexter I have a question - Dexter...

Thank you @InspectorMorse I'll look into it

I did pose the question to my vets recently, whether it was worth continuing with depocillin given that he;s been on it for ages. They said might as well carry on, which is the safest answer to give. I remember quite early on when he first started the depocillin, and as soon as we took him off...

Morning All Thank you for your advice @InspectorMorse - yes the blood test did come back to say that there were low levels of the EC bacteria. I did request a second course of panacur as the vet doesn't think there will be any problems continuing, but you are correct - there will always be...

The vet didn't mention Chloramphenicol - would you advise I mention it to them? I wouldn't want to take it if it wasn't prescribed but I guess if they're not rabbit savvy they may not mention it? Thank you for the advice for cleaning the eye - I've been wiping his eyes with warm boiled water...

No he doesn't fall over or roll. He's actually been a tiny bit more active today - getting up, lying down, inching around a bit more In that case I'm going to email the vets to see if I can get mor Panacur. The vet simply said it's most likely not EC because of the blood test results and the...

@InspectorMorse - could you give me more details on how to bathe the eye, what ointment I could use and what eye drops you think I should think about? So I took Dexter to the vets and he said a few things: *He doesn't think it's a middle ear infection. He looked into Dexter's ear and although...

I'm going to the vets shortly so will discuss the eye problem. i thought the isaathal was treatment for the ulcer? Will need to check His ducts have always been blocked - is it the case he needs to flush it? To be fair the vets looked into his ear last time and there wasn't any pus - so sounds...

Yes, I always call him my first born (I also have a human daughter who is younger!) Given all his health conditions over the years, even the vets are surprised he's going strong. The only reason he fell ill is because I took my first holiday in 4 years (which I delayed because I couldn't find...