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I m trying to find how much sub Q fluids i should be giving.
HE prescribed her 50 ml twice a day of lactated ringers, and because marking on the bag was very questionable I mistakenly gave her 100 ml the first time and then another 100 ml 12 hrs later. Now it's time to do it again and I am sort of in fear to overdose it. Any idea how much should be given? She is 3.5 kg or 7.7 lbs
 
I would just continue now with what the vet prescribed you, or maybe give 25ml then 50ml if you are worried about the 100ml you gave yesterday.
 
thank you. I am being paranioc. the last vet for some reasons can't sell us baytril. I suggested that he sends prescription to the lady vet for baytril since she is so great about bunny friendly drugs. He did, and I already picked it up
However, when she previously sold me Baytril for Paul, rather recently, it looked differently and smelled differently than the one I just got for Thumperina. It was in a large bottle and they told me to shake it well each time to mix ingredients. I know she normally uses crushed tablets and mixes with syrup.
this one more looks like plain flavored sugar syrup. it doesn't say to shake well or anything. it doesn't seem to have more than one ingredient.
The lady vet can very well be mad at me for not trusting her and not using her vet services.
Can she be so evil that she deliberately gave me plain syrup (thinking that my rabbit should die rather than suffer) and is there any way to check it?
 
The only baytril I have seen In practice has been a clear solution like you are describing now, I have never seen it as a suspension that needs to be shaken.
I doubt a professional who has taken an oath to save animals would do something so petty, especially as if she was found out it would jeopardise her career. Is it not a labelled bottle?
 
As far as I know, baytril here is available in 2 forms - injectible clear solution and tablets. According to her, injectible baytril should never be given for rabbits because it's very harsh on their stomach. This is why she uses crushed tablets and mixes with a syrup. so yes, it is a suspension and it's not clear at all. it's creamy consistency whitish color and has a good candy smell here.
However... it is always possible that a tech messed up while preparing a medication, right?
and no, it is not manufactured ready to use product where I am
 
I see, sorry I’m just used to the oral solution here in UK. The tech can have made a mistake, and potentially given you the injectible form, but it wouldn’t be for revenge. If it is different to what you receive normally, and you are worried they gave the injectible solution by accident, take i to back and ask them to check.
I know you have given subcut fluids, could they let you give the baytril subcut too?
 
That would be very unlikely, but if you aren’t happy with it do take it back as they won’t mind fixing it for you
 
Went there. Talked to a tech. She said that this is ready to use product with different flavor that they get already premixed... not long ago, such product didn't exist.. oh well.
JBun, what is your experience with baytril? How do you get yours?
 
but in general, I am wondering if there is a way to test anti-bacterial properties even in home conditions... (you probably need a microscope and some other equipment)
 
Well that sounds like a positive then :)
No unfortunately not, it would need to be done in a lab
 
Thumperina is very weak. Although she comes out each morning, I don't think she eats anything at all (except some critical care that I give her but that's not much). She also eats carrot, banana (I don't give her much of it or often and I rotate. If she is dying, then why leave her without her favorite food?)
I am not sure if she poops at all. It cooled down for a few days, I try disturb them as little as i can. They poop in the yard and in cardboard boxes with hay, it's not easy to separate new poop from the poop that was made couple of days ago (in the litter box) and her poop from Paul's poop. I find some microscopic poops that are most likely her recent poop (no wonder she is not pooping because she is not eating). Not sure if she eats grass, I am not next to them 100% of time.
The vet suggested that we do exploratory surgery trying to remove as much as we can, and he gave me an estimate which is over $1000 (that I don't have at the time). He also said that ultrasound would be helpful to determine location of the tumor; if it's in vital organs like liver, the surgery won't help at all.
Today I fed her critical care and did sub q fluids, then I picked he up wrapped in a towel to put her on the floor but she was so quiet in my arms, eyes closed, breathing slightly detectable, that I sat holding her for some time, she was asleep and weak, and I didn't want to disturb her.
I really don't know what to do. Am I making her suffer longer by feeding her and doing what I am doing?
 
This is a really hard decision that unfortunately is only for you to make. You know your pet best, and you know whether she is having a positive experience in life. If she isnt having any happy moments in her day, it might be getting close to the time it would be kinder to say goodbye. I am so sorry that you are having to make this decision, sending you both all my love x
 
thank you Popsicle
Today she was eating some grass in the yard, but again, probably not much. Ate a little bit of romaine lettuce. I can hear gurgling sounds in her stomach, that must be gas. I thought that medications I give her probably slowing her gut even more... I give meloxidyl (which needs to be continued of course), baytril (does it need to be continued? what are we treating with it?), critical care, simethicone on occasion.
If her stomach is not very full, is it a good course of meds? I already lost a track what does what.
 
That’s nice to hear she is at least a bit interested in food :) baytril is a really safe antibiotic for rabbits. I wouldn’t be very worried about it at this point - I’m not too sure why we are giving it, since I’m not sure what the infection is? But if your vet has prescribed it I would carry on. It won’t do any harm, and h suppose it will at least prevent secondary infections.
I think the benefits of the other meds far outweigh the risks, especially in her fragile state I wouldn’t want to change anything.
 
Does she drink water on her own? I she doesn't I would syringe feed some electrolyte water solution to hydrate her really well inbetween feedings. Intestines don't work unless well hydrated.

—also I know someone who was treating a rabbit for a UTI because but it turned out she had uterine cancer and that i why they saw some blood.
 
I'm so sorry about your bun. Hopefully you can find a way to help keep her comfortable for however much longer she is with you. I will say that if it were my rabbit and she was struggling to have a good quality of life, I would certainly consider the pts option, though I know it's never an easy decision.
 
Thank you all. No she never drank any water at all. They used to get water from grass and veggies, I guess. Right now gets sub q fluids under her skin. She tries to refuse critical care, too ( she doesn't eat it with appetite), sometimes if she really resisting i dont insist. I can hear gas in her tummy.
Anybody have any experience doing surgeries to a bunny with cancer?
 

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