Hi, there!
I have 2 bunnies, they're both 3 months old. They're Tommy and Ariel, a couple, and on August 21st, I noticed they were sick. Tommy was having a bad time breathing and Ariel had "sleepy" eyes, so I took the bus to their vet and she told me she was almost sure it was myxomatosis. First, I thought Tommy would have better chances of survivig than Ariel, because he was vaccinated and she wasn't (she was too thin when I got her in July), but he caught this infection by Pasteurella (we think), that causes him to experience breathing difficulties. Despite she's not vaccinated, Ariel did not get any sign of breathing troubles, but has the clear signs of myxomatosis: on August 25th, her eyelids are swollen and so are her ears, vulva and anus. Plus, her temperature was 39.5ºC 2 hours ago.
Tommy had a white secretion but he doesn't have it anymore; actually, his eyes look almost normal and he doesn't have any part of his boddy swollen. Unfortunately, he has skin lesions on his eyelids, testicles and ears and he's still struggling with the breathing problems.
I've searched many websites and most of them say it's pointless to treat the animals and that they should be put asleep as soon as possible, which made me feel very hopless. However, I looked for myxomatosis survivals and I found some and that's why I'm here!
Right now, my both bunnies are eating well, there's no need for syringe feeding, they're active and alert, making regular faeces and urine. They eat the veggies and hay I give them.
Their medical treatment consists on:
- Voltaren and clorocil eye drops every 4 hours (an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic) - 1 drop of each in each eye;
- Meloxivet every 24 hours (an non steroid anti-inflammatory) - 0.15 mL
- Penicilin injections every 48 hours (antibiotic) - 0.1 mL
I also prepare vicks vaporub steam (1 or 2 soup spoons in boiled water) and eucalyptus steam after infusion.
Whatelse can I do? Has anyone ever treated their rabbits for myxomatosis and they survived? I really hope so!
I have 2 bunnies, they're both 3 months old. They're Tommy and Ariel, a couple, and on August 21st, I noticed they were sick. Tommy was having a bad time breathing and Ariel had "sleepy" eyes, so I took the bus to their vet and she told me she was almost sure it was myxomatosis. First, I thought Tommy would have better chances of survivig than Ariel, because he was vaccinated and she wasn't (she was too thin when I got her in July), but he caught this infection by Pasteurella (we think), that causes him to experience breathing difficulties. Despite she's not vaccinated, Ariel did not get any sign of breathing troubles, but has the clear signs of myxomatosis: on August 25th, her eyelids are swollen and so are her ears, vulva and anus. Plus, her temperature was 39.5ºC 2 hours ago.
Tommy had a white secretion but he doesn't have it anymore; actually, his eyes look almost normal and he doesn't have any part of his boddy swollen. Unfortunately, he has skin lesions on his eyelids, testicles and ears and he's still struggling with the breathing problems.
I've searched many websites and most of them say it's pointless to treat the animals and that they should be put asleep as soon as possible, which made me feel very hopless. However, I looked for myxomatosis survivals and I found some and that's why I'm here!
Right now, my both bunnies are eating well, there's no need for syringe feeding, they're active and alert, making regular faeces and urine. They eat the veggies and hay I give them.
Their medical treatment consists on:
- Voltaren and clorocil eye drops every 4 hours (an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic) - 1 drop of each in each eye;
- Meloxivet every 24 hours (an non steroid anti-inflammatory) - 0.15 mL
- Penicilin injections every 48 hours (antibiotic) - 0.1 mL
I also prepare vicks vaporub steam (1 or 2 soup spoons in boiled water) and eucalyptus steam after infusion.
Whatelse can I do? Has anyone ever treated their rabbits for myxomatosis and they survived? I really hope so!