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I don't think its the drug either. When we first started treatment, Hans was given daily injections for the first 3 days (to get the drug level up, as advised by Randy). If it was anything to do with the drug, I think we would have seen some reaction then. I guess you are all correct. There...

I just heard from Marcy, I wrote to her about Hans' passing. She says that "an allergic reaction to penicillin would be more reactive and would take more than a few seconds. Subcutaneous pretty much eliminates hitting any vein or artery." Marcy too had a rabbit that passed away during a sub-q...

The flank, near to where the upper curve of his hip-bone is.

I think I may have injected into a blood vessel, and the drug travelled to his heart :( I'm so sorry, Hans. Fluffies, benacillin was working for Hans. After 1.5wks, the abscess started to shrink. I was going to take a photo to show the improvements, but then Hans went to the bridge. If I were...

angieluv wrote: I did ask Marcy, but she wasn't 100% sure about the conversion. She thinks that 1mg is most likely equivalent to 1,000 units (and after that, I found a couple of sites which mentioned in passing that 1mg=1000units). Conversion aside, she looked at the contents of Benacillin and...

Hazel-mum, thanks for your input. I'm aware that the 'K' in 150K represents a unit of 1000 (i.e. 150K units = 150,000 units). And I've also come across a couple of sites which mention in passing that 1mg=1000 International Units. Every time I analyse the situation, I come back to the...

No apologies needed, Maureen. I think of Hans all the time, and that fateful night. Memories of him still bring tears to my eyes, but I know that someday I'll be able to think of him and smile instead of cry. Like you, I'm also analyzing the cause of his departure. I hate not knowing why. I'm...

Thank you so much for your kind words Maureen. I'm quite sure the needle was just under the skin, but the fact that I didn't pull back on the syringe this time just makes it so difficult. I keep going over everything, trying to figure out what happened. I know I should try not to dwell on it...

He was getting better. the abscess was getting smaller. it's my fault, i must have done something wrong with the injection. he didn't flinch so i don't think i hit his muscle/flesh. but dammit what if i hit a blood vessel?!!!! i feel so horrible

Hans just passed away. I feel like crap I was giving him his injection. 5 seconds after I was done, he went limp, gave a few soft breaths, shuddered and left us. I can't figure out what happened. The injection went as usual, he didn't flinch or anything. What went wrong??????? I can't...

In my rabbit's case, it was a behavioral issue. He was doing the same thing, pulling hair out from his chest area. At one point, his entire chest was bare. Brought him to the vet for a check up, but he didn't have any parasites on him. My rabbit was living alone in a 3ft x 6ft play pen with...

My bunnies have their litter boxes with wire mesh, to keep the food & litter away from each other. I hook their water & pellet bowls to the wire mesh. That's about it :) they're free range in my living room. They have a large cardboard box to sleep in but a lot of times, they just sleep wherever...

Plus 4 of my bunnies = 285 RO bunnies!!

I've just found a couple of write-ups where it says that 1mg = 1,000 IU. This is in respect of procaine penicillin. First paragraph, second page of this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FBJN%2FBJN8_04%2FS0007114554000578a.pdf&code=2c5b4261d5c4af2bdb323feb4fadd1e3 and...

The things we do for our buns!! :biggrin2: :biggrin2:

OK I just heard from Marcy. She says Benacillin's composition is very much similar to the US bicillin versions, the ones with 300K units/ml in total. And that she has had success using only bicillin alone. tonyshuman, I was hoping to see improvements quickly too. I hope there'll be...

That's my concern actually, since I'm still not certain whether I'm giving him the right dose. I haven't managed to figure out the conversion from mg/ml to units/ml :( I'm afraid that what Hans is getting is only a 'maintenance' dose. I asked my vet again about the concentration of procaine and...

Hi Maureen, Thanks for asking :) I haven't heard from Randy yet, but I did hear from Pipp about using chlor palm + bicillin. I think for the time being, I'll stick to using only Benacillin. Hans started getting Benacillin last Monday, so it has only been a week of treatment. I'm keeping an eye...

Hi Maureen, Chlorpalm would be chloramphenicol? I normally copy and save information from the Infirmary thread on my computer, so that I'll have quick access to it whenever necessary. I went through my notes for abscesses, and in there, it is said that 'chloramphenicol should not be used...

I may have been in the dermal layer previously. Last night when I gave another injection to Hans, again I felt some resistance. I pushed the needle in just a little bit more and the meds went in very easily after that! I think I did fairly well with the injection last night :) I did reply to...