PeytonCara
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Crixus was diagnosed with pasteurella back in July. He had a very slight runny nose, frequent sneezing, and a puffy eye so I got him in right away. The vet said although he has pasteurella, there was not a crazy amount in his culture. He was on metacam (for the eye) and baytril to fight the infection.
The metacam was only for a couple of days until his eye went down, but we kept him on baytril for 2 weeks. His symptoms nearly disappeared and he was acting much more like the lively Crixus I know.
His symptoms started to show again recently, so last week I called and refilled his baytril and started treating him again. I did not see much improvement. So I got another refill for the following week. The second week will end this Friday, the vet did make a note on the bottle and asked to see him when he next needs his medication.
However, I am worried because I have seen no improvements. Before, his sneezing was frequent but it was by no means sneezing attacks, now he is definitely just having full on sneezing attacks. I knew that he would eventually build up resistance to the antibiotic but I did not expect it to only last two two week treatments? Is this a sign of him building resistance?
I plan on getting him in this week because of the lack of improvement, and also because I have noticed he has fleas. Could the fleas be irritating him and stressing him out causing worse attacks? Can I treat for fleas and pasteurella at the same time?
And is there any effective antibiotics besides baytril that could help him? My vet is awesome and very rabbit savvy so I am sure she will answer most of these questions, I just always like getting input here first because I like to know what to expect before I go in.
Also, just in general, is this pasteurella going to shorten his life drastically? I am guessing it kind of just depends on the severity of the case. Have any of you had rabbits who lived long relatively healthy lives with this disease? I just want as much time with him as possible:/
As usual, thanks guys!
The metacam was only for a couple of days until his eye went down, but we kept him on baytril for 2 weeks. His symptoms nearly disappeared and he was acting much more like the lively Crixus I know.
His symptoms started to show again recently, so last week I called and refilled his baytril and started treating him again. I did not see much improvement. So I got another refill for the following week. The second week will end this Friday, the vet did make a note on the bottle and asked to see him when he next needs his medication.
However, I am worried because I have seen no improvements. Before, his sneezing was frequent but it was by no means sneezing attacks, now he is definitely just having full on sneezing attacks. I knew that he would eventually build up resistance to the antibiotic but I did not expect it to only last two two week treatments? Is this a sign of him building resistance?
I plan on getting him in this week because of the lack of improvement, and also because I have noticed he has fleas. Could the fleas be irritating him and stressing him out causing worse attacks? Can I treat for fleas and pasteurella at the same time?
And is there any effective antibiotics besides baytril that could help him? My vet is awesome and very rabbit savvy so I am sure she will answer most of these questions, I just always like getting input here first because I like to know what to expect before I go in.
Also, just in general, is this pasteurella going to shorten his life drastically? I am guessing it kind of just depends on the severity of the case. Have any of you had rabbits who lived long relatively healthy lives with this disease? I just want as much time with him as possible:/
As usual, thanks guys!