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Very worried about Apricot :(

Oh also infection spread throughout whole lungs apparently speckles all over them on xray. William said she's very sick and if this doesn't work, qol.. So pts

She hasn't even been sneezing or any discharge like before (til Saturday evening then discharge happened) how could this have got so bad so fast. I must have missed something major

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Graicee, please don't blame yourself ! You're an excellent bunny carer & if you didn't spot she was poorly earlier it will have been because there was nothing to notice or it came on very quickly. Sending more well wishes. Everything crossed she responds well to her treatment. Is Willoughby supportive?
 
You acted as soon as you knew something wasn't right. Bacterial infections really can spread very quickly (bacteria can double every 20 mins). She's getting appropriate treatment now that it's been spotted. Antibiotics may take a couple of days to start to make a noticeable impact.

I think we've all questioned why we didn't spot something sooner, but rabbits are so good at hiding illnesses, so take it easy on yourself so you can concentrate on some TLC for Apricot.
 
Sending so many hugs and vibes. They are so good at hiding illness, you got help for as soon as you could. No one could do any more xx
 
I was glad she got to vets today. I hope the meds and nebulizing will be 100% successful.
Hugs.
Can you give her something to distract her if you must use a box to nebulize her?
 
So sorry to hear how sick she is. Acute pneumonia can come on and progress in hours and often there isn’t any upper respiratory symptoms like sneezing and nasal discharge. So it isn’t always possible to realise how unwell the Rabbit is until they are very unwell :(

I hope she will respond to treatment, poor girly :(

ETA Bisolvon could help thin out the mucus and a bronchodilator eg ventolin via a mask could help open up the airways in her lungs
 
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Don't beat yourself up Graciee, I agree with J & B you are always on the ball with your bunnies. Sending many many vibes for her xxx
 
Thanks everyone, I'm just really beating myself up that she got to this stage and I didn't really notice, on Saturday she was stealing Willoughby's food still! She isn't now tho :(

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Graicee, please don't blame yourself ! You're an excellent bunny carer & if you didn't spot she was poorly earlier it will have been because there was nothing to notice or it came on very quickly. Sending more well wishes. Everything crossed she responds well to her treatment. Is Willoughby supportive?
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Yea he is actually, he's a very grumpy little bun with humans but he absolutely adores Apricot, he'd be lost without her :(

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InspectorMorse said:
So sorry to hear how sick she is. Acute pneumonia can come on and progress in hours and often there isn’t any upper respiratory symptoms like sneezing and nasal discharge. So it isn’t always possible to realise how unwell the Rabbit is until they are very unwell :(

I hope she will respond to treatment, poor girly :(

ETA Bisolvon could help thin out the mucus and a bronchodilator eg ventolin via a mask could help open up the airways in her lungs
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I hope she does too, I think William thinks the fact the infection has spread to all over her lungs the outcome won't be good. He said the amount of damage there would be :/ she's on two different antibiotics and loxicom and there's f10 in the nebuliser solution he made up.

Bisolvon you can just buy it seems? Is that something you'd add? I've got a ventolin pump, is this something I could just do or need to talk to William probs?

I'm a bit burnt out my nans been on at me all day about her washing machine just got home from fixing it, I'm sick of dealing with everyone else's issues when I've got enough of my own :/

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I'm sorry Apricot is so poorly, I really hope the medication works for her. As everyone has said you've not missed anything, and she's in the best hands with you and your vets, I was shocked when I saw Ferns eye was recently very swollen since I thought having just had the baby I must have missed that she was sick again, but it was just another rabbit illness that comes on so quickly

ETA: I thought Bisolvon was a pom-v so needs a prescription to buy, unless things have changed
 
Yeh, you need a ‘script for Bisolvon, William might have some in stock which would be quicker to obtain though. I would def’ speak with William before using the Ventolin.

I have had Rabbits with multifocal micro-abscesses on their lungs who were able to cope and have a reasonable QOL whilst on long term abx and other meds. The prognosis is worse if their respiratory rate/effort is significantly raised though. And of course mouth breathing is very bad news.

IME Depocillin has been the most effective abx, sometimes in combination with Baytril
Nebulising a suitable abx can also be an option, alongside systemic abx.

The course of abx treatment is almost always several weeks in duration as just 10-14 days often results in a relapse.

I really hope Apricot will recover x
 
Thanks everyone, I got impatient so went to b&q and got a box, I was gunna drill but we don't have any spare wood and I was worried about it splitting without drilling into something so I went with burning the holes instead. I did air holes too but some people online said none are needed but Idk so I just stuck a few in near the top on each side. I hope this works I've cleaned it all up and gunna put a towel in the bottom for her :(
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Bunny in a box :( she's being so good I hope this helps her :(
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Thanks everyone, it seemed to go okay, she just laid down in there then came out and wanted fenugreeks [emoji38] I cleaned her nose up a bit Idk if that was a good idea or not but I hated seeing her like that :(

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