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Yep found some fibreplex in our tin of bunny meds - unused and in date so she's had a dose now. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks! Think we have some fibreplex, will hunt it out and try it :)

Thanks guys - good to hear that Zithromax is well regarded for bunnies. It's rare in the UK that we've found a vet willing to try better antibiotics, so glad that she didn't even suggest Baytrill or Septrin. In typical Chalk fashion after I rang the vets and they had the vet we saw earlier...

Hi everyone, Ages since I last stopped by, has been an awful summer with Jen in and out of hospital, and obviously little Chalky also had her nasty bout of head tilt. On the good news front she's dealing with the remaining slight symptoms of head tilt really well - he head is almost...

Bit slack on the updates - sadly Jen is still not well and back in Hospital, so it's been a bit hectic. In good news though... Chalk is doing so well. The head tilt is almost gone / barely noticeable now. She's running around, binkying and being a right wriggler when I have to give her any...

Hi Randy, It's difficult really as everyone in rabbit medicine (at least here in the UK) seems to have different opinions on which drugs to use. We are a bit limited with rabbit experts, but Elisabeth who has been treating Chalk has been very good so far. I've read two different views on...

She's doing even better today :) She's been resting up all day, eating quite well and being much more cheeky like she normally is (ate a hole in a t-shirt of mine while I was giving her meds this morning). She's been rattling the cage all evening since I got back from seeing Jen, so I opened...

Meant to say - Jen also sends thanks for all the support on this thread. She is still in hospital, but keeping an eye on the forum from her iphone. But she can't post from it for some reason.

Thanks for all the advice everyone :) Good to hear the different experience of recovery times. She's home now, the car journey unsettled her a bit but she's doing well. She's eaten a reasonable amount, had a drink and done all her toilet business. Not in the litter tray - but I'll forgive...

Chalk has been doing a lot better last couple of days. The gut stasis is now a thing of the past and she's eating almost normally and drinking a fair amount of water. Everything is passing through normally again. She still has the headtilt and is struggling at times not to roll with it - but...

Tuesday update: Jen is still in hospital - she's having a pretty horrible time waiting for them to do something... but hopefully she'll be home with me soon. Mouse has been really sad last few days, so today I drove her the hour or so down the motorway to take her to be with Chalk. The vet...

naturestee wrote: Yep she's had full blood tests - all came back normal, no sign of problems. Tests were done last Wednesday - are being re-run today, hopefully fresh results tomorrow.

It's possible - but didn't see any sign of it. When she was first 'off' we thought it was her leg as she was stumbling, but the other neurological symptoms followed pretty quickly...

She's had the x-ray and they've found no sign of an inner/middle ear infection. The anesthetic has caused her head tilt to worsen as she came around - but the vet believes from experience this will be temporary. They are continuing her treatment with a view to her hopefully being...

Chalk update for Monday Morning: She's managed to pull her catheter out overnight which is much more like the feisty chalk we know! She's passing some small/dry faeces which is an improvement and the vet says that she's starting to have some decent guy movement sounds. So hopefully the gut...

Quick update: Jen still in a bit of pain so staying in Hospital at least another night. Chalk much the same as yesterday, she's in a bigger cage so they've put some padding in to make sure she doesn't hurt herself if she stumbles. Slight gut movements - she produced 3 soft faeces while the...

Hi everyone, Sorry to be replying on Jen's behalf - but she's had to go back into hospital this evening, she was in severe pain on the way back from dropping Chalk off at the (new) vets. She's doing ok - but because she needs some strong pain relief they're keeping her in overnight to keep an...

Hi Sas, Thanks for replying :) I'm hoping they might let me sign a form to agree to use of non licensed drugs - they used to do this for Metacam before it went licensed here a few years ago... but I'm with you that the battle may not be one I can win. Will have a scout through the forum...

Hi Everyone, Thanks so much for the responses - Jen is home from hospital, but very sore now so not up to much typing yet. Chalk is a different story. Having spoken to the vets the last couple of days they've been advising that she's improving, she is eating by herself (although initially...

Hi all, long time since I've posted here - normally leave it to Jen, but she's in hospital tonight unfortunately (she had Gall Stones flare up over the weekend so had to have her Gall Bladder removed today)... she's on the mend fortunately and hopefully home tomorrow. The worse news at the...