UPDATE
After 2.5 weeks of antibiotics twice a day betsy seems to have made an amazing recovery! I’ve just got back from the vets who seemed genuinely amazed she has recovered so well. No pus oozing out. Swelling has gone down and lumps have reduced. There is still a swollen lump near her bottom but it doesn’t seem sore to the touch and it is fairly squashy so the vet isn’t concerned.
The sore skin on her stomach has healed. The lump may possibly still be a tumour and I will monitor it but the main aim of the treatment was to remove the infection which has now gone. I have decided I won’t operate on her to remove a tumour if that’s what it is due to the area it is in. She will be 9 in august, still a feisty girl and seems happy so I’ll just keep her happy and keep my eye on her.
There were a couple of poos stuck to her which weren’t there first thing this morning so I have been told to give her a wash every couple of days or more often if she is getting poo stuck. Also warned about fly strike and I’ve got some rearguard. I’ve never had to use that before as never had a problem with any of my bunnies and never felt the need to use it as a preventative measure. It’s so expensive!!!
Hi!
I haven’t posted here for a while.
Betsy is 8.5. She has always been healthy.
I found a lump on her on Monday. I wondered if it was poo but it was a light colour.
I don’t check her over all that often, she doesn’t particularly like being handled and it stresses her out a bit. She is usually just released from the hutch into the garden, although I have had to start putting her in the run recently due to my neighbour removing the fence as he is having building work so we noticed this lump.
Took her to the vets Monday. Turns out the lump is matted hair, wee and pus! She has pus leaking out of her genitals and the vet said she could feel a lump inside her and thinks it’s an abcess but no wound or exit wound for the abcess. Vet gave me 5 days of antibiotics and see how it goes.
Back to the vets this morning. There is still pus but it is clearer and not as thick. Swelling has reduced. One side the lump has got softer but it seems there are 2 lumps and the other one is firmer.
2 options - continue with another 10 days of antibiotics and hope it improves. The other option is to test the lump to see if it is a tumour.
I have decided to continue the antibiotics for now and reassess in 10 days. If it is a tumour I’m not sure if I would have her operated on to remove it. After discussion with the vet, a possible tumour could be connected to anything inside her and the vet said if it was connected to say, her bladder, they couldn’t remove it. It’s quite an invasive operation for a bunny her age I think. She is bright, active and eating. She was fighting her bunny boyfriend for the veg yesterday. Poor Bertie kept getting pushed out of the way so she could eat it first. She hasn’t lost any weight. She would need treating with antibiotics anyway so we are continuing with this.
I’m really not sure what to do. I wonder if I would prefer to not know it is a tumour and just try and sort out this current infection and just let her carry on how she is. She is hopping around, eating and appears fine. She is happy cuddling up to Bertie and cleaning him.
Im not sure finding out it is a tumour would change anything for me treatment wise due to where it is.
She is spayed, which ruled those sorts of tumours and infections out for the vet.
Has anyone had any lumps like this with their rabbits? What did you do?
After 2.5 weeks of antibiotics twice a day betsy seems to have made an amazing recovery! I’ve just got back from the vets who seemed genuinely amazed she has recovered so well. No pus oozing out. Swelling has gone down and lumps have reduced. There is still a swollen lump near her bottom but it doesn’t seem sore to the touch and it is fairly squashy so the vet isn’t concerned.
The sore skin on her stomach has healed. The lump may possibly still be a tumour and I will monitor it but the main aim of the treatment was to remove the infection which has now gone. I have decided I won’t operate on her to remove a tumour if that’s what it is due to the area it is in. She will be 9 in august, still a feisty girl and seems happy so I’ll just keep her happy and keep my eye on her.
There were a couple of poos stuck to her which weren’t there first thing this morning so I have been told to give her a wash every couple of days or more often if she is getting poo stuck. Also warned about fly strike and I’ve got some rearguard. I’ve never had to use that before as never had a problem with any of my bunnies and never felt the need to use it as a preventative measure. It’s so expensive!!!
Hi!
I haven’t posted here for a while.
Betsy is 8.5. She has always been healthy.
I found a lump on her on Monday. I wondered if it was poo but it was a light colour.
I don’t check her over all that often, she doesn’t particularly like being handled and it stresses her out a bit. She is usually just released from the hutch into the garden, although I have had to start putting her in the run recently due to my neighbour removing the fence as he is having building work so we noticed this lump.
Took her to the vets Monday. Turns out the lump is matted hair, wee and pus! She has pus leaking out of her genitals and the vet said she could feel a lump inside her and thinks it’s an abcess but no wound or exit wound for the abcess. Vet gave me 5 days of antibiotics and see how it goes.
Back to the vets this morning. There is still pus but it is clearer and not as thick. Swelling has reduced. One side the lump has got softer but it seems there are 2 lumps and the other one is firmer.
2 options - continue with another 10 days of antibiotics and hope it improves. The other option is to test the lump to see if it is a tumour.
I have decided to continue the antibiotics for now and reassess in 10 days. If it is a tumour I’m not sure if I would have her operated on to remove it. After discussion with the vet, a possible tumour could be connected to anything inside her and the vet said if it was connected to say, her bladder, they couldn’t remove it. It’s quite an invasive operation for a bunny her age I think. She is bright, active and eating. She was fighting her bunny boyfriend for the veg yesterday. Poor Bertie kept getting pushed out of the way so she could eat it first. She hasn’t lost any weight. She would need treating with antibiotics anyway so we are continuing with this.
I’m really not sure what to do. I wonder if I would prefer to not know it is a tumour and just try and sort out this current infection and just let her carry on how she is. She is hopping around, eating and appears fine. She is happy cuddling up to Bertie and cleaning him.
Im not sure finding out it is a tumour would change anything for me treatment wise due to where it is.
She is spayed, which ruled those sorts of tumours and infections out for the vet.
Has anyone had any lumps like this with their rabbits? What did you do?
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but from the looks of it the vet said it has probably only just recently popped and started leaking pus so i wouldn’t have noticed it sooner as it’s internal. 
